More than just a toy, this Lego Dinosaur Fossils set includes 1:32 scale models of Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Pteranodon skeletons that are surprisingly detailed. The set is made up of 910 pieces, with each skeleton provided a display stand for creating a history museum-like exhibit. It's finished with a paleontologist minifig, as well as a matching minifig skeleton to go alongside the dinos.
With a range up to 120 feet, Nerf's new Ultra One blaster is set to be the brand's best dart shooter yet. It might also prove to be one of the most expensive. That long flight range is possible thanks to a redesigned foam dart with stabilizing Aerofins, and the blaster is able to detect "incompatible" darts, potentially skipping over knockoffs. Thankfully, the Ultra One arrives with 25 darts in the box and requires 4 C batteries to keep its motorized drum rotating.
The all-new Defender is here. So is its Lego counterpart. Released as part of the company's Technic series, this model is made up of 2,573 pieces, which include working steering, a four-speed sequential gearbox, and a working winch. It was developed with Land Rover ahead of the official reveal to include authentic bodywork, a removable roof rack with storage box, pannier, ladder, and traction mats. Measuring over 8 inches tall, 16 inches long, and 7 inches wide, it comes in an olive, gray, and black color scheme with a collection of authentic stickers.
A recreation of the Devastator — the enormous ship that immediately gives the audience a sense of scale at the opening of Star Wars: A New Hope, this Lego Ultimate Collector Series Imperial Star Destroyer is one of the line's most ambitious sets. It consists of nearly 4,800 pieces, and measures over 17" tall, 43" long, and 26" wide when placed on the display stand. Swiveling guns, a tilting radar dish, and other intricate details elevate it above lesser sets, and it arrives with Imperial Officer and Imperial Crewmember minifigures, as well as an attachable, buildable scale version Tantive IV starship to chase down.
Traxxas' TRX-4 is already known as one of the most rugged, capable R/C rigs around. This set of All-Terrain Traxx only makes it more so. They install easily onto any TRX-4 model, providing an additional 16.8mm of ground clearance, while increasing the approach and departure angles by 18º and 28º, respectively. The sealed bearings and self-lubricating bushings make them adaptable to any climate or weather, and they come in a reusable foam storage box to keep them safe when they're not on your truck.
Originally debuted in lime green alongside an RSR model, Lego is bringing back its pint-sized Speed Champions 1974 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0. Seen this time in white, it has a minifig-sized cockpit with a removable windshield, wheels with rubber racing tires, and the Turbo's signature "whale tail" rear spoiler. The set will include an all-new driver, sporting a Porsche tee under a leather jacket, as well as three cones for setting up brick-scale driving challenges. Arriving August 1.
For those who can only dream about their grail car, Vintage 43 makes a rotating collection of custom 1/64 scale models of your favorite four-wheeled machine. The company is currently offering hand-painted die-cast Porsche 911's, from production models like the Targa to Le Mans winners. Each one is disassembled, stripped to the bare metal, and painted in authentic liveries and Porsche factory colors. The attention to detail is exquisite — and far more affordable.
The 19-69 brand was birthed in an effort to bottle counterculture movements from the past. Over the course of two years, the brand went through an exhaustive creative process with artisans in Scandinavia, France, and Italy before launching their fragrances in Paris. Each scent is inspired by an era, culture, or setting and the music and trends that help shape them and brought to life in the names, packaging, and the fragrances themselves.
With 54 of the nation's best coffee roasters at your fingertips, it's no wonder many have dubbed Trade, The Netflix of Coffee. Get started with Trade by taking their coffee quiz that matches you to a custom subscription based on how you like to drink coffee. Each selection isn't even roasted until you place an order, making it some of the freshest coffee you've ever tasted. They offer over 400 unique options, so you're guaranteed to discover coffee perfectly suited to your tastes for one of the best deals you'll find anywhere. Get 30% off + free shipping when you subscribe.
