Toys
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It Takes an Hour to Load This Dart-Blasting Minigun but 9 Seconds to Empty It
Hasbro tends to design its dart-firing Nerf blasters to look like toys, or classic sci-fi props, with performance geared towards keeping kids safe. Grown up dart blaster enthusiasts, by comparison, strive to create absolutely terrifying, over-powered, foam-flinging weapons. The latter approach, thanks to YouTuber GatlingTommy, has now yielded a fully functional replica of the military’s…
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LEGO’s 3,981-Piece Batman Returns Batcave Includes Our First Christopher Walken Minifigure
Although some fans were sceptical of the casting choice, Batman Returns cemented Michael Keaton as the definitive caped crusader for an entire generation, and over 30 years after the film’s debut, LEGO is paying tribute to Tim Burton’s Batsequel with a new transforming Batcave playset.
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Someone Paid Over $200K for This Slot Car Track Hidden in a Porsche 917 Body
Normally I can’t be bothered to care about slot car racing. I mean, being a huge nerd myself, I get the appeal but A: I suck at it, and B: I can drive actual cars, so it’s just not something I’m into, or at least it wasn’t before I saw this wild-arse slot car track…
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Collecting Hot Wheels Sucks Right Now, and Resellers Might Be to Blame
Buying a car in 2023 is hard, but that seems to be the way it’s going for just about everything these days — even toy cars. And supply-chain disruptions alone don’t explain it. Just like concert tickets, sneakers, game consoles and luxury watches, the Hot Wheels market has been overrun by resellers who snap up…