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Playmates’ New Star Trek Toys Look a Lot Like the Old Star Trek Toys
Star Trek has had a particularly weird history with action figures. Never the most toyetic of franchises when it came to things that weren’t models of spaceships, prop replicas, or imaginary Vulcan headgear, nevertheless companies have tried to turn Trek into an action figure brand — and now one company in particular is back at…
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The Week’s Best Toys Are Ready for Battle and Sinister Facial Hair
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular round up of the latest and greatest in nerdy toys and merchandise. This week: Hawkeye sets its sights on some action figure goodness. Lego heads to the Clone Wars and to the Multiverse (of Madness) in two new sets, and NECA dives into two slick takes on RoboCop.…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Beams Up Its New Crew
We’re not getting a glimpse of the series proper yet, but here it is: your new Enterprise crew for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Well, technically an old-new Enterprise crew.
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Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry Is Finally Getting the Biopic He Deserves
On August 19th, 2021, Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was born in El Paso, Texas. He grew up to become a member of the Air Force during World War II, a member of the LAPD afterward, and a burgeoning TV screenwriter. And, oh yeah, he created one of the most beloved and enduring science fiction franchises of…