It was only a matter of time before Super Mario got the LEGO treatment, iconic as both properties are. After announcing a collaboration between Nintendo and LEGO last month, the Danish toymaker has now revealed that the first sets will launch globally on 1 August this year. The “Adventures with …
One of the best side effects of a new LEGO movie (or, really, any movie with a LEGO license) is the range of new LEGO sets released to tie in to it. The LEGO Batman Movie is no exception; since its cinema release earlier this year, we’ve seen a bunch …
Last week, on Force Friday, Disney unveiled the BB-8 Droid by Sphero- a miniature, fully-functional, radio-controlled robot based on a droid of the same name from the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s described as being “as authentic as it is advanced”, capable of acting independently as well as …
[URIS id=644] Gallery: LEGO Star Wars Microfighters I finally got around to building the LEGO Star Wars Microfighters AT-AT that I picked up a few months ago when I was in LA (LEGO is so much cheaper in the US than in New Zealand). Like the rest of the series, …
[URIS id=507] Gallery: Toon Link Nendoroid Back in August last year, Good Smile Company released the Toon Link Nendoroid (or, more specifically, Link: The Wind Waker ver.). As typical of the Nendoroid line, these were made-to-order, with pre-sales being taken months in advance, and sadly, I missed out. But then, …
