This Week’s Toy News Is Ready to Awkwardly Transform and Roll Out

Welcome again to Toy Aisle, the place io9 recaps the newest, best, and sometimes silliest in geek merch. This week Power Rangers and Transformers compete for the weirdest Halloween getups, Lego heads to Wakanda Forever, and Stranger Things figures out promote you… a flashlight? Check it out!

Lego Marvel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever War on the Water

We now know much more in regards to the occasions that can happen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever due to a new trailer earlier this week, in addition to new playset revealed by Lego: Black Panther: War on the Water. The 545-piece, $90 set is available now and features a brick-built model of the Royal Sea Leopard, a few drones, and 5 minifigures: Shuri because the Black Panther, M’Baku, Okoye, Ironheart MK2, and King Namor.

Super7 NYCC Star Trek The Next Generation Transporting Captain Picard ReAction Figure

Super7’s retro Star Trek line takes a leap out of all traditional motion determine strains: what if we simply re-did this in funky blue plastic? Lo and behold, the “Transporting” Captain Picard of The Next Generation, half manner via beaming up or down, wherever you so need! The firm’s New York Comic Con unique has truly bought out on the con, however will head on-line subsequent week for followers who couldn’t prepare a beam-down web site on the Javits Center for themselves. [TNI]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Mega Mask Costume

Want the oohs and aahs of an elaborate Power Rangers costume with minimal effort? This completely weird shortcut costume pairs a reasonably detailed, kid-sized Red Ranger face masks with an extremely tiny Red Ranger physique hanging off the chin. When the wearer opens and closes their mouth, it prompts a lever inflicting the Ranger’s arms to swing up and down and brandish a sword within the course of. It’s simply $26 from Amazon which could be its saving grace, however we’re suspecting anybody who buys that is truly getting a trick as an alternative of a deal with.

Adult Transformers Optimus Prime Converting Costume

We’ve all the time been impressed by DIY Transformers costumes, and particularly these that may truly rework into different types. If you’re missing the abilities and lots of, many hours wanted to make your personal, HalloweenCostumes.com will promote you this $150 pre-made Optimus Prime getup that appears completely satisfactory in robotic mode, however a Cybertronian crime in truck mode. The transformation course of simply has the wearer laying down on their abdomen, kind of, however truck mode appears to be like like Prime has simply given up and handed Earth over to the Decepticons: a defeat unfit of sweet.

Energizer Stranger Things Demogorgon Hunting LED Flashlight

Whether your retro obsession is random ‘80s gadgets or you’re planning some Halloween festivities dressed as a Stranger Things character, Energizer has given one in every of its modern LED flashlights a retro makeover with a steel physique that appears straight out of that one random utility drawer in your dad or mums’ kitchen. A pair of D-cell batteries will hold the flashlight pumping out 150 lumens for a formidable 80 hours, whereas Easter egg particulars embrace the Hawkins National Laboratory brand etched on the facet, a secret Morse Code message, and a hidden compartment on the underside. You can seize it from places like Lowe’s for $20.

UNO Party

Wondering what would be the factor that tears your loved ones aside as we creep nearer to the vacations and limitless get-togethers? Why not be proactive about it with UNO Party, a brand new iteration of the sport designed for as much as 16 individuals to all play on the identical time? If that many gamers isn’t chaotic sufficient, the brand new model of the sport introduces new wild playing cards, together with a Wild Drawn Together card that hyperlinks two gamers collectively, forcing them to attract playing cards at any time when the opposite has to; a While Pile Up card that introduces a simultaneous discard pile gamers should match or be caught with all the additional playing cards; and a Point Taken card the place all different gamers have to select up as many additional playing cards because the participant specifies. There’s even a brand new Speed Play model of the sport the place gamers can play out of order if they will match each the colour and variety of the cardboard atop the discard pile. UNO Party will probably be out there for $15 from Target beginning in October.

McDonald’s Halloween Happy Meal Buckets

If reliving fond reminiscences of your childhood is what will get you thru the day, you’ll in all probability be excited to listen to that one of the common and sought-after Happy Meal toys is returning for 2022: Halloween buckets. Designed as a spooky solution to maintain each the contents of a Happy Meal and Halloween sweet later, the orange buckets initially debuted within the ‘80s with one of three different spooky faces, but returned in the ‘90s with three different colors and characters: McPunk’n, McBoo, and McGoblin. Those three are returning once again starting on October 18 with each Happy Meal buy (and probably with a number of face designs if this animated McDonald’s tweet is to be over-examined) however missing the bucket tops and lids that double as cookie cutters. Boo.

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