Toys
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Lego’s Buildable Nintendo Entertainment System Is a Perfect Storm of Childhood Nostalgia
To coincide with Lego’s playable Super Mario sets arriving on August 1, the company has expanded its partnership with Nintendo to create what appears to be a near perfect brick-built replica of the original NES console, complete with a controller, a loadable game cartridge, and an old school tube TV with Super Mario Bros. playing…
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Back to the Future Meets Transformers In the Most Gigawattin’ Toy of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of the latest and greatest in bits of plastic rapidly draining your bank account. This week: Hot Toys swings in with yet another variant Spider-Man, The Mandalorian‘s little green star gets some unconventional merch, and Final Fantasy legend Testuya Nomura gets his hands on the Avengers. Check…
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You Don’t Need to Say the Magic Word for This Comic-Con Exclusive Jurassic Park Nedry Figure
Despite an online experience that includes a myriad of exclusives no longer only available on the show floor. That includes this Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can that opens to reveal a Dennis Nedry figure instead of frozen dinosaur embryos.
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Lego’s Super Mario Is Perfect If You Suck at the Video Games
Approximately 40,000 years ago, back in March when time still had meaning, Lego and Nintendo made nerds weep with joy when the companies announced their costume upgrades, which only underscores the breadth of this Lego-Nintendo undertaking. Now, having built and played the starter course and three expansion sets, I can finally say there is a Super…