Activision mashed up collectible toys and video games last year to create an surprise hit last year in its Skylanders franchise. Last year’s Toy Fair was when they announced Skylanders and this year’s Toy Fair sees the reveal of a new franchise expansion after a flurry of rumours. More »
Lucasarts, being preoccupied with making average Star Wars games based on terrible Star Wars movies and cartoons, obviously couldn’t care less about treasured old properties like Day of the Tentacle. More »
Toy company Syco has a new entry in its line of Mortal Kombat statues, this time based on femme fatale Mileena. More »
Battling their way out of the post-holiday shortage, Activision and Toys for Bob have unleashed a trio of new Skylanders at retail, including one that should be familiar to hardcore Spyro fans, should such a thing exist. More »
Master LEGO builder Luke Hutchinson has constructed this wonderful homage to Skyrim out of little plastic bricks, turning what in the game would be a leisurely side-quest slaughtering a few dozen Stormcloaks into a real-world work of art. More »
The work of custom toy creator Christian Hooton is no stranger to Kotaku. Whether it’s StarCraft or Portal, Hooton’s craftsmanship dazzles. Check out his latest creation: a 7-inch Portal 2 Wheatley light-up toy. More »
Two Canadian kids have sent a LEGO minifig boldly where few LEGO minifigs have gone before: into space. More »
You can already play with, erm, collect action figures from Epic Games’ hit sci-fi shooters. But if you’ve wanted to set up any vehicular battles with transports from that universe, you’ve been out of luck. That’s about to change. More »
When LEGO’s Lord of the Rings sets were first announced, we only got a look at what Frodo and Aragorn would look like as the company’s iconic minifigs. Now we’ve got a much better look! More »