Toys
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An Astounding Achievement In Action Figure ’80s Hair And More Of The Most Stylish Toys Of The Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup of the best toys and collectibles you might have missed. This week we’ve got the return of Gordon Freeman and his much-missed gravity gun, the best Sylvester Stallone figure you’ll find anywhere, and a bunch of retro Transformers toys that don’t actually transform—but you’ll probably still want…
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The Best Lego Sets We Got in 2019
There’s been a lot of amazing Lego this year, so much so that we had to add extra spots to our end-of-year list. This certainly isn’t the kind of stuff you want if you want to save money, but if you weren’t paying attention you might have let a few of these slip you by.
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The Smartphone Wasn’t Inducted Into The National Toy Hall Of Fame This Year
Every year The Strong, the National Museum of Play, inducts a handful of classic toys and playthings into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Back in September, the 2019 finalists were revealed and they included the smartphone, which at barely over a decade old was one of the youngest nominees for the Hall of Fame,…
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The New 3,300-Piece Tim Burton Batmobile Might Be The Best Lego Model I’ve Ever Built
Ask any Star Wars collector and they’ll tell you that Lego’s $1,160, 7,500+ piece Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon set was an absolute showstopper and the pinnacle of plastic brick model making. Until last week I would have agreed, but then I spent the past weekend building Lego’s new 1989 Tim Burton Batmobile—and I truly believe…