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Everyone, this is Jaimie Mantzel, and he is about to blow your mind. More »
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Graham Norton decided to end that whole pesky battle between Star Wars and Star Trek in the most brilliant fashion ever: forcing Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson to watch while their action figures fought it out. The outcome was hilarious. More »
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Since early January, a crew at Hokkaido, Japan's Asahikawa Winter Festival has been carving out this 53-foot-tall bust of Optimus Prime peering over a wall. Given all that effort, it will be somewhat depressing to witness him inevitably transform into a grey puddle. More »
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As part of an endeavor to depict Marty McFly's adventures entirely à la plastic brick, LEGO builder Alex Schranz has created an incredibly detailed diorama of Hill Valley from Back to The Future, Part II. Visit all of your favorite spots that will exist in three years, such as Cafe 80's and the cineplex that's screening Jaws 19. More »
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Captain America has his shield, Thor has his hammer, Black Widow has her thighs and Hawkeye has his awesome bow. We've seen very little of Jeremy Renner's superhero Clint Barton (better known as Hawkeye) from Joss Whedon's Avengers. More »
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We've seen some pretty spectacular LEGO brick recreations of The Lord of The Rings, and it looks like the toy manufacturer has noticed these fan dioramas as well. To coincide with the upcoming release of The Hobbit, LEGO is releasing a series of LOTR playsets this summer. More »
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LEGO builder Christer Nyberg constructed this reproduction of Khan Noonien Singh's favored ride from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The entire project took him over a year and required somewhere between 10,000-15,000 LEGO bricks. The lights are a nice touch, but this vessel's life support systems won't keep you alive while in the orbit of Ceti Alpha V.

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For this year's Toy Fair, a 280-kilogram, 2-meter-tall plastic Dalek will be unveiled to strike fear into patrons' hearts. This project required four people, 328 hours (almost two weeks) of effort, and 157,460 separate Character Building bricks. Woe be to us if this deadly creation commandeers the LEGO Apollo 11. Hat tip to Bluehinter! More »
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The Light Mill never reached the popularity of the Drinking Bird or Newton's Cradle, but chances are you've seen it. It looks like a light bulb with four spinning paddles inside. Although no power is pumped through the mill, it spins as long as light hits it. Find out how these little mills work, and how some day we might use them to jet around nebulae. More »
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Every now and again the internet has the capacity to blow our dinky craniums to smithereens — this happens to be one of those moments. Some unplaceable Herculean conviction drove LEGO architect Ryan McNaught to build a 5.76-meter-tall recreation of the Saturn V rocket used for Apollo 11 out of 120,000 plastic bricks. More »
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Crank up the Queen — the best movie inspired Lego set ever has finally been created. Behold the Shaun of the Dead Lego set, complete with the crap flowers Shaun bought his "Mum", Ed, a few zombies, and horrible old David. More »
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Mark this up as one more blow to human-mutant equality. Marvel lawyers are putting up a fight to prove the mutants aren't the same as humans after all. Unleash the Sentinels! More »
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Aw it's a wittle baby Joker! Don't you just want to pinch its cheeks and coo "why so serious?" at his creepy smeared lips? Let's hope this adorable Joker Doll inspires the internet masses to clamor for a Dark Knight Rises Baby Doll line. It can't be any worse than Baby Voldemort! More »
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We've seen the plastic spaceship design of LEGO craftsman Sven Junga previously — now check out his take on the Terran battlecruiser Hyperion from Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. As you can see, Junga is also assembling a larger Terran brick army to boot. More »
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Still looking for that perfect little something for your special someone? Look no further! Behold the inflatable Tentacle arm — and it's only $12.00. Your hand fits snugly inside, making it look as though you're mutating into a squid-person. This is the type of investment that will last you a lifetime. Perfect for every conceivable occasion, including weddings and business meetings. Nab it over at McPhee right now. More »
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Right now the stores are flooded with shoppers trying to squeeze in some last-minute gift shopping. So what's a discerning science fiction fan to do? Don't settle for the final scraps at the stores — we've compiled a list of presents you can make or purchase online, without any threat of "out of stock" signs. It's a last minute gift guide that will make your loved ones think you planned ahead. More »
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This is Jeff Gurwood's Indymation, a.k.a. the entire temple sequence to Raiders of the Lost Ark done up entirely with action figures and art supplies. If I were animating the film's final scenes, I would make Gumby jump out of the Ark of the Convenant. That guy absolutely terrifies me. Also, I wonder if Indy's friend is a Doctor Octopus action figure. More »
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Need something for your offspring post haste? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Check out our amazing collection of toys, books, sheets, rugs and giant plushies for the little nerdlings in your life. More »
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DIY toy designer Scott "MegoScott" Adams has assembled what appears to be the most detailed Lost playset ever built. Complete with a pop-up Smoke Monster, an iPod-fueled entertainment rig that plays Professor Chang's training videos and the Dharma Initiative's LP collection, and even creating a prop of Hurley's Green Lantern comic, this display is too ornate for your local toystore. More »
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We've been seeing a lot of great changes in Barbie, ever since she became a perky Computer Engineer with a bright pink laptop. But Zombie Attack Barbie is easily the greatest thing to ever have the Barbie name attached to it (even if it's not official). Including Zombie Ken. More »
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We saw what The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man looked like at Comic-Con, but now his scaly excellence has been unveiled to the world in the most ignominious way possible...as a movie tie-in Pez dispenser! Spoilers ahoy!

