Have you ever wanted to play Covenant laser tag? Yes?! Well, you’re in luck. Maybe for Halloween you can grab a set of these bad boys and chase your buddies around the neighborhood making Covenant noises.
Not a bad grab at $20, but you will need two for the full effect. The plasma pistols actually light up and make some obnoxious noises, they don’t exactly sound like the game, but its the thought that counts. It would have been nice if they shot Nerf darts as well.
Hit the jump to see it lit up, sorry I didn’t record it’s noises.
Remember the sweet Master Chief helmet you got for $129.99 that you couldn’t wear or interact with at all? The same one that was going for 60 bucks a few months later? Gears of War 2 is giving you an actual Lancer, thats the chainsaw gun for you noobs, that has a pullable trigger and real chainsaw sounds. They say life-size, but it’s probably much smaller than an actual gun. It seems that if they want people to shed more than twice the price for some extra content, they need to give them cool toys. I would have bought a Halo 3 Legendary if I got a Battle rifle or a life-sized Cortana blow up doll. The Gears 2 bundle goes for $139.99
I have been looking across the internets for a way to expand my Halo related interests. After reading all the books, twice, and getting almost all of the non-cheating achievements, I have taken up the latest craze: Halo ActionClix. This is a table top Halo game that is like Battlemechs, but with characters from the Haloverse. The game is a blast and the rules easy to follow, but the figures are not exactly easy to find. That’s when I stumbled into Installation 05.
Based on the Halo ring that Master Chief crash landed on in Halo 1, this site has anything and everything you would want in Halo toys. Besides the ActionClix, they now have the Limited Edition Series 2 Halo 3 figures from McFarlane. They look bad ass. I bought 3 boosters packs of ActionClix on Tuesday and they already showed up. Definitely check this site out and see what they have to offer. I talked to the admin over there and he was cool as shit. They frequently run contests and we will bring you word when they do. Also, let me know if any of you get into ActionClix for Halo. A challenge may ensue at a bar in NYC soon.
I had almost forgotten that the Street Fighter game had gotten official G.I. Joe toys, some with “real ninja moves”. They had even made vehicles that came with Championship edition characters with the different color variants from the game, which is really milking it. These were actual G.I. Joe figures too, I think I owned a few of them like Vega, E-Honda and Sagat. Take a trip down memory lane and bask in the glory of the sophisticated special effects in this commercial.
On my recent trip to the West Coast I came across a shop that had everything you can imagine imported from across the ocean, Japan. A few great things they had were video game themed candies and toys, like Gameboy shaped candy tins, a Nintendo energy drink with Mario on it and even an energy drink called a Flaming Moe. (yes from the Simpsons)
Here are some shots of the candies I bought to try out, please note that all candy tasted less than great, so really I payed for the tins, hehehe.
A classic NES controller tin filled with mints, the mints smelled like Altoids, but sure didn’t taste like them, the tin will at least serve a purpose later to hold paperclips.
Let’s face it, Lego’s are all the rage these days. From video games using them to toys about video game characters, everybody wants some Lego Lovin.
Marcus Fenix, the ever popular main character from Gears of War, has now been immortalized in Lego glory. The guys over at Brickshelf put this together for everyone’s enjoyment. Check their site for more pictures.
I want instructions, because I need one of these. I’m a huge fan of gaming relating toys to fill my desk.
In the red corner, we have the Lost Planet VS Suit, packing some mean fire power. In the blue corner, we have the Big Daddy, hulking and mean. Tonight’s referee is Dwight K. Schrute.
I’m putting my money on the guy in the VS Suit. Surely the Big Daddy would have to die with the dual wielding weaponry being fired at it. Who do you think would win? And no, Dwight cannot win. Let us know in the comments.
We're like Spaceballs... we're making Loot Ninja everything. Coming soon we'll have hats, shirts, hoodies, possibly banana hammocks if one Editor has his way...
Check out the shirt prototypes here and the hats here
