EXTRAS

GAMES

POP! PUZZLES

OUT NOW Funko has a big-bonced jigsaw for seemingly every fandom, whether you’re a Marvelite (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) or a Loser, so to speak (It: Chapter One). Each puzzle is 18x24in and comprises 500 pieces - i.e. just big enough for a challenge that won’t leave you sobbing into the box. One especially seasonal eye-catcher is The Nightmare Before Christmas, whose colours gain an extra Pop! when viewed under a blacklight. Boys and girls of every age, see something strange at funkoeurope.com.

ACCESSORIES

HALLOWEEN MINI-BACKPACKS

OUT NOW Two Loungefly products from opposite ends of the scare spectrum. At the less-frightening-than-lettuce end we have the Pooh and Piglet Halloween mini-backpack, with its cute ghost costumes and benignly smiling jack-o’-lantern. And then straight out of Satan’s cloakroom there’s the Michael Myers cosplay mini-backpack, featuring not just the face of evil, but evil’s childhood home and evil’s favourite knife (which is now a metal zipper charm - nice/nasty touch). Adorably/alarmingly, both backpacks glow in the dark. Bag ’em at funkoeurope.com.

PRINT

MOVIE MAP OF AMERICA

OUT NOW Talk about a map to the stars… This A2 pop-art print features more than 270 golden-age actors - and not just crammed in any old how, but positioned in the US state of their birth or upbringing, from Marilyn Monroe (California) to Sidney Poitier (Florida). It’s available in 28 hues, from coral to copper to the colours of the American flag. And yes, it comes with a numbered guide so you can put a name to every whatsherface and That Guy. Look up artandhue.com.

COLLECTIBLE

X-MEN 100 COLLECTIBLE COMIC-BOOK COVER POSTCARDS

OUT NOW It’s 60 years since Professor X marshalled his mighty mutants; spread the word to 100 of your friends with this box of postcards showcasing comic-book covers with major X appeal. Kicking off with Jack Kirby’s seminal issue-one illo, the collection runs from ’63 to the modern day, taking in myriad line-up/costume/artist changes. It’s all packed in a satin-ribboned box with a 30-page X-plainer booklet. Available from all places of retail X-cellence (OK, we’ll stop now).