Toy Fair 2025: NECA, Bandai, and BigMouth Inc. Celebrate 50 Years of Jaws

By Mike Stencel @Munson1897 on Twitter & CastingCallClub

It’s been 50 years since Jaws first terrorized audiences, and at New York Toy Fair 2025, some of the biggest names in collectibles,  toys, and floatations are making sure the Great White legend lives on! With NECA’s ultra-detailed figures, BigMouth Inc.’s thrilling pool floats, and Bandai’s immersive bath bomb experience, Jaws fans have plenty of ways to celebrate 50 years of shark-infested fun.

Toy Fair 2025: Trick or Treat Sculpts Questionable GWAR Parts

And the Earth belched and split open, spilling liquid hot magma upon the once lush field of daisies, and from this newly formed chasm emerged a dark figure...crawling...scratching...snarling. Pulling itself onto two monstrous legs and lifting its mutated head toward the heavens to curse a vengeful god it bellowed just ..one..word. GWARRRRRR!!! And then I went to see them play with the Dickies once, spur of the moment, in some abysmal place like Connecticut or DELAWARE and I swear they used fruit juices instead of the usual tasteless fake bloods and we tasted each other as the streams soaked us to our ragged bones. And it was a good night. Anyway, Trick or Treat Studios are FINALLY making the GWAR action figures we deserve and they were on display at NY Toy Fair 2025...

Toy Fair 2025: Funko Expands the Bitty Pop Universe with Bitty City

By Mike Stencel @Munson1897 on Twitter & CastingCallClub

Funko just took tiny collecting to a much bigger level with the debut of Bitty City at New York Toy Fair! Expanding on the wildly popular Bitty Pop! toy line, Bitty City lets fans collect, build, and customize their own miniature Funko world, complete with stackable buildings, roads, rides, and scenic backdrops from their favorite franchises.

KIRBYVISION: Jack Kirby Documentary Announced

Acclaimed documentary film director, Ricki Stern (“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work,” “UFOs: Investigating the Unknown”), has set her sights on “Kirbyvision” – a feature length documentary telling the complete and fascinating story of legendary artist, storyteller, and creator, Jack Kirby. Dan Braun and Josh Braun (“The Andy Warhol Diaries”, the Emmy-winning “Wild Wild Country”) will produce under their Submarine Deluxe production banner, a wholly owned subsidiary of Submarine, alongside Mike Cecchini, Ron Fogelman, and Chris Longo.

Toy Fair 2025: Polyphony Unleashes Garbage Pail Kids, My Pet Monster & More

By Mike Stencel @Munson1897 on Twitter & CastingCallClub

For those of you craving 80s nostalgia, Polyphony debuted its initial wave of blind box Garbage Pail Kids vinyl collectibles at the New York Toy Fair. For the first series, collectors will have a chance of opening one of seven delightfully disgusting mystery figures including GPK mascot Adam Bomb, bubblegum popping Joe Blow, the self-inflicting siamese twins Double Heather, fire starter Fryin’ Ryan, along with Sheepish Seth, Smelly Sally, and Pete Seat. Expect to see these figures on shelves later this year. No word on whether each figure will come with its own trading card - a mystery as juicy as a pack of 1985 gum!

Toy Fair 2025: The Loyal Subjects Partners with Rovio on Angry Birds

The Loyal Subjects (TLS), a leading brand best known for creating lineups of high-quality toys, fashion dolls, plush, and collectibles based on iconic licenses at the cornerstone of pop culture and entertainment, has partnered with Rovio Entertainment as Master Toy for Angry Birds. In a deal facilitated by IMG Licensing, the strategic partnership will debut its first collection of toys, collectibles and plush in 2026.

Toy Fair 2025: McFarlane Toys Presents Mortal Kombat Klassic

McFarlane Toys, an industry leader in the collectibles category, proudly announces an exciting new collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products to bring the iconic Mortal Kombat Klassic brand to McFarlane Toys’ growing video game collectible category.

The upcoming series will feature highly detailed 7-inch action figures, each crafted with meticulous attention to detail, designed to capture the Klassic designs of the original Mortal Kombat characters. These figures are fully articulated and will include additional accessories, sold in both solo and multipacks.

Toy Fair 2025: Nacelle Fired Up for Scifi, Biker Mice, COW-Boys & Beyond

There are some companies who play it safe. They tell you they have a Marvel license and you can close your eyes and sound off on their initial character choices. Wolverine. Captain America. Iron Man. Hulk. YAWN. Then there's The Nacelle Company who announce they are reviving old toy properties, giving them a modern revamp that looks amazing from top to bottom. The crowd goes "So more Thundercats?" And Nacelle answers HOW ABOUT BIKER MICE FROM MARS??!! Heads explode. Then they announce a license like Star Trek and, knowing what we do about the company, we brace ourselves for a lineup of deep-dive fan-favorite characters no one would ever expect. Are they fans? THE NACELLE COMPANY?! Star Trek has found its perfect home. Let's dig into their Toy Fair 2025 displays with Trek and The Expanse, C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Biker Mice From Mars' hotly anticipated rogue's gallery and more...

