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Image: HasbroEven an evil fictitious organization like Star Wars’ Empire can’t just throw out a new kind of trooper for every appearance. Sometimes, the Emperor’s finest just have to make do with a new coat of paint as they go out to persecute rebels and what have you—and that seems like it’ll be the case in Andor, if some of Hasbro’s latest Star Wars toys are anything to go by.io9's got your first look at two of the latest figures in Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series line of 6" action figures, tying in with the launch of…

Image: Sentinel, Fisher Price, and Jakks PacificWelcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys and merchandise on the internet. This week, Fisher-Price sets its teeny tiny little people hands on some pop culture crossovers, and Sentinel’s Iron Man inspired figure line gets mischievous. Check it out!Image: MattelFisher-Price Masters of the Universe Little People Collector SetCredit where credit is due, Fisher-Price is getting real aggressive at expanding its collectible Little People figures: a toy…

Image: Chuck Paskovics and Paul HarrisonAs I’ve mentioned, Hasbro did pretty well sculpting figures of Star Wars’ various aliens and droids. And if you look at pictures of Bith aliens, who show up most prominently as the cantina band in A New Hope, this is a fairly accurate sculpt of the aliens as seen in the movie. So why is this figure’s face so upsetting to look at? Part of it, surely, is that the head is molded in plastic much pinker and rosier than the tanner, more alien-pigmented aliens of the film. Also, there’s no…

The great thing about leveraging nostalgia to sell toys is that your customer base is all grown up with jobs and disposable money for making exorbitant purchases. This isn’t the first time Hasbro has resurrected the Cobra HISS tank from its classic G.I. Joe ‘80s toy line, but it is the first time the company has scaled it up, added loads of detailing, and is charging $300 for it.It was just earlier this year that Hasbro revealed a fun G.I. Joe x Transformers mashup toy with a new version of the Cobra HISSthat transformed…

Image: Hasbro, Hot Toys, and EXO-6Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news on the internet. This week, Transformers finally makes what should’ve been the most obvious toy vehicle crossover ever, Thor: Love and Thunder comes to Hot Toys, and EXO-6's latest Star Trek figure gives us a Borg queen (no, not that one). Plus: meat pillows? Check it out!Hasbro Transformers Collaborative: Tonka Mash-Up - TonkanatorHasbro is leaning heavily on the nostalgia with a Transformers mashup collaboration…