Look for Wave 3 in May
Hasbro promises over 25 new additions to their popular Mighty Muggs collection in 2008, the next eight of which are presented here. That Lando Mugg brings new meaning to the moniker “Old Smoothie”…
Wave 4 is coming in June
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Next Waves of Mighty Muggs On Their Way
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Hasbro’s New Monster AT-TE
Called “the big one” in Hasbro’s Toy Fair presentation, the new AT-TE looks to rival the classic AT-AT in terms of sheer size (ok, it’s not as tall, but certainly as cool!). Check out more AT-TE images after the jump!
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Hasbro’s Clone Wars Vehicles Revealed at Toy Fair
(V-19 Torrent fighter) A.K.A Clone Shuttle
Boy, the Clone Wars goodness keeps pouring in from New York this weekend with a batch of Hasbro images showcasing three vehicles from their new line. More after the jump!
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LEGO Clone Wars & Indy IV at Toy Fair
7673 LEGO V-19 Torrent
Today, LEGO officially unveiled eight new sets from their upcoming Clone Wars and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull lines at New York’s Toy Fair!
Be sure to click below to check out all the images!
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Star Wars Merch That Never Was
Oh man, we sure wish some of these rejected product ideas pitched by Pepsi back in 1999 had seen the light of day — an AT-AT chair caddy? A Han in Carbonite mini-fridge? Princess Leia headphones? And the best of all, a Jabba the Hutt beanbag chair? The company did end up releasing some pretty cool life-size statues of Jar-Jar, Darth Maul, Yoda, and Watto, but come on, they couldn’t throw in a Jedi Mood Ring?
Let’s hope it’s not too late for some of these inspired ideas to eventually come down the pike. Until then, head on over to actionfigureinsider.com to check them out.
LEGO Minis for Midi-chlorians?
Gizmodo.com updates today with an incredible gallery of mini LEGO Star Wars ships custom built by Tim Goddard, who says he’s constructed about 200 of the thumb-sized props for expansive dogfight dioramas.
Here’s a bit of the interview:
JD: How do you reach to these super-simplified constructions? Do you do some planning first or you go straight for it?
TG: Just go for it! Well, mostly. Loads of reference pictures are essential and I often use an architect’s ruler in the scale I’m working in; making the dimensions as accurate as possible is key to getting the look (but you can’t help a bit of chunkiness, this is LEGO after all!) It can take ages to get the smallest model to look just right, endlessly taking it apart and putting it back together again.
JD: Yeah, I can imagine… how long have you been doing LEGO?
TG: Pretty much all my life. Space Lego was my favorite as a kid, and when they released Star Wars LEGO it was a match made in heaven! I’ve been making my own custom Star Wars stuff for maybe 5 years but I’ve always enjoyed building.
Check out the gallery and interview here, and while you’re in a LEGO Star Wars state of mind, check out the Millennium Falcon “pirate ship” just posted over at clubjade.net.
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Jedi Ginsu Knife
Here’s some fantasy tech that’s right up there with flying cars and Star Trek transporters to get your geek on – the Jedi Ginsu knife, which “will replace all of your knives because it cuts through anything with its amazing blade of light.” And it doesn’t even scorch the food – amazing!!!
Let’s hope technology gets us one of these before food pellets replace the need for knives altogether. Check out the fun ad over at metacafe.com.
And for some lightsaber fun that’s actually within the realm of reality, check out the new lightsaber lamps from Japan reported over at slashfilm.com.
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LEGO Turns 50
With all the LEGO steampunk we’ve posted this week, we should have known there was some LEGO mojo floating about. Turns out today is LEGO’s official 50th anniversary, and Gizmodo.com has devised a cool timeline and list of LEGO curiosities. Here’s an excerpt:
It all first started in 1947, when LEGO bought their first plastic injection machine. The brick was not invented then but took final form in 1958, when the shape of the stud-and-tube brick was patented. Since then, LEGO sets have been going through dozens of iterations, from the younger version, DUPLO, to the most sophisticated LEGO TECHNIC and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sets, going through all the different themes of LEGOLAND and, of course, the most successful line of all times according to LEGO, LEGO Star Wars.
UPDATE: Boingboing.net just posted a time-lapse video of the largest LEGO set ever offered, the 5000-piece Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon, being constructed by their own Boingboing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson. And if you haven’t visited lately, check out the latest submissions over at the fbtb forums in the ongoing Steam Wars contest.
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LEGO Steampunk AT-AT
The coal fires driving the LEGO “Steam Wars” contest get stoked again with this fantastic new submission discovered via clubjade.net. The mammoth tusks and top-deck cannons were inspired additions to this entry. Check out the full Flickr gallery here.
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More LEGO Steam Wars
Gizmodo.com continues their coverage of the LEGO steampunk Star Wars contest, recently updating with several new entries, including “Steam Speeder”, Pod Racer, “Imperial London Shuttle”, and TIE Fighter. Click on over to check them out!
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