Welcome again to Toy Aisle, io9’s common spherical up of the newest toy and collectibles information. This week, McFarlane Toys brings us a professor of Egyptology satisfied they’re King Tutankhamun, the celebrities of Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania get miniaturized but once more, and a Jurassic World T.rex has already embraced the applied sciences of the trendy world. Test it out!

Hasbro Transformers Legacy Cybertronian Origins Jazz

The occasional glimpses we get of life on Cybertron affirm not less than one factor: the Transformers’ alternate car modes are rather a lot cooler there than they’re on Earth. To be truthful, Jazz’s racing Porsche mode is among the higher Autobot car choices, however it’s nowhere close to as cool as his Cybertronian hovercraft mode, which Hasbro is lastly delivering as a part of its Transformers Legacy assortment. The 5.5-inch tall Jazz determine features a blaster and a hook that may be subbed in for one in all his palms, and must be accessible someday within the spring, solely from Goal.

Sizzling Toys Marvel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Ant-Man and Wasp Sixth-Scale Figures

Sizzling Toys continues to maintain tempo with Marvel’s relentless launch schedule, asserting new sixth-scale figures of each Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and Evangeline Lilly’s Wasp as they seem within the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The 11.8-inch tall Ant-Man contains 30 factors of articulation in addition to swappable heads together with an unmasked sculpt of Rudd, and a masked model with a light-up glowing visor. The Wasp determine is just a little shorter at 11.5-inches tall, and one way or the other loses two factors of articulation, with a complete of 28. It additionally comes with masked and unmasked heads that includes a brand new sculpt of Lilly, plus a set of wings. Each figures additionally embrace miniature figured variations of one another’s character, however availability isn’t anticipated till properly into 2024.

McFarlane Toys DC Retro Batman 66 King Tut

If you happen to thought superheroes and supervillains attaining their superpowers by outlandish science accidents, the mystic arts, or from otherworldly sources was arduous to swallow, right here’s what audiences for the Batman TV present within the ‘60s have been served up because the origin story for the King Tut villain:

“William Omaha McElroy, extremely revered professor of Egyptology at Yale College, was struck within the head by a rock throughout a violent scholar protest. When he awoke, McElroy believed himself to be the legendary King Tutankhamun reincarnated, and Gotham Metropolis the traditional metropolis of Thebes.”

McFarlane Toys is fortunately making certain this villain is rarely forgotten with a brand new addition to its DC Retro Batman 66 line. The six-inch King Tut comes with a flashy purple cape to rival the Caped Crusader’s, and is at the moment solely accessible for pre-order by Goal for $20, with delivery anticipated someday after April 16.

Mattel Jurassic World Dino Tracker Tyrannosaurus Rex

So it’s come to this. There comes a time when each toy line has to innovate to maintain product promoting, significantly after they’re tied to a film franchise with no sequels en route any time quickly. For Mattel’s Jurassic World line, the answer is to offer the dinos some high-tech upgrades. Amazon UK leaked among the particulars of this upcoming launch; whereas we don’t know what pricing might be when this hits cabinets in June, we do know the 19-inch lengthy T.rex has been given a “desert terrain” end, and some type of high-tech monitoring visor. Like earlier T.rex toys on this line, there’s additionally sound results, and a “two-part head chomping motion.”

Lego Shifting Truck Reward With Buy

Harking back to the delightfully retro however a lot bigger Lego Icons Pickup Truck, this new 301-piece Moving Truck packs a variety of play into a comparatively small set. It’s designed to pair with the latest 2,899-piece Lego Icons Jazz Membership, and contains two minifigure movers and varied items of furnishings together with a piano, jukebox, dresser, saxophone portray, field, and even a dolly, that may all squeeze into the again of the truck. Though it’s listed for $25 on Lego’s website, the set is definitely a present with buy, however particulars about how a lot you’ll have to spend and when haven’t been shared.

Spin Grasp Video games Rubik’s Re-Dice

The one guilt most of us really feel when making an attempt to resolve a Rubik’s Dice puzzles comes after we fail to take action and hurl it throughout the room in a match of rage. However if you happen to wrestle with deliver yet one more plastic toy into your property, Spin Grasp has created the primary 3x3x3 Rubik’s Dice made totally from 100% recycled ABS plastic. Even the packaging is a straightforward, windowless cardboard field made out of un-bleached paperboard. It’s accessible now by Amazon for $13.

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