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In case you've missed the myriad announcements, it's the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Lego's joining the celebration with this Lunar Lander model. Developed in collaboration with NASA, the 1,087-piece set consists of an ascent stage with detailed interior, a descent stage with a ladder and opening hatches, and a lunar baseplate with a crater, moon footprints, and US flag. Of course, this wouldn't be important without the astronauts, so two minifigs representing Aldrin and Armstrong are in the box, as well.
Lego is reliving season one of Netflix's sci-fi series with their Stranger Things The Upside Down Building Set. The 2,287-piece kit perfectly replicates the dueling worlds of the show by recreating the Byers' house in both the real world and its alternate universe. When assembled, the bricks form Joyce's home complete with a light-up alphabet wall in the living room. Flip it over and you're transported to The Upside down. The supernatural realm depicts the rooms of Will's mom's house with creeping vines and murky hues. It also comes with mini figures of Eleven and the boys, Joyce Byers, Chief Jim Hopper, and of course a Demogorgon along with loads of detailed accessories ranging from slingshots and flashlights to Eggo waffles. Available June 1, 2019.
Driving an RC truck is fun — but even more so if you built it yourself. The Traxxas TRX-4 Sport Kit makes it easy to do exactly that. Included in the kit are a clear TRX-4 body, an expedition rack with accessories, the chassis, and a step-by-step manual. You get to purchase and install the motor, supporting electronics, battery, charger, and all the other components yourself, giving you an intricate knowledge of not just what it's capable of but what makes it go.
Created in 1920 by Dada-Surrealist Man Ray, this chess set is an heirloom-quality piece with display-worthy design. The various pieces are formed from abstract geometric shapes, each with a specific meaning. The pyramid represents the Egyptian symbol of kingship, the cone a medieval queen's hat, the flagon bishops' liqueurs and spirits. The rounded pawns are given greater volume to represent their increased importance in modern play and are joined by simple cube rooks and knights inspired by the head scroll of a violin Ray kept in his studio. FSC-certified beech is CNC-milled and hand-finished to create the playing pieces, which rest atop a beech board that's crafted and finished to match. Made in Germany.
Pieces:
Height: 1.5" - 3.5" / Width: 1.5" / Depth: 1.5"
Board:
Height: 0.75" / Width: 17" / Depth: 17"
Taking nearly 5,000 hours to assemble and requiring nearly half a million bricks to complete, this Full-Scale LEGO McLaren Senna is as impressive as it is fun. The interactive model incorporates the infotainment system, carbon fiber seats, steering wheel, and pedals from the real car, as well as actual McLaren badges and real Pirelli tires. There's also a start button in the roof, which activates the sound of the car roaring to life. Overall, it took more than 40 men and women to design and build the model, using 467,854 individual LEGO bricks — so while it might be the same size as the road car, it weighs a full 1,102 lbs more.
Celebrate Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday by building this Lego Steamboat Willie set. Based on the 1928 animated short that introduced audiences to both Mickey and Minnie, the black-and-white set includes the titular boat, complete with hidden wheels, moving steam pipes, rotating paddle wheels, a minifigure-sized bridge, and moving crane. Also included are special Mickey and Minnie minifigs, Mickey's parrot, Minnie's guitar and music sheet, and a "potato bin". Comprised of over 750 pieces, it arrives with a booklet that includes building instructions and more information about the historic film.
Merging laser tag and online multiplayer FPS, the Takara Tomy X-Tag Light Gun lets you play real-life battle royale. The gun has a smartphone mount on the back and connects wirelessly, letting the app handle things like weapon choices, "radar" display, and power-ups. It's powered by a pair of AAA batteries, has a range of 50 meters, and thanks to a 360-degree receptor on top, requires no other equipment to play.
