2022’s Toy News Is Kicking Off With Some Staring Into the Void

Welcome back to Toy Aisle , io9 ’s regular round up of the latest toy news . We ’re kicking off 2022 with a bona fide eyeful of unexampled toys to gawk over . Simpsons eyes ! Playmobil eyes ! Heavily eyeshadowed eyes ! Mr. Potato Head eyes ! Check it out ! With your eyes ! !

Super7 The Simpsons Ultimates! Wave 1 Figures

Just a few months afterrevealing the initial collection , Super7 has divvy up the next lineupfor its The Simpsons Ultimates ! figure , and once again it fails to redeem regular versions of the Simpson folk itself . Instead , the unaired we get is a masked Bartman figure who ’s join by Duffman , Krusty the Clown , and Homer ’s former employer , Hank Scorpio . Each $ 55 figureincludes a mint of accessories highlight joke from the animated series and two swappable alternate facial expression . If you ca n’t decide which to get , you may once againpre - order all four in a multi - packand save yourself zero dollars in the process .

Lego BrickHeadz Stranger Things Demogorgon & Eleven

While still nowhere near close to the staggering number of tonic civilisation - inspired Funko figures you could call for , Lego has been slowly but steadily expand its line of BrickHeadz buildable caricatures , with the late additions featuring two of Netflix ’s big stars : Eleven and the Demogorgon from Stranger Things . You wo n’t be able to grab them until February 1 , but the 192 - spell set include presentation stand plate , and what seems to be the first Lego Eggo waffle piece .

McFarlane DC Universe The Batman Drifter Bruce Wayne and Motorcycle

expect , these days a movie tie - in action figure line is going to retrieve a way to spotlight the master character as often as possible . So with McFarlane having separate its The Batman Batman figure , of course it ’s going to make another that ’s Bruce out of his suit . Hence , we ’re getting this , a 7″ scale action figure that is candidly more hoodie than gentleman’s gentleman , describe a “ drifter ” Bruce that ostensibly resolve to contend crime looking like he was on the way to a My Chemical Romance fizgig before he decided that squash racket were scarey . The Drifter Bruce will be available in two discrepancy , one “ masked ” ( at least , the lower one-half of his brass , presumablynot for covid reasons ) and an “ unmasked ” variant exclusive to Target .

However , you ’re in all likelihood going to need the motorcycle to go with this interlingual rendition of Bruce . Alas , it ’s a freestanding purchase , one that only come with the motorcycle itself , a stand , and a helmet for Bruce to hold but seemingly not in reality fit over his head . All three figures are due out February , with the Drifter Bruce ( either variant ) cost $ 20 , and the bike $ 30 . [ Toyark ]

Playmobil Knight Rider K.I.T.T.

Playmobil continues to dig deeply into the retro ‘ LXX and ‘ 80s toy bin and while antecedently it give birth playsets feature the A - Team with their van , Doc and Marty and a time - traveling DeLorean , and even the original cast ofStar Trek aboard the USS Enterprise , this summertime fans of the Hoff will finally be able to add a Playmobil version of Michael Knight — aka David Hasselhoff — to their collections . The new set also comes with Devon Miles and Bonnie Barstow figures , but most will be hunting it down for its splendid version of K.I.T.T. , which includes a working light-emitting diode scanner , bulge - up headlights , and quotation from the popular ‘ LXXX show . You canpre - social club it now from Entertainment Earthfor $ 90 , with shipping expect sometime in August .

Hasbro Star Wars: The Mandalorian Potato Head The Yamdalorian and the Tot

This is go far a little of late now that Grogu ’s off to Jedi school day with Luke , and Boba Fett has stolen the Disney+ spotlight from Mando , but we ’re not one to grow our noses up at another adorable Potato Head reference . We ca n’t confirm or refuse if this helmeted spud works as a bounty hunter , but we do know this set comes with 14 piece including appurtenance like a Mandalorian helmet , a Grogu — err , the Tot — in a slingback , and other facial adornments for those lucky enough to see the Yamdalorian without his helmet on . It’savailable for pre - order from Entertainment Earth for $ 16 , with transport expected next calendar month .

Lego BrickHeadz Looney Tunes Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote

Lego has long avoided vehicles of warfare in its playsets — you wo n’t see buildable tanks or fighter jets for sale — but one of the latest additions to its BrickHeadz collectable line is a pair of the most notorious offenders of toon violence ever to off the small screen . The 205 - piece bent include buildable versions of the calculating Wile E. Coyote and his constant target , the always one - footprint - ahead Road Runner . Available set off February 1 for $ 20 , the circle disappointingly does n’t admit a single Acme accessory , not even a turkey or paintable burrow .

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