Welcome to Toyark: Off The Shelf. In today’s round-up of toy and pop culture news, tidbits and odds-n-ends, we have a pretty big update. We’ve got some great t-shirts, cakes, photos and videos to check out from Superman, Spider-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, WizKids, Batman, Iron Man, Star Wars and more. Among them is the new Thor: The Dark World trailer that premiered this week.
After the jump, check out the update and let us know what you think of the Off The shelf feature or any of the stories we’ve posted. Enjoy!
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Check out the trailer for Thor: The Dark World. What do you think? Will this be the best or the weakest of Marvel Phase 2?
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In the UK, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys are going over extremely well. They were named the top toy property in March.
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Amazon has these Iron Man playing cards. Thankfully, they feature classic comic art instead of overplayed movie images.
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Steam punk redesigns can be hit or miss. I think this Steam Punk AT-AT is a hit.
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Ray Stevenson’s Punisher gets an unofficial 1/6 scale figure called The Revenger.
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Some serious skill went into making this Millennium Falcon Cake by Rosebud Cakes.
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Watch how a man spent over $150,000 to create this amazing looking Batcave.
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HULK ANGRY…HULK SMASH…Or Hulk just turn off light.
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WizKids is launching a TabApp to go with their HeroClix line. Fans of HeroClix might dig this a lot…or they may just ignore it. Who knows anymore when it comes to this stuff.
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New Pics are out of MLB Playmakers Series 4 from McFarlane Toys.
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Artist Abraham Lopez took the concept of the Stretching Room gallery from Disney’s Haunted Mansion and added Batman characters. Beautifully batty indeed.
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Super TMNT Sewer Fighter II Turbo Ultra HD T-Shirt Remix Edition DX.
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Back in 1977, there was a nigh unwatachable live action Spider-Man TV series. Here’s the intro. I never realized how much it looks like a vintage Italian horror/giallo movie. Creepy.
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Alien and Predator sitting in a tree; K-I-L-L-I-N-G! First comes acid blood, then comes laser sight…Then comes a terrible twosome of movies that make you want to stick your face over an Alien egg. I know it doesn’t rhyme, but the awful truth doesn’t need to rhyme.
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This Star Wars/Walking Dead mash-up shirt makes little sense. But that’s okay, I’ll probably still buy it.
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Game of Thrones X Disney’s Tangled X How to Train Your Dragon = An awesome mock poster.
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Cufflinks.com has these beautiful Action Comic #1 Cufflinks.
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Speaking of Superman, did you know that the old Fleischer Superman Cartoons are public domain. You can actually watch them all, legally, free of charge on Youtube.
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I’d feel terrible wrecking this Wreck-It-Ralph cake.
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Javva the Hutt Cappuccino with Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Cookies.
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My Little Piggy: Bacon is Magic. Yum! Bacon!
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