Pop Culture Nod of the Week

Keeping track of the date just got a whole lot more interactive with the latest release of the Iconic Brick Calendar from LEGO.

Officially licensed pinball art becomes a decorative motif in a series of handmade lamp shades from OutsideEdge Products.

Mondo is paying homage to the the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon with a set of TMNT enamel pins.

Geosphere Puzzle Lamp Kits allow children to work on their fine motor skills while assembling a puzzle that doubles as modern art at the same time.

The Desktop Skee Ball game from UncommonGoods offers a miniaturized version of everyone’s favorite childhood pastime.

Each week on Toy Tales we feature our Pop Culture Nod of the Week, a post that highlights our favorite modern-day things with a nostalgic flair. In recognition of upcoming gift-giving occasions, here’s a round-up of some of our favorite items from the past year that we think make for fantastic presents.

8-bit pixel art intersects with iconic video game characters in the initial release of Pixel Pals from Performance Designed Products (PDP).

Just in time for the holidays – and for the late-November theatrical release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Moleskine is releasing two limited-edition notebooks tied to the Harry Potter series.

In honour of Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary in 2016, Insight Editions has released an adult coloring book devoted to everyone’s favorite demigoddess from Paradise Island.

Pottermore has teamed up with UK designer Olly Moss to create a new series of Harry Potter posters – they’re only available until October 25, 2016, 10:00 AM EST!

With over 13 quintillion times more permutations than the original 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube, the 3x3x5 X-Cube from Moving Parts LLC presents a whole new challenge to fans of twisting logic puzzles.

Doesn’t everyone need some classic arcade decor in their home?! UK retailer The Fowndry’s new Pac-Man Sound Chip Lamp lets you do just that!

With the Batman Classic TV series is marking its 50th anniversary this year, toy company Bif Bang Pow! is celebrating with a new collection of Pin Mate figures that pay homage to the show.

Dust off your favorite Supermarionation memories with a new series of art prints from UK-based Art&Hue that celebrate the iconic British sci-fi series that first hit the airwaves in 1965.

Book publisher Penguin Random House has released a box set of Little Golden Books featuring superheroes from the Marvel Comics Universe.

To celebrate the iconic sci-fi franchise’s 50th anniversary, Andrews McMeel Publishing has released the Star Trek 50 Artists. 50 years. 2017 Poster Calendar.

Since its initial release in 2004, the Atari Flashback has provided retro-gamers with a dedicated console to play popular Atari games. Version 7 continues this trend.

With their Dry Erase Coloring Decal, wall graphics retailer BLIK has given children and adult coloring book aficionados a perfect excuse to draw on walls.