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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and nerdiest toy news. This week, Hasbro heads back to the Haslab with a flamin’ hot Marvel set, Mondo conjures up an X-Men icon, and much, much more. Check it out!Hasbro HasLab Marvel Legends Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider and the Engine of VengeanceToday Hasbro revealed its latest crowdfunded super toy with an 18.5-inch long reproduction of Ghost Rider Robbie Reyes’ Engine of Vengeance. The 1:12-scale vehicle, loosely based on the muscle cars of the ‘70s, is…

Image: HasbroHasbro’s Nerf “LMTD” crossover has given us foam dart versions of everything from the Aliens pulse rifle to The Mandalorian’s rifle—and now it’s boldly going into a very peculiar collaboration with Star Trek.Hasbro has revealed that its next project in the crossover lineup is a Star Trek mashup to give us not one, but two of the franchise’s most iconic hand-held weapons—the Starfleet Type 3 (that’s the phaser rifle) and Type 2 (the standard phaser seen in TNG, DS9, and Voyager) phasers.Image: HasbroThe dual…

A fun bit of news to get us started: the DIE RPG has an actual play(test) available on YouTube featuring writer/designer Kieron Gillen. Also, a fun little note, we’ve got some great magazines publishing RPG content—check out the new issues of Indiepocalypse and Arcadia for that sweet sweet game content!Feral Indie Studio, a TTRPG publisher comprised of the two-person team of Charles Ferguson-Avery and Alex Coggon, has been quietly putting out great games for years. The duo has done supplements, small games, and…

Image: Dungeons & Dragons“Spelljams features a double LP’s worth of tracks from artists all produced by Chris Funk, guitarist from the Decemberists, who plays D&D with many folks in the music scene in Portland, Oregon. Chris Perkins, story architect at D&D and lead designer of Spelljammer, worked with Funk to bring the Flash Gordon-esque soundtrack to life. ‘You know what they like on the Rock of Bral?’ asked Perkins, referring to a location in Spelljammer. ‘Rock music! The brilliant Chris Funk has assembled a…

Image: ParamountOnce again, times have changed when it comes to scare standards, but hey: this is the episode where Scotty gets possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper. It’s wild, but it’s also genuinely creepy how much of the episode, before that twist, paints Scotty as a potential serial killer. Image: ParamountOnce again, times have changed when it comes to scare standards, but hey: this is the episode where Scotty gets possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper. It’s wild, but it’s also genuinely creepy how much…