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Pacific Rim 7-inch Action Figures Whoop Butt with a Boat

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One of my favorite scenes from Pacific Rim is when Gipsy Danger gets into the fight with the Kaiju in the middle of the city and ends up handing out a beat down with a cargo ship picked up out of the harbor. I thought though the whole scene that the Jaeger pilots really don’t give a crap about the city they are trying to protect.

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Still, it was cool to see a monster get beat with a boat. ThinkGeek has some nifty 7-inch action figures from Pacific Rim that fans will love. You can get the Gipsy Danger 2.0 figure or Tacit Ronin. Each of the action figures has over 20 points of articulation.

Gipsy includes the ship while the Tacit Ronin figure comes empty-handed. The action figures were sculpted using digital files from ILM used in the movie. Each of the figures sells for $24.99(USD).

Metal Gear Rex Action Figure has a Working Gun: Metal Gear Rekt

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Metal Gear Rex action figures are nothing new; we even featured one that was made out of LEGO. But a toy modder going by the moniker NG-78 made one of the most unique and dangerous versions of the toy, or any toy for that matter. That’s because NG-78′s Rex has a working gun.

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Granted, the weapon doesn’t seem to be a firearm. It’s more likely to be a coilgun, a device that uses electromagnets to propel a projectile. I don’t know if it’s using actual bullets though and how it ejects the bullet’s case. It also appears to have a magazine.

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Toys. Toys do change. CQC your browser and demand that it take you to Gunjap for a couple more shots of this scary action figure.

[via Kotaku]

 

Titanfall DLC will Land in May Bringing New Maps

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Titanfall has turned out to be one of the most popular games new games for the Xbox One and PC, and now the game is also available for the Xbox 360. Respawn will be offering new DLC for the game over time adding new maps and other items. The first of these DLC packs is set to land next month.

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The DLC is called Expedition and includes three maps. The maps include Swampland with alien ruins and trees to walk run on. Another of the maps is Runoff, which will feature lots of water. The third map is called War Games, which is set inside of a training simulator.

More details on the DLC will be offered soon. Expedition will be available as part of the $24.99 season pass or alone for $9.99. In addition to the map pack, there are some free DLC packs coming to the game to add in new multiplayer modes and burn cards.

[via DigitalTrends]

Gundam Tombstone: A Proper Burial

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If you love giant robots in life, celebrate your love of giant robots in death with a Gundam tombstone. It will be a lasting monument to your life that stands out and makes others take notice.
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This huge Gundam tombstone is on display with more traditional tombstones at a Japanese monument shop in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture. With this big guy watching over you, your afterlife will be safe. Your dirt nap restful. In the future, maybe we will all have cool tombstones like this one.

It beats having some weeping angels standing over your grave. Plus weeping angels move around a lot, so they wouldn’t even stay by your resting place for long.

[Rocket News via Neatorama]

Mech Cellphone Holder Will Destroy All Other Cellphone Holders

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I’m taking a break from getting my ass handed to me playing Titanfall, and I just had to post this. This mech is the best possible way to display your smartphone.

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It was made by MechWorld, using a variety of random metal bits and bobs, many of which look like the leftover parts from an IKEA cabinet I once put together. When there’s no cellphone docked as its pilot, I wonder if it has an auto-pilot follow mode where it fires RPGs at other phone stands it doesn’t like.

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Want it? Drop whatever you’re doing, gather up 97 bucks and call for a dropship to kick you out over Etsy now.

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[via ThisIsWhyI'mBroke]

Life-sized Titanfall Mech Surfaces in Germany

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If you find yourself near the Berlin Central Station today, you may have noticed a gigantic robot there before you decided to run for your life and hide in some corner. Nothing to fear. It’s just Betty the Titan, and this is just one stop on a four stop tour around Germany to promote Respawn Entertainment’s Titanfall in a big way.
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Believe it or not Respawn and EA have been moving this and one other Titanfall prop all around the world. So far Betty has made appearances at Gamescom, GDC, E3, and a couple of other venues. Both Titans were created to represent the true scale of the mech compared to puny humans and they do that well. They would be amazing to see in person.

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The Titans were created by Daniel’s Wood Land, based out of Paso Robles, CA. They are made almost completely out of foam, which is carved using 3D carving machines, then painted and sealed. So they aren’t as hard to move around as you would think. One day soon maybe we have have real mechs this size to crush us and kill us.

[via Geek]

Hello Kitty Mech: The Power to Defeat Other Hello Kitties

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Hello Kitty is like kryptonite to most guys, but here is a Hello Kitty toy that even we can appreciate. This Hello Kitty Mech looks pretty sweet. And pretty deadly.

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This new action figure from Sanrio and Bandai is a collaboration between the companies to celebrate their 40th anniversary. This Hello Kitty mech has a bunch of cool features. It has shooting rocket fists, a miniature Hello Kitty operator inside the head and more. The miniature is only 0.9 inches tall, the figure itself is four inches tall.

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This toy will arrive next summer in June 2014 for under $50(USD). It looks very menacing, which I like. Maybe it will beat up all of those Hello Kitty plush toys that people have.

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[via ComicsAlliance via Nerd Approved]

Backyard Mech Made from Truck Parts

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If you have a ton of old truck parts, don’t just throw them in the yard and call it redneck decor, build something special. Something like this awesome mech. This one was built from an old broken down Nissan truck and a ton of other metal scraps.

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It stands 12 feet tall and now guards this guy’s house day and night. The whole thing took about a month to complete. Every Nissan should just come out of the factory like this. This guy has an eye for detail. Just look at all of those guns.

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I bet his neighbors keep their distance. No one wants to wake this giant.

[via Obvious Winner]

Kid’s Walker NT: Mini Mech

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Can’t afford the sweet Kuratas mech? Maybe you can pass on your dream of riding a robot to your kid. Japanese company Sakakibara Kikai recently released a video showing an updated version of its Kid’s Walker machine. It looks a lot more toy-like now, but it’s also more menacing because it has a gigantic drill on its left limb, in case Junior wants to play some Bioshock IRL.

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Check out a Newtype lucky kid testing the Kid’s Walker NT in the video below:

I’m not sure if the Kid’s Walker NT is already for sale, but if the price of the previous model is any indication you’ll need tens of thousands of dollars to earn the title of world’s best parent.

[via Gizmag via Relevant Magazine]

Transformers Metroplex Stands 2-Feet-Tall: It’ll Be Hard to Disguise this Giant Robot

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One of the cooler toys to rear its head at the 2013 New York Toy Fair was this gigantic new Transformer, which stands a whopping 24-inches-tall.

 

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This bad boy is based on the Titan-class Metroplex, and can transform into two different configurations – a giant wheeled battle platform with helipad, and the Scramble City battle station.

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It’s loaded with cool features, including eyes that light up, a projectile launcher, sound and voice effects, and even articulating pupils in its eyes. I also love how his head converts into a turret.

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Hasbro expects to launch this gigantic Transformer this Fall as part of the 30 year anniversary of the franchise, and it will retail for$125(USD). So kids, start saving your pennies now.

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Funny thing is, while 2-feet-tall is the tallest official Transformers toy released, the actual Metroplex is estimated to be as much as 800-meters-tall (about the same height as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai) – if he actually existed, that is.