Browsing: Toys & Collectibles

There are few times I will actually yell out “I NEED IT”, but this 1:1 scale ‘Ello Worm from the classic Jim Henson film Labyrinth is the most recent on that list. And really, I need him for my work desk right now. “Ello,” he says in a cockney accent, startling the young girl who is overwhelmed […]

Mattel, the makers of Barbie, conducted a survey of 8,000 mothers around the globe and found that 86% are worried about the kind of role models their daughters are exposed to. This caused the company to take a look at their current line of dolls and come up with a pretty great new crop of […]

Despite some less-than-stellar sales reported through Entertainment Earth, word came down today during the New York Toy Fair that the Star Wars Forces of Destiny line of dolls and figures was not, as rumored, canceled. We have it from our reporter-on-the-ground and resident Collectables expert Jeremy Konrad that there will still be an Ashoka, Luke, Yoda, and Padme […]

We’re getting ever closer to the release of Ready Player One next month, and that means we’re finally starting to see some merchandise.  Specifically- the AMAZING Funko Pop Vinyl collection being released for the film. Seriously, this is a fabulous set of figures INCLUDING THE KEYS that make such an important appearance in the source material […]

Probably my personal favorite out of the filmography of Christopher Nolan (so far) would have to be Inception. The melding of science fiction, dreamscapes, and a bone rattling score as just the tip of why. Having a film that literally leaves the ending up to the viewer is something few writers and directors have the *ahem* […]

Jeremy Konrad is on the ground at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, and just happened to be leaving the Last Jedi panel when Disney/Lucasfilm merch was being broken out. He says: Hot off the presses at Celebration are the first available merch for The Last Jedi. Benefitting Force For Change, these are available on the […]

Jeremy Konrad is on the ground out there in Orlando at Star Wars Celebration and he managed to battle through the lines like a champ and get to the relative safety of the Hasbro booth (they’re in the exhibitor hall at location 2744). They have revealed one exclusive so far: a Luke Skywalker 6″ action […]

The worlds of trading cards, comics, coins, and stamps have all long been known as collector’s havens, but there’s another one out there that’s been historically fairly niche and that might now be changing: Cereal Box Collecting. Yup, we’re talking that box on the morning breakfast table that you fish around in for the toy surprise […]

In a massive announcement today by Sony, we learned about the Mattel toys plans for the newest Ghostbusters feature, as well as other upcoming releases.  Sony Pictures’ new senior vice president of global consumer products Mark Caplan spoke about  plans for big screen properties including Ghostbusters, Get Smurfy and the Jumanji remake: “We’re going after collectors […]

We cannot contain our unbridled giddiness right now.  Yes, we know this is “only a model”, a single special display item created to the be anchor of Sideshow Hot Toys booth at the Hong Kong toy show…. BUT LOOK AT THE 1/6TH SCALE FALCON IN ALL HER GLORY YOU GUYS: Our friends over at Ace […]