The most impressive skyline view in Seattle is coming to the inside of the city’s Museum of History and Industry. But what makes this “view” at MOHAI especially fun and… Read More
Seattle-based virtual reality startup Peeka is tapping into the hype around Barbie and releasing a collection of storybooks featuring the famous toy via its immersive platform. In a new partnership… Read More
If you build it, they will come. Especially if you build a train, roller coaster, coral reef, space station, warship, castle, hot rod, battle scene or countless other things out… Read More
On a piece of wooded property not that far, far away from Seattle, a life-size C-3PO figure is visible through a front window of the house at the end of… Read More
Everett, Wash.-based Funko, sellers of pop culture toys and collectibles, has acquired Mondo, an Austin-based company that makes vinyl records, posters, apparel and more. Mondo was founded in 2001 by… Read More
T-Mobile is tapping into a bit of toy nostalgia to shine a light on its unending quest to let everyone know that it’s really, really into 5G. The Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. The Everett, Wash.-based maker of toys and figurines announced Thursday that it… Read More
Move over Captain America, Hulk, Princess Leia, Russell Wilson and every other pop culture icon in Funko’s world of Pop! figurines. There’s a new hero in town. It’s me! And… Read More
A new partnership between LEGO and Nintendo promises to take the colorful bricks to a whole new level as the two companies have teamed on a “Super Mario” set that… Read More
Lego is aiming high again with a new model for space geeks, this time celebrating the more than 20 years that the International Space Station has been a home to… Read More
Star Wars fans looking to stuff a little extra cuteness in someone’s stocking this holiday season will have to wait. But at least Baby Yoda is going to become a… Read More
Which will go into commercial service first: Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lunar lander, or the Lego toy versions? The answer will depend not only on… Read More
Funko has always been a bit Hollywood, with a product line nodding to some of the biggest franchises in pop culture. Now the Everett, Wash.-based company has actually gone Hollywood,… Read More
Winter is leaving, and with that will come a new season of Major League Baseball and the final season of “Game of Thrones.” A collaboration announced Monday between MLB and… Read More
Forty or so years after I did the same thing with a Sears holiday catalog, and about a month after that iconic retailer filed for bankruptcy, my own children —… Read More
Find the Lego wizard in your house. You’re gonna need some help with this new set from the famed toymaker. The Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle was revealed on Wednesday, and… Read More
Make room, Marvel and Star Wars and many more. Funko, the pop culture consumer products company with a stable of top-shelf licenses, announced a new partnership with Epic Games to… Read More
You’ve probably seen “Toy Story.” Now, you’ll want to see a different type of story about toys. “Making Fun — The Story of Funko” is a documentary feature about the… Read More
Fire up the R2-D2 drink cart! Star Wars geeks are going to get Jabba’s Sail Barge, a nearly 4-foot-long replica of the vehicle that was featured in “Return of the… Read More
Alana and Marko are interspecies lovers. They erupt onto comic book panels amid scenes of childbirth, intense battles, and robot sex. They quickly flee into an otherworldly sewer system. It’s… Read More
Toys R Us, the chain that grew to become the best-known toy retailer in the United States over a span of several decades, will close more than 800 stores around… Read More
Commentary: Reports suggesting that Toys R Us and its 800 remaining stores may not be long for this retail world arrived for many this weekend like a Lego stuck to… Read More
“Hidden Figures” mathematician Katherine Johnson may have missed out on the Lego toy treatment, but she and 16 other women are getting the Barbie doll treatment just in time for… Read More
American Girl put a Space Age spin on the centuries-old tradition of dress-up dolls today by unveiling a spacesuit-clad character named Luciana Vega as its “Girl of the Year” for… Read More
If the holiday gift tag is signed “Melinda,” chances are pretty good that that gift will be an inspiring one for any kid with a passing interest in science, technology,… Read More
UPDATE, Nov. 17: This story has been updated to reflect that the bear above is not a Joyfay Teddy bear. It’s a knock-off that looks similar to one that garnered… Read More
Seven and a half months after its selection, Lego unveiled a set of minifigures celebrating NASA women researchers and explorers, due to go on sale just in time for the… Read More
We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from NASA, they’re still cool on the International Space Station. The… Read More
If you ever want to pop on by the new headquarters and flagship store for Funko in Everett, Wash., giant versions of the company’s signature POP! figurines mounted outside will… Read More
“The Lego Movie” had parents and kids singing “Everything Is Awesome” all the way to the toy stores, which boosted sales for the Danish block makers – but now researchers are reporting… Read More
