Dark Forces Rising, and More of the Coolest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle , io9 ’s regular beat up of the cool nerdy merch swim around the internet . This hebdomad : The Mandalorian ’s Dark Troopers stomp their direction into Hot toy ’ figure line of business , you may take your feet on an away mission to the Comfort Zone , and Lego stokes the nostalgic flames of its Castle line with a raw Ideas stage set . mark it out !

Hot Toys Star Wars: The Mandalorian Dark Trooper Sixth-Scale Figure

Sure , The Mandalorian brought Dark Forces ’ iconic Dark Troopers back basically for them to be absolutely bodied by Luke Skywalker , but they were still a marvellously baleful new update for a classic bit of Star Wars design . And now you may appreciate them not being contract up ( and , frankly , in much brighter lighting than on Mando ) with Hot Toys ’ later improver to its Star Wars line . Clocking in at just under 13″ tall , the Dark Trooper comes sparsely accessorized , just as it did in the show ; there ’s some substitute posing work force , including a set to bear the blaster , its lone extra accessory .

But you ’re coming for the figure itself here rather than the extra , so that piddle sentience — plus , as a fillip the soma actually has light up light-emitting diode functions in its torso and fountainhead , fully replicating the threatening spotlight of the Dark Troopers from the show . It ’ll set you back a sizeable $ 260 to pre - order one though , and it ’s lay out to ship in late 2022 . Hopefully someone else has revived the Dark Trooper labor by then ! [ Toyark ]

NECA Jaws Sam Quint Clothed Figure

As Hollywood anti - heroes go , they do n’t get more surly than Jaws ’ Sam Quint , a WWII old-timer obsessed with hunting sharks who was brought to the screen by Robert Shaw . Spoiler qui vive : he does n’t quite deliver on his hope of free Amity Island of its with child white shark job , but Quint still remains a character desirable of immortalization in an 8 - in figure . NECA has released ahandful of new shotsof the figureahead of its comer in Marchthat will include his full outfit , a harpoon artillery , a rifle , a panga , a baseball game bat , and a can of beer . There ’s no pricing info yet , but NECA has also tease that Bruce the Shark will also be joining Quint later this year , although a planned Chief Martin Brody digit has been officially cancelled .

Lego Ideas Medieval Blacksmith

Proving that Lego really need to revisit its castle themes , usable on February 1 is theMedieval Blacksmithshop — another lovely art object of computer architecture born from the fan - designed Lego Ideas initiative . The ceiling and top two levels of the 2,164 - part set provide play access to the shop ’s equally elaborate interior , and in addition to lush landscaping with an apple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree outside , the blacksmith minifigure is joined by a pair of Black Falcon Knights and an Sagittarius the Archer . But if you ’re looking for the easiest way to justify the set ’s $ 150 terms tag , it also includes an update version of Lego ’s onetime - school horses with posable legs . Do you acknowledge how severe it is to retrieve Lego cavalry these days ?

Star Trek: The Next Generation Shuttlecraft Slippers

Even the shuttlecraft used by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - D for the occasional away delegation in Star Trek : The Next Generation are representative of the few precious years Starfleet determine it was abashed to fly into battle with antiquated starships and threw a little money toward hiring a proper designer . For $ 30 you canpilot your own couple of TNG shuttlecrafton by missions to the kitchen for a snack or a midnight toilet pause . The skidder are made from “ 100 % soft - touch polyester”—there ’s no tribble fur used here — and they ’re exclusively useable in adult size .

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