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This Week’s Toy News Is a One-Way Ride to Hell
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular round up of the latest and nerdiest toy news. This week, Hasbro heads back to the Haslab with a flamin’ hot Marvel set, Mondo conjures up an X-Men icon, and much, much more. Check it out!
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The Smithsonian’s Work Helped Tomy Create One of the Most Accurate Replicas of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise
One of the highlights of visiting the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum for Star Trek fans is seeing the original on-screen model of the USS Enterprise on display there. But all of the restoration work that went into the model six years ago can now benefit private collectors, as Tomy has created a remarkably detailed…
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Somehow Japan Making Robotic Grandkids for Lonely Grandparents Isn’t the Saddest News of the Week
You know the world is churning out some depressing headlines when news that Takara Tomy has created a robotic talking grandchild to provide comfort and companionship to Japan’s elderly isn’t anywhere near the saddest news of the week — but it definitely comes close.
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I’m Completely Fascinated With This Handheld Wind-Up Pong Clone That Doesn’t Use Any Electronics
It’s absolutely primitive by today’s standards, but when Pong arrived in 1972, it was a technological marvel. So how did Tomy create a handheld knock-off of the game in 1977 when the electronics needed to miniaturise it didn’t exist yet? It created this mechanical alternative that might be one of the most bizarre portable gaming…