<![CDATA[io9: toy fair]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: toy fair]]> http://io9.com/tag/toyfair http://io9.com/tag/toyfair <![CDATA[Our Favorite Science-esque Toys From Toy Fair]]> Plush food chain dolls that live inside a predators mouth, bikes that ride atop water bug watches and a tiny snow lab? Yes, these are our favorite "sciencey" toys from New York Toy Fair 2009.


We seriously want to be a kid again if that means we can wear a watch with a real live bug in it to dinner and not have to worry about it getting loose, which in turn would make us banned for life from said restaurant. We're talking about one of Insect Lore's many buggy goodies, but we love the bug watch most of all (there are plenty more in the gallery).

We'd next like to address the "AquaSkipper" from Inventist. Here is the video of what this bike claims to achieve:

A bike you can "skip" or "bounce" above the water? SHENANIGANS. We call shenanigans all over this! This is fairy magic trickery. Because if such a thing did exist, why aren't there 100 youtube videos of girls bouncing around atop the water in little bathing suits? I rest my case.

Also interesting from Inventist are the Orbit Wheel shoes. We tried to take a picture but fell over a lot trying to operate them... so you should probably just watch a video of the professional.

Another favorite was the HexBug which are Micro Robotic Creatures, and preeeetty creepy.

Our least favorite "toy" (or better put in this case, model) is going to have to be a tiny model of "Little Boy" -the atomic bomb signed by some of the crew of the Enola Gay. I'm all for remembering and respecting history, good or bad, but I don't need a tiny model of the weapon that wiped out over 100,000 people in my study. It's disturbing and a bit tactless. Surely there are better ways to remember this tragedy.

But, all in all, we left very happy, after seeing the countless chem lab sets and the Food Chain Friends plush dolls that teach us that friends and dinner can be pals in toy world.

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<![CDATA[Star Trek's "Red Shirt" Fragrance Wants You To Smell Like Dead Away Teams]]> Who in their right mind would spray a fragrance called "Red Shirt" on their body? That's just asking for trouble from the wrong end of a phaser. Luckily, other Star Trek tie-ins are slightly cooler.

First, check out the Diamond Toys Star Trek classic figure bobble heads that we spied at New York's Toy Fair, along with what we believe are GoAnimate versions of Spock and Kirk. They're adorable from the tips of their ears to the accessories.


But we're even more curious about the Star Trek cosmetic developments. Genki Wear is delivering us things we never even knew we wanted: Star Trek perfumes. The three different types of scents are called "Tiberius," "Red Shirt" and "Pon Farr" according to E Online:

"Tiberius," in honor of James Kirk's middle name; "Pon Farr," touted as the Klingon version of "Passion"; and "Red Shirt," named after the poor, red-shirted souls who never survive the episode.

While the idea is creative, I want to meet the poor bastard that thinks wearing "Red Shirt" about town is a good idea. Not to mention the idiot who thinks "Pon Farr" has something to do with Klingon lovin'.

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<![CDATA[The Watchmen Merchandising Wave Cometh]]> Like a mask-eradicating serial killer, the
wave of Watchmen tie-in crap is already started to surge. At this year's New York Toy Fair, we got a faceful of Watchmen prototypes, from ski masks to coasters.

I don't really know where to begin. I think my personal favorite is the ski mask, because it's just one more thing for an idiot bank robber to get arrested in. But it still won't beat the Dalek kidnapping. I guess the real question here is, what would Alan Moore do if he saw someone walking down the street with a "the end is nigh" baseball hat?

There are a few things we missed from Neca's show room, like the Watchmen thermos so please do check it out. While I don't hate the Doctor Manhattan scroll poster from the gallery I'm going to have to put my foot down on the Watchmen lunchboxes, flask, and pennant. They'll shout, "Buy this crap!" And I'll whisper, "No."

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<![CDATA[An Overload Of Scifi Toys]]> Phillip Torrone of the awesome DIY magazine MAKE: covered Toy Fair in New York City with a massive onslaught of photographs. While we told you about some of the items we wanted, Phillip went through his 500+ photos and tagged everything scifi related for us with "io9." What a guy. You can check out all of his scifi photos in the gallery below, and be sure to check out his blog at MAKE:'s website.

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<![CDATA[New Toys Will Vaporize The Contents Of Your Wallet]]> Toy Fair is going on right now in New York City, and besides Comic-Con, it's probably the geekiest time of the year, sending shuddering fangasms through everyone who's ever wanted a scale-model replica of the flux capacitor. This year finds a ton of science fiction toys on display, and we've already put several things on our must-have lists for when they hit stores. Check out our favorite goods in the gallery below, and find out why we want a Sleestak coin bank so badly.


Between the resin models of battle-damaged Vipers from Battlestar Galactica, and the recreations of Mego's awesome Star Trek line of action figures from 1974, there's a lot to love here. But the two things that really look ridiculously cool are the Poseable 12" Sleestak Coin Bank that would look awesome right next to our io9 supercomputer (and is on sale already), and this incredibly bizarre Mola Ram Munny from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Just check out the gleeful expression on his face and the flaming heart accessory he comes with. Pure plastic joy.

There's also a 12" Master Chief figure from Halo that comes with all sorts of goodies, and a complete set of 13" Green Lantern Corps figures that look pretty darn cool. There's also a slew of posed Cloverfield figure photos that look loads better than Hasbro's lame pictures. So, we might just keep that preorder, just in case.

For even more photos, be sure to check out Figures.com, where it seems like they have endless amounts of image galleries and coverage from the show floor. And thanks to our very own 92BuickLeSabre for snapping some the photos in our gallery as well, especially that Sleestak bank. Start asking them for kickbacks.

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