Toys

By: Tanika Gentry Well, it’s almost that time of year again. If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to start the, “I gotta lose 20lbs before summer” count down. It’s not too late, but if you haven’t started working on your beach body yet, you’re already kinda late in the game.

A decade ago, the idea of a side-by-side was hard work, hardly play... Polaris changed the game, and they're doing it again.

There were a lot of exciting toys announced yesterday during the epic 18-hour Star Wars Force Friday reveals, but none as exciting as the BB-8 toy from Sphero. We’ve been gushing about BB-8 since Star Wars Celebration and counting down the days until we could own one. And now that the day is here, it is perhaps even more fun than we imagined.

In the tradition of ScreenCrush series like You Think You Know Movies, You Think You Know TV, and Post Credits comes a brand new YouTube series: Top Five! Each week (or so; we’ve got a lot of other stuff going on), ScreenCrush editor and critic Matt Singer will count down a particular topic from the world of movies (and probably write these introductory posts in the third person).

Somehow, in the vastness of the internet, this amazing musical instrument has been locked away from my eyes... and I must have one.

Next Sunday (06-21-15) is "Father's Day" and as we get ready to let dad know how much we appreciate what he's done throughout the years let's take a look at some of the things dad's do for their kids.

Some people seem to have way too much time on their hands. There's no telling how long this took to built. Even so it's pretty cool, I couldn't have done it. Watch this hand made Lego sorter that was built out of Legos sort Legos...

Pencils (or bricks) down, everyone — this is officially the best Jurassic Park fan-made trailer we’re going to see, ever (unless someone has a line on some sick animatronics). A father/daughter team utilized over $100,000 worth of LEGO pieces to create a three-minute stop-motion Jurassic Park video, featuring some of the best moments from Steven Spielberg’s classic film.

In the Jurassic World trailer, careful editing ensured that we only catch tiny glimpses of the Indominus Rex, the genetically modified dinosaur cooked up by scientists to increase attendance to their theme park. But if you were expecting our first really good look at this guy to come from another trailer, you were wrong. This is the year 2015. These kinds of things get revealed in toy form these days.

Remember how so many Star Wars fans lost their minds when we first saw Kylo Ren’s bizarre hilted lightsaber in the trailer for Star Wars: Episode 7? Well, they’re about to lose ‘em all over again. Hasbro is introducing a new line of toys that will allow children (and their parents) to customize their own Jedi weapons. If you should a little hilt was crazy, then you probably aren’t prepared for what people will soon be able to create in their homes.

I'd actually go see this movie! Antonio Toscano just re-did the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer using Legos. I don't know what it is about these Lego videos I find so amusing, but I'd be willing to bet this remake will be better than the actual movie.

Following suit with many of Marvel's other major movie properties, ​Ant-Man​ will soon be available in action figure form.