Lego’s Super Mario and Mario Kart Sets Will Have You Dashing to Stores

Image: Nintendo If you’ve been thinking to yourself, “I need some new Legos to put on my shelf,” the company’s got you covered. Along with its newly revealed set for Batman: The Animated Series, a new array of sets for its Super Mario line are in the works. Mario Kart Live But With Hot Wheels! … Read more

Every Lego Set Releasing in January 2024: Marvel, Star Wars

Image: Lego New year, new… Lego? That’s how that saying goes, right? After a few quiet months to round out 2023, Lego is starting 2024 with a bang with tons of new sets. Marvel! Star Wars! Sonic! Jurassic Park! Bouquets and Polaroids! Truly, something for everyone. Seriously, after the last few months delivered a few … Read more

io9’s Top 100 Posts of 2023

Image: Hasbro Ten years ago, Hasbro announced something akin to a disturbance in the Force—and Star Wars toy fans’ wallets: The Black Series, a brand new line that would bump the iconic heroes and villains of the galaxy far, far away up to 6″ scale for the first time (and away from the 3.75″ scale … Read more

Lego Is Officially Making a Twilight Set

Image: Lego Vampires are so hot right now. With Interview With the Vampire and Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion being anywhere and everywhere online, we’re in a toothsome renaissance not seen since the days of… well, Twilight’s cultural dominance. So it’s perhaps fitting that it itself returns for the occasion, although in a much blockier medium. Because, yes, … Read more

Every Lego Set Releasing in Dec 2023: Orient Express, Shadow

Image: Lego The final month of 2023 is here, and with it, one more batch of Lego sets to tempt your wallet (or get stuck under the Christmas tree). From big hits in the Modular Buildings line to Shadow the Hedgehog’s Lego debut, there’s something for everyone, even if there’s not all that many new … Read more

Teen Behind Lego Spider-Verse Trailer Recruited to Assist Film

Screenshot: Sony/Marvel With nice Lego animating energy comes nice duty, apparently. Or so 14-year-old Preston Mutanga found after his elaborate, Lego-animated recreation of the Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse trailer went viral. As a substitute of simply receiving reward from Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller over Twitter, Mutanga was as an alternative introduced in … Read more