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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news hitting the internet shelves. This week: Hasbro gets us ready to thwip with an entire legion of Across the Spider-Verse toys, Nerf goes fancy for its latest blasters. Check it out!A Transformer Is Headed to the MoonImage: HasbroHasbro Marvel Legends Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse FiguresYou’ll still have to wait around two months for Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse to hit theaters, but the wait will be made slightly easier with Hasbro’s Marvel…

Even when you’re going into battle with garishly colored plastic blasters loaded with painless foam darts, the element of surprise can still be advantageous. Sneaking up on your enemy with a Nerf gun in hand isn’t exactly stealthy, but doing the same with a handful of cleverly engineered self-firing darts? No one will realize your true intentions.The last time we checked in with Joel Hartlaub of the YouTube channel Joel Creates, they had managed to upgrade a cardboard tube—every child’s imagination-powered stand-in for a…

Image: HasbroThe phrase, “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” comes to mind with Hasbro’s latest addition to its Transformers toy line, as longtime Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is now tradinghis alternate truck mode for a dart-firing Nerf blaster.Megatron, the leader of the opposing Decepticons in the Transformers world, is now best known for transforming into tanks, spaceships, and various other vehicles of war. But the original Megatron toy, which debuted in the US in 1984 as…

No more one-shot kills for Hog mains Overwatch 2 is a constant balancing act of buffing and nerfing heroes as the meta changes, and the character on the chopping block this time around is none other than everyone’s favorite hook-wielding heavyweight, Roadhog. He was known for his hook-shoot-melee combo that could kill players in one shot, which I knew all too well as a Mercy main. The Overwatch 2 devs said that “these changes aim to reduce the frustration of dying in one shot immediately after being hooked and…

Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has pushed out a small update ahead of tomorrow's Celestial Sunrise Collection Event launch. Despite its size, the patch does address a number of important issues and a revision to Horizon's ability set.🔧Rollin' out a quick @PlayApex patch🔧🤝 Legends start with correct number of tactical charges in BR3⃣ Firing Range easter egg can be activated again🌀Eliminating Wraith by headshot no longer causes incorrect particle effects🚀Horizon's tactical changes have been…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle. This week we return to the Spider-Verse with Miles and Gwen figures from S.H.Figuarts, start the Transformers Rise of the Beasts merchandising onslaught with Arcee, and begin our Valentine’s Day planning with a Pokémon Love Ball Poké Ball replica from the Wand Company. Check it out!Lego Ideas A-Frame CabinLego’s latest fan build turned real set is Andrea Lattanzio’s Lego Ideas A-Frame Cabin, which is as much an architectural treat as it is a masterclass in repurposing Lego pieces for unintended…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle and welcome to a brand new year. We’ve already christened 2023 with a mountain of new sets from Lego, but there’s still lots more to budget for as we push on through January. This week, some of history’s greatest artists and painters are represented as Mezco Toyz brings us a new TMNT box set featuring highly-detailed figures of Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael, while Super Impulse immortalizes Bob Ross the way he always wanted: as a potato. Check it out!Mezco Toyz One:12 Collective…

Photo: io9/Germain LussierNerf’s Pulse Rifle is definitely cool. That the display works, and that it has awesome sounds and two types of ammo, totally made me feel like a Colonial Marine, even for a short amount of time.But at almost $100, this isn’t really a toy you’re going to run around and play with. It’s a display piece. A once in a while thing. And for that, I think it’s less successful. It should come with some kind of easy display stand. And C batteries? That’s very, very annoying. Why not AA or AAA? Something…

A very unpopular opinion is sparking a firestorm online, as sequel fans react to blasphemy against some of cinema’s greatest releases. Twitter user @catturd2 prompted passionate discourse when they blithely proclaimed that they’ve “never seen a sequel better than the original movie.” This sequel sacrilege quickly spurred online debate, as users flooded Twitter with the many wonderful follow-ups the cinematic world has experienced over the years. The statement rubbed Star Wars fans, in particular, the wrong way, thus…

Overwatch Season 2 will see the playable character of Sojourn receive a considerable downgrade. The latest development update from Blizzard detailed a number of changes that will be coming to the game, including the addition of new Tank hero Ramattra, a new payload map, and a number of balancing alterations. Those alterations will see the deadliness of Sojourn’s rail gun significantly reduced, while  Doomfist will receive a hefty upgrade. “Both metrics and player feedback have shown Sojourn dominating the highest tiers…