Black Series

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the greatest toy news on the internet. This week: Lego’s already got plans for The Mandalorian season 3, while Hasbro’s still stuck with The Book of Boba Fett. Plus, make your own skies a bit more Pandoran with Avatar RC creatures. Check it out!Image: LegoLego Star Wars: The Mandalorian Spider TankIt really does seem like vehicle designers in the Star Wars universe throw anything at the wall they can think of and hope that it sticks. How could anyone think that…

Image: HasbroNext year, the final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi, turns 40. And just as it had done so with A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back before it, Hasbro is celebrating with familiar faces in classic packaging.io9 has your “first” look at the opening wave of Hasbro’s Black Series Return of the Jedi 40th anniversary collection: Bib Fortuna, Paploo, Emperor Palpatine, Chewbacca, and a trusty Stormtrooper. We say “first” because the vast majority of these figures are ones that have…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the best toys, collectibles, and merch you may have missed. This week, Super7 gives The Simpsons’ Troy McClure the figure line he deserves, and rolls out the red carpet for a new line of highly-detailed and accessorized Star Trek: The Next Generation figures. Check it out!Image: HasbroHasbro Star Wars: The Black Series Luke Skywalker Force FX Elite Electronic LightsaberThe best reason to visit Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Walt Disney World is the collection of…

Screenshot: LucasfilmStar Wars is definitely no stranger to cute, toyetic designs. From the droids of A New Hope all the way to the collectibles tastemaker that is Grogu, the franchise has a knack for cutesy designs easy to transform into must-have toys. So that its latest series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, was primed and ready to go with the next potential toy hitis no surprise—what might be a surprise to some fans is just how quickly it turned around.Hasbro, like many collectibles and toymakers lately, has been unable to escape…

Welcome back to io9's Toy Aisle, where this week we’re exclusively featuring toys revealed as part of Star Wars Celebration 2022 taking place in Anaheim, California, right now.That includes new collectibles from Lego, Hasbro, Mattel, Jazwares, Hot Toys, and countless other previews of where you’ll be spending your money the rest of the year. Check it out!Lego Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi StarfighterWith Disney’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi series starting today, Lego revealed a handful of new sets ahead of Star Wars…