Toy Fair 2025: U Guys, Spin Master Still Has DC

FOR NOWWW! While McFarlane plugs away, cranking out an army of 7-inch DC Super Heroes and their sometimes monstrous villains, Spin Master has settled in with a more kid-friendly war of super-types! Spotted at UK Toy Fair was the latest wave of DC Heroes and their MECH battle suits alongside a killer Brainiac that immediately went on my must buy list. While the countdown til the Mattel takeover is underway, Spin Master still has some surprises in store...or IN STORES!! Let's take a look at what's yet to come, on display at NY Toy Fair 2025...

Toy Fair 2025: Super 7 Counts on Sesame Street

The Super 7 website says "You can count (Ah-Ah-AH!) on our Sesame Street collection to take you back to a simpler time when learning letters, numbers, and basic life lessons were the order of the day!" Never to be one left behind on the retro feels train, Super 7's taste swings WILDLY from classic 60's style monsters to Jim Henson's most famous teaching Muppets. It had to be a no brainer to scoop up this license, knowing full well it's a TV show that raised more than one generation and still remains close to all our hearts. Let's check out how the masters of pop culture translate a beloved universe into collectible figures as we visit Super 7 at Toy Fair 2025...

Toy Fair 2025: Mattel's Rockin Wrasslers

The popularity of WWE among adults and children alike shows no sign of slowing down, bolstering camps like AEW and Ring of Honor to new heights of fandom. The economics of this is not lost to anyone who has bought a 30 dollar "Hot Rod" T Shirt to celebrate their favorite wrestler from days long past, and so, with the growing popularity of each individual wrestler, we look forward to their little plastic counterpart. Mattel has raised the art of wrestling action figures to MUSEUM quality, with detailed, fully sculpted ring gear, identical tattoos and a face not only their momma will love. Let's celebrate these perfect lil wrestling stars at Mattel's WWE Toy Fair 2025 display...

Toy Fair 2025: Kaiju Crazy at Bandai

People talk about how great it must be to grow up in modern times with all forms of media at your finger tips and some of the best toys ever seen being dished out weekly, but I'd argue my childhood ruled...because of Godzilla. Every weekend I would become one with the couch and revel in the certainty that at least one Godzilla movie and one kung fu movie would be waiting for me on one of the (only) 7 TV channels available. Sure, kids can watch anything nowadays, but would they freely CHOOSE to watch men in rubber suits battle it out in tiny foam cities? Probably not. We didn't have that choice, and we have become better humans for it. Bandai, knowing full well that children who love Godzilla and Ultraman grow up to have adult money, show no signs of slowing down with their merchandise onslaught. Let's check out the latest from Bandai's Toy Fair 2025 showroom...

Toy Fair 2025: Play-Doh Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

LONG HAVE WE WAITED...for what is probably one of the most obvious mash-ups there ever should be. Combine the fun, science, and mutations rampant in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle universe with the classic tools of genetic manipulation from Play-Doh and you have playtime GOLD!!! Ever wanted to pretend to zap a triceraton into a puddle of de-evolved protoplasmic goop? NOW YOU CAN. Have you had a massive urge to gene splice Mondo Gecko's tail to Michelangelo's FACE??!! LET'S DO SCIENCE!!! Today, all your twisted plans can come true with this series of Play-Doh sets. 

Toy Fair 2025: Tamagotchi Enters its Biggest Year Yet

Tamagotchi, the virtual pet pioneer, is making a huge splash on day one of the 2025 New York Toy Fair (NYTF), unveiling a series of announcements that are setting the stage for a year like no other. From the launch of its first-ever national tour, to the debut of new collectible figures inspired by the iconic "poop" elements of the gameplay, and an event at the second largest mall in the United States, fans can now experience the fun of Tamagotchi in more ways than ever.

Don’t miss the Tamagotchi Spring Celebration at American Dream Mall on March 29 and 30 (CNW Group/Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America Inc.)

Toy Fair 2025: Hasbro's NANO-MALS Interactive Pets

Unlock a world of fashionable, pocket-sized pets with Nanomals! Nano-mals are electronic, interactive pets and adorable mini companions that need your love each day! Each Nano-mals pet has an electronic heart meter – fidget to find out what they need. The more you play, the more interactions you unlock.

When their heart meter drops, they’ll make sounds to let you know they need care. If their heart meter is blue, they want to be pet, so press their ears. If their heart is yellow, they’re hungry – press their mouth to pretend feed them. Is their heart pink? Click their arms up and down to make them dance. What about purple? They want to move! Flip, catch, or shake to fill their heart. Your Nano-mal will celebrate their full heart with a song and colorful lights show. Nano-mals interact with each other when you place two or more close together. Collect and connect to discover new interactions! Give them some extra flair with a textured snap-on outfit that is cross compatible as you collect more. Plus, they come with an attached clip, so they make a great kids keychain for on-the-go play. Nano-mals are the perfect gift for kids who love animal toys and digital pets.