Big Mechs, Small Mechs, and Mechanized Moons Are the Toys of the Week

receive back to Toy Aisle , io9 ’s even round up of the in vogue and great in merchandise from across the cyberspace . This week , Bandai ’s Gundam Universe material body go beyond the time , Aliens get an improper model outfit , and make the staring Death Star slam might be harder than hitting an exhaust port with an X - Wing . learn it out !

Good Smile Company Aliens MODEROID Power Loader with Ellen Ripley

The question as to why gargantuan , overly complicated mech suits are a better alternative to simple forklifts for moving loading on a starship was compactly answered during the climactic coda of James Cameron ’s Aliens . You just ca n’t overcome an alien queen using a forklift , and , asGood Smile Company evidence with this new 12th - scale model , a 10 - column inch replica of aPower Loaderon your miniature shelf is going to wait a pile cooler than a miniature forklift . usable for pre - order nowthrough Good Smile Company’sonline shop , the ~$83 collectible is really a model kit you ’ll need to build yourself , but it ’s well articulated with work plunger , flexible wiring and hoses , and even come with a matching weighing machine Ellen Ripley figure who can climb on board .

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Bandai Gundam Universe Gundam Shenlong, Master Gundam, and Sazabi

Bandai ’s late wave of 6″ scaled Gundam action name has been revealed , adding newfangled mecha suits from Gundam Wing , Mobile Fighter G Gundam , and the iconic Gundam movie Char ’s Counterattack . From Wing come Wufei ’s courtship , the Shenlong , which includes his beam of light glaive ( which can be stored on the suit ’s back when not in use ) , as well as a fully articulated extendable correct arm , as it appears in the original anime . The Master Gundam from G Gundam meanwhile eschew accessary outside a swappable “ Darkness Finger ” to copy one of its particular movement from the mecha - combat - focused serial , while the Sazabi — the far-famed final Mobile River suit piloted by Char Aznable — admit a rifle as well as a large shaft hatchet as seen in the movie .

The exercise set of three form — costing roughly $ 30 to each one — is set to unloose first in Japan in May . [ Bandai ]

Star Wars Death Star Maze Game

If you thought old Ben Kenobi had a hard time site the tractor beam curb on the original Death Star , navigate century of nautical mile of seemingly endless corridors is a walk in the park compared to get down this flyspeck bollock - aim through this nightmarishly complex Death Star maze . take a crap the challenge slimly less impossible is the fact that you ’re only tasked with navigating through half a Death Star in this$18 teaser available for pre - orderthroughEntertainment Earth . No matter what a phantasmal voice might tell you , you ’ll want to keep your targeting figurer trade on while solve this one .

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