Awesome Toys

NECA continues to expand its line of action figures based on retro Ben Cooper Halloween costumes from the 1970s and 1980s. The latest series features pint-sized, poseable figures dressed up like members of the Justice League… and one baddie: Batman, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Joker. Price shown is for the set of five 6-inch figures.

Here come the budget sets in LEGO’s new collaboration with Formula 1. Look closely, and you’ll notice that each of the 12 cars is no mere palette and sticker swaps. Each car also comes with a matching F1 driver minfigure. The only thing bad about these kits is that, while they’re available for pre-order, they won’t be released until 03.2025.

This large 18 oz. ceramic mug is a great gift for LEGO fans. Sip your coffee, tea, or hot cocoa from the oversize yellow head of a classic LEGO Minifigure while imagining how big the rest of its body must have been. It comes in four designs: Happy Boy, Winking Girl, Silly Face, and Slightly Less Happy Boy. Collect them all!

This blocky little record player is a fun addition to any LEGO collection. The 310-piece kit includes a brick-built LP record, a hinged lid, and a movable tonearm with a disproportionately large needle made from a LEGO animal claw. The limited-edition turntable will be available as a LEGO Insiders gift with a $250 purchase from 11.23 to 11.24.24.

Hot Wheels released a three-part show about how they design, prototype, and finally create their die-cast toy cars. At the center of the documentary is their quest to make a die-cast version of photographer Larry Chen’s Supra chase car. The first episode mostly touches on the brand’s history, and the meat of the show starts on the second episode.

These marble runs from Robotime stand out from their other mechanical kits thanks to their colorful cyberpunk aesthetics. Both The Last City and Future City have a motorized lift, LED lighting, and loads of ramps, pipelines, and twisty switchbacks. Connect multiple units horizontally or vertically to create larger mazes. Each module measures 9″ x 7″ x 3″.

The latest addition to the Classicbot toy series is a collectible robot toy inspired by the Apple IIe computer. The 3.35″ tall figure has a monitor head, dual floppy drives, and detachable tank tracks and arms. Each toy will be handcrafted from resin, and pre-orders will get a limited-run joystick. Pre-orders start 9 am ET on 11.14.24, with shipments starting Q3 2025.

It’s been a minute since we checked in with 5MadMovieMakers and their elaborate Hot Wheels setups. This time, they put together a lengthy track that starts in the street, heads down a driveway, and wraps around a house through an expansive yard, garden, and bushes. The clip culminates with the car and camera diving to the bottom of a swimming pool.

Ghostbusters turns 40 this year, so Hasbro hopes its fans have banked enough to splurge on a scale model of the Ectomobile. The base version is based on the car in the original movie. The deluxe takes after the car in the sequel and comes with action figures of the Ghostbusters themselves. Each toy measures 22.5″ long and has lights and sounds.

Some of our favorite LEGO bricks are the ones that shoot darts. Jason from JK Brickworks came up with a fun use for these spring-loaded shooters – a chain gun that fires dozens of darts with the turn of a crank or a motor. From what we can tell, the only limit to how many rounds it can fire is the number of shooter bricks in the chain. Build instructions here.

This crazy NERF Elite 2.0 blaster has 32 single-dart barrels – 16 that face forward and 16 that face backward. It fires 1 or 2 darts at a time depending on how far you pull its trigger. When you’ve shot half your ammo, pull the handle to flip the barrels to load up the rest. Now, someone needs to mod this to launch 16 darts at once.

Annie’s fierce fighting form gets the action figure that it deserves. This action figure of the Female Titan from Attack on Titan is can be displayed in dozens of expressive poses. It also comes with eight hands, a hardened elbow, a hardened foot, an extra face, and extra bangs. Swappable bangs, folks. This is why Revoltech is king.

Today, you can find Halloween costumes that actually look like the character you’re trying to be. But in the 1980s and earlier, kids were limited to stuff like Ben Cooper’s plastic masks and logo coveralls. NECA’s action figures shrink down these classics. Series 3 includes kids wearing Alien, Gizmo, Stripe, and Beetlejuice, each with a treat bag or candy bucket.

This wooden display stand from Artifact Design Co. offers a great way to show off a collection of Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars. The laser-cut plywood stand has spaces for up to forty 1:64-scale die-cast cars on its four parking decks, and the whole thing can spin. Wheel stops in each space keep the cars from rolling. Comes in 10 easy-to-assemble pieces.

Zung Hoang’s LEGO ZH1 is a fully functioning 35mm film camera. The ZH1’s components are all standard, available LEGO pieces, including the magnifying glass lens. It captures soft, dreamy photos in daylight conditions. It achieved the 10,000-supporter milestone in LEGO Ideas, so it might become an official set. Lens expert Mathieu Stern tested a prototype.

Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Now, add your credit card number, and The Ghost with the Most will appear on your doorstep. This 1:12 scale figure has 28 points of articulation, six interchangeable heads (including a shrunken head and light-up carousel hat head), ten swappable hands, and posable hammer arms. Pre-orders ship in early 2025.