Masters of Magnetism and extraterrestrials make for a bumper week of merchandise.
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!
Today 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 packed with 20 LEDs that along with various transparent accessories create light-up Hellfire mode flame effects in the tires, grill, tailpipes, and the included Reyes figure’s head, through the driver’s seat headrest. The vehicle can be converted to a flame-free street mode as well, although initially the set will only include a Ghost Rider version of Robbie Reyes, with a human form only unlocked later with enough backers. Pricing is set at $350, but the set will only go into production if 9,000 supporters back it by October 31.
Elevate your home theater space
A sensor is placed at the top of your TV to analyze the color output across the edges while replicating those colors around the perimeter of your TV in real-time. They can also be controlled via Alexa. This set is designed for TVs between 55″ and 65″.
What Hot Wheels is to America, Takara Tomy’s Tomica line is to Japan, but fans of anime—particularly Studio Ghibli’s work—might want to defect as a new Tomica line features whimsical vehicles from those movies. The Dream Tomica line includes the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro, the Sea Railway from Spirited Away that allows two of the train cars to be connected back to back with a painted Chiiro and No-Face hidden inside, and the Savoia S.21 seaplane/flying boat from Porco Rosso. All three of the vehicles will sell for just shy of $10 each and will be available for pre-order starting on October 15, and available on November 19—if you live in Japan.
