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Furnishings: You can't actually buy one, but Charles Lushear's Batman emblem workbench seems like a solid way to decorate your inner sanctum. Theme Parks: Disneyland will open an "Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries" display on April 13, which will feature Stark's Hall of Armor, and a Mark 42 Iron Man armor simulator...

The spandex set can find Funko Pop! Vinyl versions of DC's heroic trinity without much fuss, but for fans of the New 52 costume designs by Jim Lee, it'll still be a few more months until the more armored versions of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are available...

As a vinyl toy producer, Funko could be forgiven for sticking to a standard sculpt across its line, but it's gone the extra mile on its The Walking Dead figures. Based on the AMC TV series adapted from Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's Image/Skybound comic, the first wave featured Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, RV Walker and the Bicycle Zombie...

Lasers: Laser-Gadgets maestro Patrick Priebe builds his own working "Iron Man" laser gauntlet. Toys: PlasticPlayhouse's Rick Dries retools M.U.S.C.L.E. figures into Masters of the Universe heroes and villains. Auctions: You'd probably lose it if you'd just purchased the original Batman '66 Batmobile, too (or had the $4...

Funko's Pop! Vinyl line is getting some more Marvelous additions in early 2013. Beast, Dark Phoenix, Deadpool, Dr. Doom, Ghost Rider and Silver Surfer will join their 3.75" brethren from previous waves, although this round of characters focuses on comic book takes on the House of Ideas' heroes and villains rather than the last few movie lines for Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and

It may still be tragically difficult to get your hands on the original Shaolin Cowboy comic book miniseries by Geof Darrow and the Wachowskis, but the silent hero of the fantastical west has been making a killer comeback nonetheless. Darrow teamed with writer Andrew Vachss for the recently-released The Shaolin Cowboy Adventure Magazine through Dark Horse and is now expanding into collectibles wit

Dancing: Hugh Jackman and Psy recently kicked it Gangnam style while rocking adamantium claws on the set of The Wolverine. Conventions: Roughly 116,000 people attended New York Comic Con this year. Around half a dozen of them were your friendly neighborhood CA editors and contributors...

Power Rangers fans have their share of collectible options from Bandai, Mega Bloks and others, but now Funko is supplying a vinyl option by putting its spin on the franchise with a new line of 3.75" Mighty Morphin Pop! Television toys. So far Funko's focusing on three of six teens with attitude with the initial wave consisting of the Red Ranger, Pink Ranger and White Ranger...

Straddling the scales of Mattel's retooled Japanese robot toys of the 1970s Shogun Warriors line, Funko has crafted an 11" tall Batman Robot figure for its "Vinyl Invaders" series. The figure will sport limited articulation (probably just at the shoulders, from the looks of the KISS Demon Robot figure) and won't feature fist rockets like some of the Shogun Warriors toys its design w

Specializing in 3.75" vinyl and similarly-scaled plushies, Funko's set to follow up 2011's Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger movie toys with an all-new wave of Avengers items. Slated to arrive in March/April (just a few months ahead of The Avengers' May 4 release date), fans can expect to see Pop...