Activision and Frito-Lay North America Running Fan’s Choice for New Skylander

Back in February, Skylanders fans were asked to choose one of three potential Skylanders and submit a name a brief bio for the characters. A select panel of judges waded…

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Skylanders Comics On the Way from IDW

The Skylanders universe just keeps growing as today Activision and IDW Publishing announced a Skylanders comic-book series, penned by renowned comic-book writer Ron Marz with Mike Bowden and David Baldeon as lead artists. The first issue serves as…

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Soccer Themed Skylander Launching at Toys R Us May 18th

This Sunday, May 18th an all new Skylander will be available exclusively at Toys R Us. The soccer ball headed hero Kickoff Countdown is the newest character to join in…

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DeNA and Hasbro Reveal Transformers: Age of Extinction Mobile Game

DeNA and Hasbro have announced the official mobile game for Transformers: Age of Extinction will be available for Android and iOS devices later this year. Transformers: Age Of Extinction –…

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Activision Announces Skylanders Trap Team

Earlier this week, the latest addition to the Skylanders franchise was announced – Skylanders Trap Team. In Skylanders Trap Team, Koas locates and destroys the Cloudcracker Prison releasing Skyland’s worst villians. It’s…

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HEXBUG Introduces HEXBUG Havoc on Apple’s App Store

Innovation First International earlier this week announced the launch of the new HEXBUG Havok free-to-play mobile game on Apple’s App store. This game lets Hexbug fans interact with these little…

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Toy Fair 2014 – Skylanders

With the newest wave of Skylanders hitting stores now, Activision previewed several other new figures coming this spring. Featuring some update packaging these three figures are likely to become some…

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Toy Fair 2014 – McFarlane Toys

Rabbids were a huge focus of the McFarlane Toys booth, which the toys and figures from the video game property front and center – and for good reason, they’re prety…

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S.H. Figuarts Super Mario and Diorama Sets Coming in June

Exciting news from Tamashii Nations – this June, they’ll be shipping a highly detailed, fully poseable S. H. Figuarts Super Mario figure. Mario will include a “?” block, coin, coin…

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Skylanders Breaks $2B in Franchise Revenue

Skylanders broke a huge revenue milestone – $2B! The inforgraphic below details the path to $2B – check it out below.

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Skylanders Collection Vault App Gives Fans New Ways to Interact with their Favorite Skylanders

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Nov. 26, 2013 – Skylanders fans vying to become the ultimate Portal Master can now download the Skylanders Collection Vault application in the iOS App Storetoday. The new app lets players easily manage…

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MEGA Brands Launches Call of Duty Construction Sets

During one of my many toy runs last week, I was surprised by these Call of Duty MegaBlok sets – as I hadn’t heard these being announced yet. Today the…

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G.I. Joe: BATTLEGROUND Launches Congo Clash Event and Introduces Trading

DeNA’s action-packed card battle game G.I. JOE: BATTLEGROUND is back with a new special event called Congo Clash. In addition to introducing the new event, players can now trade characters…

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Toys R Us Hosting Special Events for Launch of Skylanders SWAP Force

See the below press release to see the special events and exclusives as Toys R Us preps to celebrate the release of Skylanders SWAP Force this Sunday, October 13th.  …

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MegaBloks’ Skylanders Arkeyan Robot King Review

A few weeks ago, three MegaBloks sets were shipped to the AwesomeToyBlog HQ for review. This is the third review, you can see my Hot Wheels Super Blitzen Monster truck…

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