This Week’s Toy News Features Visitors from Galaxies Far, Far Away

Welcome again to Toy Aisle, io9’s common roundup of all issues good and plastic on the web these days. This week, Alf’s again, not in Pog type! Plus, Star Wars returns to the basic Droids cartoon for brand new figures, and the New Batman Adventures period of Joker will get a haunting new motion determine. Check it out!

Hasbro Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Droids Figures

Disney continues to squeeze each final drop of merchandising from each final Star Wars property, and now that the animated Droids sequence is on Disney+ and presumably having fun with a brand new fan base, Hasbro is resurrecting the basic 3.75-inch figures from the sequence. This time round they’re way more detailed and articulated, though it appears just like the classic paint jobs are being preserved. Available solely from Target, Artoo, Threepio, and Boba Fett will every set you again $16 for every, whereas a brand new Black Series six-inch Boba Fett determine can even be obtainable, sporting the identical classic coloration scheme however with a $27 price ticket.

Medicom MAFEX Symbiote Suit Spider-Man Figure

Peter Parker’s most iconic various outfit (sorry to Bag-Man followers) is the most recent Spidey to hit Medicom’s MAFEX line. Recreating the legendary Secret Wars-era swimsuit that gave rise to Venom after Peter was executed celebrating that Black Was In, the brand new determine comes with a number of webbing equipment, together with a nifty web-backpack for Peter to maintain all his stuff in mid-swing. On prime of alternate palms to pose the determine, there’s additionally three completely different heads: two masked, one with wider swimsuit eyes and one with narrowed lenses, and a 3rd unmasked possibility that provides Pete a symbiote-influenced glower, and has an alternate neck piece to duplicate the gooey edges of the swimsuit clasped round Peter’s throat. He’ll set you again round $82 when he releases in Japan in July 2022. [Toyark]

NECA Ultimate ALF Figure

Of all of the ‘80s TV series being revived by the various streaming services, it’s against the law towards syndication that nobody has introduced ALF again to the airwaves. The NBC sitcom introduced alien life types into our residing rooms lengthy earlier than The Mandalorian did, however with the addition of a soul-soothing snort observe. But at least someone is respecting the memory of ALF. NECA is packing the furry alien full of wonderful articulation and equipment based mostly on his primetime adventures, together with his favourite deal with: the Tanners’ pet cat. There’s no pricing or pre-order particulars but, but it surely’s anticipated to be launched someday within the spring of 2022.

Hot Toys Marvel What If…? The Hydra Stomper and Steve Rogers Sixth-Scale Figure Set

Be sincere, the very first thing that got here to your thoughts when the Hydra Stomper was launched in Marvel’s What If…? was that you just hoped Hot Toys would produce but another-the-top toy model of a Stark mech, proper? This sixth-scale figure set not solely consists of an 11-inch model of the animated Steve Rogers (minus the character’s Captain America powers) with 30+ factors of articulation, but in addition a 22-inch model of the Hydra Stomper mech with eight factors of articulation, glowing LED eyes and arc reactor, and a gap hatch that reveals greater than sufficient room inside for Rogers to climb aboard. Pricing particulars aren’t recognized but, however the set will most likely price nicely north of $500, and also you’re going to have to attend till the primary or second quarter of 2023 for it to reach.

2021 Topps x Mego Borg Queen Figure

Topps’ newest week-long unique drop with Star Trek Megos provides us two iconic blasts from the TNG period: not seen up prime is a TNG-era Worf, full along with his yellow safety uniform and his Klingon baldric, worthy of any son of House Mogh, however becoming a member of the honorable officer on this week’s choices is a… very hippy Borg Queen. Based on her look in First Contact, the retro toy vibes are definitely an fascinating mishmash with the Borg aesthetic, taking away the techno-organic greebling of the Queen’s physique and changing it with an all-over physique swimsuit. The headsculpt’s fairly cool although—and for those who’re taken with both determine, you’ve solely received a couple of extra days earlier than the limited-time pre-order window closes, forward of an precise launch in roughly three months from now. [Toyark]

Medicom The New Batman Adventures MAFEX Joker determine

Can you ever have too many determine variations of the most effective comedian guide dangerous guys of all time from his look in one of many higher animated sequence of all time? Do you even have to ask? Despite standing simply 6.3-inches tall, Medicom’s MAFEX Joker determine, based mostly on his look in The New Batman Adventures, one of many follow-ups to the beloved Batman: The Animated Series, will include a hefty $105 price tag when officially available in July of next year. The figure isn’t made of gold, but it surely does embody two head sculpts, swappable palms, equipment that embody a paper airplane fabricated from folded cash, and plenty of articulation, together with a intelligent knee joint that retains the Joker’s pant creases wanting good and stiff.

Build-A-Bear Workshop Beetlejuice Bear

D’awww. If you like your Halloween festivities to be on the lovely aspect, the Build-a-Bear workshop has given Beetlejuice a teddy bear makeover with a fluffy head of inexperienced hair, a black and white striped swimsuit, and a built-in sound chip that performs six Michael Keaton quotes straight from the film. Don’t trouble hitting up your native mall to construct your individual, nonetheless; Beetlejuice is a $52 on-line unique, and arrives pre-stuffed.

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