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The Best Version of Princess Leia Gets an Amazing Figure, and More Wonderful Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly round-up of all the coolest new toys. This week we’ve got a truly spectacular Princess Leia figure, a double dose of Wonder with new Wonder Woman toys, some out-of-this-world cards, and a tiny version of the legendary Dragonzord from Power Rangers. Hide your wallets!
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Rick and Morty's Rick Is a Truck Now
It’s a truck! It’s a store! It’s the world’s biggest Rick! Adult Swim is hitting the road in “the Rickmobile,” a vehicle that will be hauling exclusive Rick and Morty merchandise under its lab coat. You can’t actually take a ride in the Rickmobile, but you can marvel at its magnificence.
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How the Horrific New Republican Health Care Bill Punishes Women
After a wave of public outcry, yesterday, the GOP’s controversial American Health Care Act narrowly passed in the House of Representatives. While a horde of Republicans were toasting in the Rose Garden afterward, millions of Americans struggled to make sense of the calamity they had just witnessed. For many women and…
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Let's Break Down All Five of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 End-Credits Scenes
Marvel movies are known for their teasing mid- and post-credits scenes, but with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, they up the ante with five of them after the conclusion of the movie. Some are jokes, but some have huge ramifications for future Marvel movies. Here’s how and why.
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Because It's Riverdale, Finding Jason Blossom's Murderer Wasn't the Big Reveal of the Night
We finally found out who killed Jason Blossom last night. Of course, why he was murdered is still up in the air and a whole new mystery popped up. But none of that matched the episode’s big reveal, which snatched the crown of weirdness from any other contender. And, in this show, that’s some seriously stiff…
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What Sense8 Season Two Lacks in Mind-Blowing Orgies It Makes Up for in Satisfying Answers
“I watch Sense8 for the sex” is a comment I’ve heard a lot lately. People have their favorite moments of the beautiful multicultural cast banging their connected brains out. (Perhaps I need to just hang out with fewer horndogs.) But sex, while definitely a major part of Sense8, is not all that the show or the…
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Bring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, A Lot Closer With This Star Wars Toy and Board Game Sale
Yesterday may have been May the Fourth, but the Star Wars deals seem to be like Sandpeople, walking single file to hide their numbers. Amazon has a ton of Star Wars toys and board games marked down, and you don’t need to be Force-sensitive to see that these prices aren’t ones to pass up.
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The Crew of Alien: Covenant Has Some Serious Mommy Issues
The Weyland-Yutani A.I. computer of the good ship Covenant is “MUTHUR,” which the people aboard have linguistically and naturally changed to “Mother.” It’s actually pretty creepy even before things start to go horribly, horribly wrong for the Covenant crew as this odd little trailer proves.
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Watching Wonder Woman Save Poor, Imperiled Steve Trevor Is So, So Satisfying
I’m all for Chris Pine cracking jokes and being rescued by a kickass Gal Gadot all the time in Wonder Woman, which basically means the movie just needs to be different versions of this new clip over and over again.
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Today's Best Deals: Smart Alarm Clock, Teva Sandals, USB Power Outlets, and More
The smartest alarm clock you’ve ever seen, Teva sandals, and USB power receptacles lead off Friday’s best deals.
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These Flowers Hold Clues to Spreading Life Beyond Earth
It feels like we’re constantly searching for a friend out there in the cosmos, only to be repeatedly disappointed. But what if, in our quest to discover life beyond Earth, we’ve overlooking a more important question? What if the question we should really be asking is, how do we ensure life spreads beyond Earth?
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The First Inhumans Teaser Hints at the Epic War Brewing Inside the Royal Family
There are scant few plot details describing just what sort of adventure Marvel’s Inhumans will get into in their upcoming live-action series. But this first trailer for the Inhumans—voiceover only, alas—suggests that Maximus won’t be hiding his disdain for his brother and king Black Bolt’s approach to politics.
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Something Totally Crazy Could Happen to Bumblebee in Transformers: The Last Knight
The BBC is waging a new War of the Worlds. Get a bizarre look at a Guardian of the Galaxy on the set of Avengers: Infinity War. Aquaman teases some flashbacks ahead for Arthur Curry. Plus, teasing new details for the Han Solo movie, and what’s to come on Arrow, Flash, iZombie, and Supergirl. To me, my Spoilers!
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This Warhammer 40,000 Animated Short Series Is Unbelievably Gorgeous
Not only is this fan-made short series really well edited and put together, it’s got an art style quite unlike anything you’ve seen before from the grim dark future of Warhammer 40,000's setting.
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The Terminator 2 3D Trailer Has Something Much Cooler Going for It Than 3D
Today, a new trailer was released to promote the fact that James Cameron’s masterpiece Terminator 2: Judgment Day is getting a 3D re-release this summer. But the 3D is not the most exciting part.
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What the Hell Is Marvel's Inhumans Doing About Medusa's Wig Situation?
Today, we got our first look at the royal family of Marvel’s upcoming Inhumans TV series. We saw Black Bolt grimacing without his mask, Maximus looking suspiciously like Ramsay Bolton, and of course, we saw Queen Medusa. Wearing what looks like a Party City wig. Marvel, what the fuck is going on?
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New Twin Peaks Teaser Gives Us Our First Real Glimpse of Footage From the Show
Before you get too excited, this new Twin Peaks teaser is 30 seconds of enigmatic footage and 30 seconds reminding you to subscribe to Showtime ahead of the show’s May 21 debut. Still, considering we’ve seen barely anything from the cult hit’s long-awaited return, it’s still HUGE.
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Adorable New Tarsiers Look Like Stoned Yoda
Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! What better way to celebrate than by ooh-ing and aww-ing over two newly-discovered species of tarsier that look exactly like Yoda if he were extremely high?
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HBO and George R.R. Martin Are Developing Four Game of Thrones Spinoffs
HBO is preparing for the eventual end of Game of Thrones by developing not one, not two, not three, but four spinoffs set in that world.
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So What Actually Survived the Destruction of the Ultimate Marvel Universe?
It’s been almost two years since Marvel bid farewell to the Ultimate comics universe it began in 2000—smashing it right into its “main” universe to kick off Secret Wars with a multiversal bang. But in the past new years of the “All-New, All-Different” universe, a few elements of Ultimate Marvel have lived on.
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