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Ten Awesome New LEGO Sets I’ll Be Building This Year
Toy Fair isn’t just a place to discover new playthings and see what’s hitting toy store shelves over the coming year. It’s also an excellent place to compile a shopping list. Here are ten new building sets I saw during my LEGO booth tour this year that will be mine. 1. 60124 Volcano Exploration Base…
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Project X Zone 2 Is A Stupid Fun Party With All Of Your Friends
Say you have several groups of good friends. Work friends, neighborhood friends, online friends; each group great in their own way. You throw a shindig to get them all together. Why? It doesn’t matter, as long as everybody gets together and has a good time. That’s Project X Zone 2 Top GIF from the Japanese…
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My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2016 Day Two
My second and final full day at my very first Toy Fair 2016 in New York City has come and gone, and already I miss it terribly. Nothing flipping through photos of Nerf guns, Pokemon plushies, Final Fantasy figures, Monster High dolls, Transformers, Marvel heroes and more can’t fix. I’ve been dreaming of this weekend…
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Dark Horse’s Witcher III Figures Are Pretty Damn Good
Dark Horse and CD Projekt Red have joined forces to create all sorts of Witching memorabilia, starting with a gorgeous set of premium action figures launching this fall. Come gaze upon them. On display at Toy Fair 2016, the initial wave of figures based on The Witcher III: Wild Hunt will feature most of the…
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CultureSnacktaku Goes To New York City, Eats Taco Bell’s Stupid New Quesalupa
This week Taco Bell unveiled its biggest new fake Mexican food product since the Doritos Locos Tacos. What better place to try it than the world’s biggest city with “New” in the name? Originally posted 2/13/2016 You may have seen the teasing signs plastered all over your local Taco Bell restaurants, or watched the commercials…
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Fan Favorite Star Wars Rebel Gets The Action Figure She Deserves
Last year Hasbro let Star Wars fans vote for which character they’d like to see join The Black Series of premium figures. Mandalorian explosives expert and graffiti artist Sabine Wren got second place. Second place is looking pretty good. Not that the first place winner was bad. In fact the character that pulled in the…
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Your Annual Dose Of Toy Fair Friendship And Magic
The magic of friendship takes on exciting new forms at Toy Fair 2016’s Hasbro showroom. Sometimes it’s little ponies. Other times, giant dragons. But first we’ve gotta get through these. The Equestria Girls line of toys and animated movies take place in an alternate dimension where equine characters from the hit show are human beings…
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The Joker’s Still Ridiculous In Our First Look At Suicide Squad Action Figures
I wasn’t sure about Jared Leto’s Joker in the early images. The full Suicide Squad movie trailer didn’t help. Today I was there when Mattel debuted the official action figures and nope, still not feelin’ it. I’m keen on the movie as a thing. The Suicide Squad comics have always been a lot of fun,…
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The Week In Games: Birthright, Or Possibly Conquest
Less than a week away from the release of the new Fire Emblem games and I still can’t decide. Why not both? Because I barely have the time for one, that’s why. Too busy with Project X Zone 2 and Toy Fair and getting back to Georgia to hug my children and give my wife…
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There Are So Many More Yo-Kai Watch Toys Coming You Guys
Back in DecemberI showcased the handful of toys based on Level 5’s Pokemon-esque Yo-Kai Watch game and TV show. Judging from the new figures, plushies, watches and trading card game in Hasbro’s Yo-Kai space at Toy Fair, that was just the tip of a very large iceberg. First off we’ve got the prime collectibles, the…
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Five Nights At Freddy‘s Build-A-Horrible-Animatronic-Bear Sets Even Creepier In Person
Earlier this week we gave you a first look at McFarlane Toys’ upcoming Five Nights At Freddy’s building sets, but it wasn’t enough. Where’s Foxy? Where’s the office set? Where’s Golden Freddy? Right here. Step inside, kids. In the Backstage building set Chica takes a load off, in the form of her hands. It’s a…
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My Favorite Images From Toy Fair 2016 Day One
Day one of my first trip to Toy Fair came and went far too quickly. Between bitter cold temperatures and a series of scheduled appointments I didn’t get much time to wander the floor, but when I did I found pretty things at every turn. You’ll see some old toys and some new ones. Some…
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Sunday Comics: Everything Is Pain
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published February 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published February 8. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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Destiny Mega Bloks Content Coming This Year
Coming to toy store shelves later this year, Destiny Mega Bloks sets promise physical content fans of the series will enjoy briefly before setting it on the shelf and waiting for more. My friend Andy Robertson of FamilyGamerTV grabbed video of the figures and sets at Toy Fair. Let’s watch! While I was usy running…
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Neca Figures Really Capture Contra‘s Good Side
Figure maker Neca has been doing great things with their video game appearance line over the past couple of years. Lance and Bill from Contra might be the best yet. It’s all about those bullets. While the Q2 2016 release of Lance and Bill won’t include the awesome diorama the pair are featured on at…
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Marvel’s Diablo Plays Better With A Game Controller Too
Diablo-esque MMO Marvel Heroes recently kicked off its 2016 season with a massive update, introducing new character models, Spider-Man’s feline friend/foe Black Cat, leaderboards and more. But the coolest new addition is the ability to play with buttons and analog sticks. Not that playing the Marvel Comics’ themed free-to-play PC game was particularly challenging with…
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The Toy Fair You Can Take Your Kids To
While most of New York’s Javits Convention Center is occupied by the the press, buyers and exhibitors of Toy Fair 2016, over in the North Hall they’re holding the first annual Play Fair. You know, for the kids. Open to the public today and tomorrow, Play Fair is an event that celebrates and encourages playing…
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This Week In The Business: Feardom Of The Press
QUOTE | “In the very near term I am fearful of journalists.” Unity boss John Riccitiello speaking during the Vision Summit keynote about how press might react to the shortfall between the analyst numbers and his own forecasts on VR. Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Console games can be…
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