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It wasn't the R&B madness of Marvel Comics' 1980s parade floats, but the 1986 Masters of the Universe rig did an admirable job showcasing such crowd favorites as Mosquitor and Snout Spout. Does anybody know what Snout Spout's doing these days? I'd love to interview that guy. Dolph Lundgren narrated this performance on another, blurrier channel. More »
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What do you get the geek who has every awesome collectable? something extraordinary. That's why we've gathered together a collection of all the best toys to give your friends and loved ones. And yes, that is the floating guard eyeball from Big Trouble Little China. More »
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Bootleg toys can be all sorts of amazing, but this solar-powered jiggle novelty really deserves a Bootleg Toy of The Year Award (In The Field of Perversion of Source Material). I've heard dark rumors that they hold that ceremony annually in the back room of the nation's most successful Dollar Tree retail store. More »
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Combine years in the gaming community with access to 3D printers, and you get the business model of My Robot Nation. This small company helps you create customized robot avatars online — and then lets you print them out in ceramic, so your bot friends can join you in real life. More »
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I'm not sure what compels amateur Geppettos to construct infantilized incarnations of say, Lord Voldemort, but hey, the world is a weird place. Right now, somebody is eagerly filling their entire Netflix queue with every episode of Home Improvement. It's happening, trust me. More »
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Do you wish you could hang with Claudia the sarcastic hacker girl with deep trust issues from Syfy's Warehouse 13? Of course you do. Do you wish she was looking kind of anime and wearing her awesome welding goggles? Almost certainly. More »
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If you have to go to work, at least you don't have to do it alone. You can surround yourself with science fiction and fantasy icons, thanks to a nearly endless supply of cool crafts and merch on the internet. More »
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Animated objects seem cute when they're on screen. But when the movie ends, the idea that the objects around us have human feelings can be pretty damaging. There are a ton of movies seemingly designed to turn your child (or your inner child) into a quivering, ultrasensitive ball of neuroses. Here are ten movies with adorable anthropomorphized objects and creatures that will deliver screaming nightmares if you think about them afterwards. More »
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This LEGO recreation of the battle of the Ents from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is seven feet tall, has an eight-foot-diameter, contains 22,000 plastic bricks, and weighs 145 pounds. This sculpture consists of 23 treefolk, over 100 orcs, and one Saruman. Wouldn't you like to see it? More »
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For his upcoming book Mail-Order Mysteries, author Kirk Demarais assessed dozens of craptacular items you could purchase from the sensationalist comic book ads of yore. Here's his video investigation — the ventriloquist dummy is particularly creepy. It's more disappointing than that soothsaying robotic brain. More »
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We love action figures — but not action figures are created equal. Some action figures have totally awesome attention to detail, and a great concept that opens up lots of avenues of play. And then there are the other kind of action figures... the ones which just kind of suck action figure ass. More »
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Action figures are a fan's best friend. A squadron of Star Trek, Star Wars and comic book figures on your desk is the next best thing to having Darth Vader and Worf physically present in your cubicle to distract you from the horror of being trapped at work. More »
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It's a damn shame that there aren't enough official t-shirts and posters from Duncan Jones' amazing space drama Moon. And the director is hoping to rectify that, by polling the public on whether they'd buy more Moon merchandise. More »
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Check out this amazing statue of a dinosaur made out of LEGO. This guy is 8.5 feet tall, and made out of 62,500 individual LEGO pieces. The amount of detail and coloring is pretty phenomenal. More »
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To some, Comic-Con is a sweaty heap of pulsating fans. To us, it's a galleria of delights and treasures waiting to be uncovered. But the goodies are hard to find. So we're taking the guesswork out of navigating the Con floor. More »
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LEGO artist Rakanishu placed over 10,000 one-by-one LEGO plates to a 96-by-144 board for this portrait of Leonard Nimoy wearing his famous earpieces. It was an anniversary gift for his wife. Such manic work ethic could overpower a salt vampire. More »
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If you've ever wished you could use "sonic" as a verb — or be as swashbuckling a gadgeteer as the mysterious time-traveling Doctor and his friends — then this is your lucky day. More »
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The cruel economics of Comic-Con dictate that gee-whiz collectibles (produced in ludicrously small quantities) will be rewarded to those who make the pilgrimage to San Diego. Here are the 2011 exclusives destined to whip convention-goers into a rampage. More »
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Very few universities have had realistic "action figures" made of their faculties and staff. One exception is the University of the Ozarks in Arkansas, where Dr. Jesse Weiss (Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies) has produced a collection of them. More »
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