Last year AtGames got into the home arcade business with the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine. At the time of its announcement, we held a skeptical view on the product, given AtGames’ reputation and their history of badly put-together “retro” plug-and-play machines that filled the gift shelves of drugstores last decade. But ever since its release, […]
Todd McFarlane has made quite a name for himself not just as a comic book artist, but as a toy designer. The McFarlane Toys brand always attracts an audience of collectors, which is why they’ll be surprised to learn to get Todd’s latest line of creatures, they’ll have to beat a path to….Wal-Mart. Todd is […]
Earlier this year Cryptozoic showed off its plans for 2020 at its Toy Fair booth in New York…and yes, it was possible to hold a public gathering like this in 2020, if only for the first two months. Things have changed since then, and so have the plans for some of the products. Steven Universe […]
Next month Nintendo will be partnering with Lego to produce a series of Super Mario-themed playsets. But how can you play Lego Mario without the hardware? Lego thought of that one…today they revealed they’re also releasing a brick version of the NES. The 2,646-piece Lego Nintendo Entertainment System was uncovered by the Hong Kong website […]
Even though there’s no E3 this year, that didn’t stop Limited Run Games from holding their usual mega conference in a fake coliseum, with cheesy green screen effects aplenty. This year’s video was the longest ever, running over 40 minutes long and containing over thirty announcements. A Boy and His Blob (PS4) — September 2020 […]
Sega has been on a “mini” binge recently, creating miniaturized versions of its most popular devices from the past. You know about the Genesis Mini, and we just found out about the Game Gear Micro last month, but they have even more in mind. Not a miniature Dreamcast, not a microscopic Master System, but an […]
Wizards of the Coast has announced the next D&D campaign set will be called Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden. Set in the far northern region of the Forgotten Realms, you’re going to need your most powerful parkas to take on the titular Frostmaiden, who principal narrative designer Chris Perkins calls “a god who basically […]
If I were the type who collected an endless number of figurines in the likeness of my favorite TV and video game properties, I would much prefer adorable little ducks to the giant, inky, soulless eyes of a Funko Pop. A company called Numskull Designs thought so too, and now produces a line of duck-ified […]
Over the last week, members of the VGHF (the Video Game History Foundation) teased a top-secret project that would be revealed June 1. They were revealing an unreleased retro game! June 1 happens to be today, and the game has been revealed as….Days of Thunder for the NES. Wait a minute, doesn’t Days of Thunder […]
A new competitor has entered the ring in the battle for physical video game collector dollars. Physicality Games soft-launched early last year with open preorders for three titles: Slayaway Camp, Guilty Gear 20th Anniversary Pack, and Rolling Gunner. These preorders are still open, but only for another month. Until now, the only way to know […]
The residents of Equestria have been getting around lately. They met the Transformers in an IDW comic earlier this year, and now the worlds of My Little Pony are colliding with Dungeons & Dragons in a new series of collectible figures. “Cutie Marks & Dragons” is the name of a collection containing five ponies, each […]
eBay auctioneer mainecloseout has somehow obtained a massive stock of unsold toys from the 1980s. Over a hundred items are now for sale at prices which start at ten bucks, and browsing the page is quite the throwback trip. We’re talking unopened games for the Atari and Commodore 64, action figures in their packaging, books, […]