Chess is simple at a glance, but far more complex once you begin to play. As it is with the Hermes Samarcande Chess Set. Named for the Uzbek city famous for its Registan plaza, the set's painstakingly carved pieces are mostly abstract representations of the King, Queen, Knights, Rooks, Bishops, and Pawns, each with its own delightful details. Both the pieces and the board are made from Java solid rosewood and Mahogany, meaning it should last a lifetime or more with proper care.
For Issue 05, we gathered ten of the world's best Barn Finds, ten of the most interesting caviar-and-potato chip pairings, three spectacular places to stay in Italy, and thirty stunning objects of desire.
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To kick off the launch of Uncrate Issue 05 and the return of our favorite not-smartphone, the Punkt MP02, we've partnered with Punkt, Grand Classics, and Mark Ronson to host a VIP screening of 1983's The King of Comedy, staring Robert De Niro. Personally selected by Mark Ronson, the film is a timely choice given its direct influence on this month's release of Joker, and as De Niro also appears in Joker as homage to his character in The King of Comedy. On October 16th at the Public Arts venue, at New York's Public Hotel, a select group of guests and friends of Mark Ronson, Punkt, Grand Classics, and Uncrate gathered for the screening and cocktails. Punkt, maker's of minimalist technology, chose to partner with Grand Classics on this screening due the increasingly frustrating effect of smartphones on the film community. Often used to snap pictures that leak a film's plot details well before release, smartphones have become a drag on sets around the world. Punkt's MP02 phone, a camera-less work of art, fixes not only this issue but allows anyone to disconnect from the distracting while remaining connected via a good old fashioned phone call or basic text message. Animoji's need not apply.
Created by Halifax-based builder Chris McVeigh, this Leica M Camera might not be an official Lego kit, but it is sold by the official Leica store. It's made up of over 120 bricks and measures roughly three inches long and two inches high once built. Available in black or brown, with building instructions available online.
If Rich Uncle Pennybags commissioned his own Monopoly set, we imagine it'd look like this. The game cabinet is crafted from burl-finished wood, accented by die-cast metal drawer pulls and plaque. The game surface is labeled with gold foil, and in the center is a faux leather rolling area. One drawer holds the premium game money, bank teller-style, while the other holds the die-cast metal houses, hotels, and tokens, as well as the faux leather title deed card holder and Chance/Community Chest cards. A quality gift that will still be played long after the cardboard boxes of lesser versions have withered away.
Width: 22" / Depth: 22" / Height: 4" / 2-8 Players
Forget Nerf guns — the best intra-office battles are staged with ammo you can eat. The Marshmallow Crossbow is designed to sling the sugar-based pellets up to 60 feet through the air. It's handmade from 99% natural materials and works best with slightly dry marshmallows. Pro tip: Add a bit of cornstarch to fresher 'mallows to improve their flight and mark your target.
You won't be using them to build any massive models, but these Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Building Blocks will look far more mature on your desk than their plastic counterparts. This handcrafted set consists of ten pieces, including nine sterling silver and American walnut bricks in various sizes and a single solid sterling silver block to top it off. Each set is also numbered and lettered.
Moving beyond simple apps that let you pilot a real-life ball through virtual spaces, the Sphero Bolt Robotic Ball works with the Sphero Edu app to let you — or your kid — program it. It has a programmable 8x8 light matrix that can play games, display real-time data, or just let you know which way it's going next. Sensors record and let it react to speed, acceleration, and direction data, a built-in compass means you don't have to aim it, and infrared lets it communicate with other Bolts.
No matter where you wage rubber band warfare, you can take your game to a whole new level with the Rubber Band Machine Gun. This all-wooden, hand-assembled, and fully-automatic rubber band gun functions very much like a Gatling gun, with seventeen barrels holding the bands. An electric motor rotates the barrels around a central axis with each trigger pull, letting you fire as many as 204 bands without reloading. Included in the box is everything you need: the RBMG itself, stand, bi-pod, 12 targets, 600 rubber bands, a shoulder strap (why not?), and an instruction manual.
