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LEGO Star Wars – Jakku Quadjumper (75178) Review

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Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Star Wars’ Jakku Quadjumper set… Summer is here, which means a brand new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets! And, with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in sets not arriving until later in the year, The LEGO Group has taken the opportunity to revisit Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a couple of brand […]

Gotta Collect ‘Em All in Pokemon Sun and Moon: Guardians Rising

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The Pokémon Sun and Moon  expansion had descended on the Kidzania microcosm. An 80,000 square foot city located in Westfield where, who runs the world? Why, the next generation of course – children! Luckily for us we had the land to ourselves and got our hands on the trading card game’s new expansion, Pokémon Sun and Moon: Guardians Rising …By […]

SPOILERS: Wonder Woman’s main villain revealed in toy form

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Spoilers for Wonder Woman follow. You have been warned… Over the weekend it was reported that Harry Potter star David Thewlis is portraying the main villain in Warner Bros.’ next DC Extended Universe release Wonder Woman, and during the New York Toy Fair, an action figure showing said villain – Ares – was on display, giving us […]

The Week in Star Wars – First look at Rey, Finn, Poe and Stormtroopers in The Last Jedi, Han Solo casting, the fate of Jar Jar Binks and more

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It’s a Last Jedi heavy edition of The Week in Star Wars with our first look at some key characters, rumours on the first trailer and Finn’s role in the film, some Han Solo casting news, a look at Rogue One’s VFX, the fate of Jar Jar Binks and more… Let’s kick things off with […]

Takara Tomy teases new Zoids project

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Japanese company Takara Tomy has teased the return of Zoids, launching a website which features the following teaser image, along with the caption, “A new Zoids project has started! Coming Soon”. Here’s the teaser image featuring a Shield Liger and a human soldier… The website itself no indication as to what’s being teased, be it a new […]

Make Yours Marvel with Eaglemoss Collections

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Earlier this month we brought you a look at the range of DC goodies from Eaglemoss Collections, but if you’re more of a Marvel person you need not feel left out as there’s also a rather splendid selection of collectibles on offer for fans of the House of Ideas. The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection Way back […]

Amazon to explore the rivalry between Hasbro and Mattel with Toy Wars drama

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Amazon has announced that it is set to explore the rivalry between American toy giants Hasbro and Barbie with Toy Wars, which will see Josh Gad (The Angry Birds Movie) starring and co-writing with Josh Schwartz (The O.C.) and Ryan Dixon (Opening Night). Schwartz is set to serve as showrunner, with Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) […]

Rumoured details on LEGO’s DC Super Hero Girls sets

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Back in April of 2015, Warner Bros. announced the launch of DC Super Hero Girls, a new female-centred line of animated projects, toys, books and apparel; the original announcement also included a range of LEGO sets, and now thanks to Eurobricks user CM4Sci (via The Brick Fan) it seems we have details on said sets, which […]