NYTF16: Spin Master

Major Licenses & Technological Achievements...

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Spin Master always has a wide array of interesting licenses and fun, technologically advanced toys, so we were excited to see what they had on display at New York Toy Fair 2016. There was quite a bit, so we’ll give you some quick hits and you can check out the photo gallery (links above and below).

Meccano
-Junior line with cars, vehicles, and dinosaurs.
-Building sets.
-Micronoids - three different robot characters with voices, lights, motion recording technology, Magic 8 Ball function, music-detection and dancing, and the ability to communicate with each other. $40 each.
-Mechasaur dinosaur robot. Massive creature with sensors to detect touch and sound. Has different moods and will react to petting, sound, motion, and more. $100
-Price decrease on Meccanoids



Air Hogs
-Star Wars line expands with X-Wing, quad copter Millennium Falcon plus new encased (solid exterior) Vader’s TIE Advanced
-Batman v Superman: Batmobile and Batplane
-Star Trek: classic movies Enterprise-A with the fans in the saucer, totally smooth flight and hovering. Just in time for the original series' 50th anniversary!
-Air Hogs Connect: a mat linked to a smart device lets you play in augmented reality, hovering over a virtual world and interacting with different missions
-Helix Sentinel Drone: camera streams directly to smart device with goggles and/or controller (included). Sensors to set altitude and object avoidance while in “immersive reality” mode



BB-8
-Over 16 inches tall, 19 including the antenna
-Fully remote control with 360 degree motion
-Follow Me functionality via I/R beacon
-Voice Command: come, run away, face you while you’re talking, etc.
-Designed for indoor use primarily, gentle surfaces
-Fall, $179



Plus tons more like Tech Deck, How to Train Your Dragon: Race to the Edge, Secret Life of Pets, Angry Birds movie, Minecraft plush, Zoomer Chimp, Etch-A-Sketch, and even more.


-Scott Rubin

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE SPIN MASTER DISPLAY AT NEW YORK TOY FAIR 2016!

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Air Hogs?

I'm not familiar with this line at all. So that's a fan for hot summer days hidden within a Darth Vader's Tie fighter or what?

"encased (solid exterior) Vader’s TIE Advanced"

??? So the fan is ENCASED in a solid Tie Fighter exterior or what does this mean?

Can these fly or are they room cooling fans or what? :confused:

Air Hogs are remote controlled flying craft, a line that I believe was originally for kids but has expanded into licenses and more advanced items for adult collectors and enthusiasts. And yes, regarding Vader's TIE most Air Hogs and quad copters are "open" with respect to the fans (see the photo of the Enterprise above) but for this new model they've figured out how to encase the motive mechanism within an outer shell so it looks more like the spaceship on which it's based.