This is one of the $1,900 tiny 9.9-millimeter (I lied in the title like a no-good son of a gun) Rubik’s Cubes going on sale in Japan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the toy being sold in the country. And, I think we can all agree, what a way
This is a video of aerospace engineer Adam Woodworth building and demonstrating the toy hover pod he built that actually flies with the help of parts salvaged from a tiny quadrocopter toy. Pretty cool. Granted in this video The Child flies the thing like they’ve been serving unders at the
This is a look at The Child (baby Yoda) LEGO set available for preorder now from LEGO (shipping October 31st). The $80 set includes 1,073 pieces, stands about eight inches tall if you assemble it correctly, has rotating head and hands and posable ears, but is still kinda lacking the
This is the LEGO Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina playset dropping October 1st for a cool $350. The 3,187-piece playset includes a hinge-opening Mos Eisley Cantina along with removeable roof, 21 minifigs (seven unique to the set, three with unique molded elements), a V-35 Landspeeder, Dewback, AND MORE. “Like what?”
In other world record news, this is a video of Paul Scardino of Winchester City, Virginia, providing a tour of his basement, where he stores his world record collection of Funk Pop! figures, with a staggering 5,306 Pops. For reference, that’s about 5,303 more than I own. I’m honestly surprised
This is a video of hardware hacker and Twitter user @r1ckp (sweet Penfold profile pic, btw) demonstrating the new interactive LEGO Super Mario toy that he modded to function as a controller to play the original Super Mario Bros., including the ability to shoot fireballs and go down warp pipes
This is the real life Toy Story Woody doll crafted by figure-maker toyman___zhao. He, uh, he definitely looks like a doll that can come to life. Now what he does when he’s alive is anybody’s guess, but based on the expression on his face, it’s gaze in wonderment at my
This is a series of renderings of pop culture homes reimagined as Polly Pocket playsets by the folks at The Toy Zone. The homes include the Byers residence from Stranger Things, Monica’s apartment from Friends, The Simpsons’ home, Bilbo’s Hobbit Hole, the Tenenbaum residence from The Royal Tenenbaums, and The