It's not that different from the game you grew up playing. It's just better. This Luxury version of the who-done-it game lets the game play out in three-dimensional rooms held in a burl-finished wood cabinet and displayed under a tempered glass top. All the usual suspects are here — Col. Mustard, Miss Scarlet, etc — depicted on gold foil-stamped cards, and accompanied by plated die-cast weapons and wooden character movers with plated die-cast bases. A matching detective scorepad and set of pencils are also included, and all the accessories store away in a faux leather box. Not included: a copy of the terrific 1985 film, undoubtedly the best (only?) movie ever to be based on a board game.
Width: 17.75" / Depth: 17.75" / Height: 4" / 3-6 Players
Using the same care and craftsmanship they give to their high-end bags and accessories, Hermes has created the most sophisticated dice game on the market. The set includes a wool felt mat in a rich brick color and five maple marquetry dice featuring matching red dots. Nodding to their equestrian heritage, it comes housed in a bridle leather case marked with a saddle nail.
It's not quite as rare as the Space Edition, but since all 10 of those are going to orbit, this might be the nicest Scrabble game on Earth. The faux leather game surface with its raised letter grid rotates atop the burled veneer wood cabinet, giving each player a perfect view of the board. A drawer with die-cast handle pulls out to store the faux leather scorebook, plated die-cast racks, and the faux ivory tiles that sit atop them, stowed inside the faux leather drawstring pouch. This whizbang version is sure to maximize your fun.
Width: 17.75" / Depth: 17.75" / Height: 4" / Players: 2-4
Combining visual appeal and an eco-friendly process, this set of dominos updates the classic game in style. Each tile is extruded from a solid block of aluminum, leaving zero waste, then anodized with a durable matte black coating. A unique number pattern is laser engraved onto every tile in the 28-piece set creating bright white dots that will last for generations. Lightweight and perfect for travel, each set is made in the U.S.A. and ships with a wooden storage box — but they look so good, you may just want to leave them on display.
Necessary? No. Desirable? Absolutely. The Prada Mahjong Game is an over-the-top take on the centuries-old Chinese tile game. The playing pieces are rendered in acrylic resin then wrapped in Saffiano leather, and stored inside a Saffiano leather case that's finished with metal Prada lettering.
Built to pay tribute to the legendary GT40, the 2006 Ford GT is one of the most sought-after vehicles in the company's history, and only 5,000 were made. This 1/25 scale model is even more scarce. It features a solid 18-karat two-tone gold body with doors and hood that open to admire the engine, interior, and spare tire compartment. The 7.25-inch model is finished with rimmed rubber functional wheels and a Michigan Ford 1 license plate.
Whether you want a trial run at building an adult-size project or just want to make a shelter for your Lego minifigs, these Mini Materials let you create custom structures with no permits required. Made from real materials like concrete and wood, this Ultimate Sample Kit is newly redesigned and includes mini cinder blocks, Empress Breeze blocks, red bricks, Vista Vue Breeze blocks, and Mahogany Pallet coasters. Each item is made by hand and hand-packed in the USA.
1 Pallet of 1:12 Scale Mini Cinder Blocks
1 Pallet of 1:18 Scale Mini Cinder Blocks
1 Pallet of 1:12 Scale Empress Breeze Blocks
1 Pallet of 1:12 Scale Vista Vue Breeze Blocks
1 Pallet of 1:6 Scale Red Bricks
1 Pallet of 1:12 Scale Red Bricks
1 5pk of Mahogany Pallet Coasters
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There's no gravity in space. This seems obvious, but it also means that you have to use Velcro to hold things — like board game pieces — in place. No more. Developed in collaboration with LOLA MullenLowe, the Scrabble Space Edition has a metallic board imbued with meteorite dust and magnetic tiles. As such, it works perfectly in low-gravity situations. Only 10 have been produced and will be on display at Scrabble 70th anniversary pop-up events across Europe before making their way to space stations around the globe, but should demand be great enough, a limited-edition run is possible.
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