Table of contents for June 2018 in Mania

WRONG TURN It is the year 2046 the Robinson family has been chosen and trained to establish a new colony in space. But when their ship, Jupiter 2, encounters a wormhole that hurls them to parts unknown, they crash land on a mysterious planet. Can they repair their spaceship and get back on course, or will they be lost forever? MEET THE CREW John Robinson: The expedition commander and a combat veteran. Will Robinson: A creative and curious kid eager to explore the unknown! The family’s spacesuits took two months to design and even longer to build! Maureen Robinson: A brilliant aerospace engineer. SPACE SWISS! The Robinson’s surname was inspired by The Swiss Family Robinson, a book that’s about a family who are shipwrecked on a desert island! Judy Robinson:…

Q: Why can’t leopards hide? A: Because they are always spotted! Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye? A: Between you and me, something smells! Q: How much does it cost a pirate to get their ears pierced? A: A buck an ear! Q: What do you call a wild dog that meditates? A: Aware wolf! Q: Who was the most famous skeleton detective? A: Sherlock Bones! Q: Why are frogs so happy? A: They eat whatever bugs them! Q: When is a door not a door? A: When it’s a-jar! Q; What did the judge say to the dentist? A: Do you swear to pull the tooth the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth? Q: How does a vampire start a letter? A: Tomb…

Sleek external plating with a white and blue colour scheme (before years of wear-and-tear made it look grey) The Millennium Falcon is a Corellian YT-1300f light freighter The front mandibles are missing, with the space filled in with an escape shuttle. Han would go on to replace the shuttle with two concussion missile launchers! A single-current laser cannon instead of the quad laser cannons. A flat radar dish. Han would later install a standing, military grade, radar dish. Solo customised the Falcon to boost its speed, shielding and firepower! Unsurprisingly, most of his modifications are very illegal! SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY IS IN CINEMAS FROM MAY 25!…

Q: What do witches put in their hair? A: Scare spray! Q: Why do ghosts hate rain? A: It dampens their spirits. Q: What do ghosts with poor eyesight wear? A: Spook-tacles! Q: What is a skeleton’s favourite instrument? A: A trombone. Q: What is a vampire’s favourite fruit? A: Necktarines! Q: What does a skeleton say before dinner? A: Bone appetit! Q: What game do young ghosts love? A: Hide and shriek! RAD READER JOKE! Q: What did the skeleton say to the twin witches? A: Which witch is which? YOU COULD WIN! PRIZE ALERT! Send us your best joke and a photo for the chance to win an awesome prize. This month’s winner scores a Tech Deck BMX bike with real bike components and graphics! MANIA 213 Crack…

Brazil’s Pelé won his third World Cup in 1970, making him the only player ever to do so! The 1974 West Germany tournament was the first time Australia, Zaire, East Germany and Haiti qualified! Apart from Australia, it was the first and last time those teams played. The 1982 World Cup in Spain featured the debut of Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, New Zealand and Kuwait. During the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Russia’s Oleg Salenko scored a record-breaking five goals in one single match against Cameroon ! He tied with Bulgaria ’s Hristo Stoichkov for the Golden Boot! Morocco became the first African team to reach first place in its group and advance to the knockout stage during Mexico 1986! Italy’s Dino Zoff, at the age of 40 years…

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Style: Racing Publisher: Milestone SRL Price: $99.95 Monster Energy Supercross The Official Videogame Monster Energy Supercross brings all the massive jumps and tight corners you want from a supercross event to your console of choice! It’s pretty fun, with relatively simple controls and a hardcore physics model that means your bike controls like a real bike. There’s a cool track editor too, so you can make your own courses! We wish there was a stronger single-player mode and a bit more variety, though – we’d love a stunt mode! This is a fun game if you love supercross, though! HOT! Fun supercross racing! NOT! Could be a bit deeper! MANIA SCORE 7/10 Platform: Switch, PC Style: Adventure Publisher: D-Pad Studio Price: $29.95 Owlboy Owlboy…

WHAT IS IT? What if the Legend of Zelda series was a non-stop, over -the-top, anime fi ght scene? Select your character from a huge list of familiar faces from the Zelda series (including the big bad Ganon!) and battle wave after wave of monstrous enemies! WHAT’S NEW? What makes this different from the Wii U and 3DS versions of Hyrule Warriors? The Definitive Edition includes every map, mission, and all 29 characters from both of those games, plus all of the DLC! TIPS & TRICKS DUCK AND ROLL: In a tight spot? Use your roll to escape the fray of battle! DOJO TIME: Take a break from the battlefi eld and level up your characters by using the Training Dojo! BADGES: Take the time to craft badges because they…

Samuel, NSW “This is my collection of Phantom comics!” Nice! The Phantom is an all-time classic hero! COLOSSAL CAN COLLECTION! Since 1988, Yvette Dardenne has amassed hundreds of vintage lithographed tin boxes. She stores her huge collection in three buildings that make up the Museum of Lithographed Tin Cans in Belgium. The oldest tin dates back to 1868! RING-RING! If you call Zhang Dafang, chances are he’ll pick up. It’s kind of hard to miss a phone call when you own over 600 phones! His small apartment is packed with the collection, which includes phones shaped like Garfield the cat and a motorcycle. His oldest phone was made in 1900 and cost him $3,000! WHAT’S THE TIME? Li Tao collects antique clocks. In fact, he has so many clocks (over…

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: SECRET WARS NEW EPS AIR FRIDAYS FROM JUNE 8TH @ 6PM ON DISNEY XD! A new version of the evil Cabal has scattered the Avengers across space and time! Now it’s up to Black Panther’s team, the New A vengers, to save them while also protecting the Earth! SUPERNOOBS NEW EPS AIR WEEKDAYS FROM JUNE 1ST @ 6:25PM ON CARTOON NETWORK! The Supernoobs are beginning to master their powers, but the evil Creators have stepped up their super villain game! Can the Supernoobs stop Count Venamus from destroying the Earth?…

MOST WANTED HAN SOLO WANTED FOR: Being kicked out of the Imperial Flight Academy and being a known thief and con artist. CHEWBACCA WANTED FOR: Criminal activity , threatening to pull people’s arms out of their sockets if they beat him at Dejarik, clogging too many shower drains with his fur .. TOBIAS BECKETT WANTED FOR: A veteran of the criminal underworld, what isn’t he wanted for? There are rumours he’s putting together a team for an upcoming heist. Somehow we think Solo will be in the thick of it. QI’RA WANTED FOR: For being a woman of shadows and mystery and having many different identities. She is also a known associate of Han Solo. Don’t let her pretty face fool you; she knows her way around the criminal underworld…

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN STUDIO SERIES OPTIMUS PRIME TYPE: Voyager class (Autobot) PRICE: $49.99 AVAILABLE FROM: All good retailers This Optimus is the closest thing to the current style you’ll see in the movies. He looks ultra realistic. We really like the fine details on his body! He converts to a truck in 35 steps, so you can have plenty of fun working him out. Measuring 6 inches in robot form, he’s a really good size to display in your bedroom. We really like his dark red/maroon and blue colouring which is different from the earlier styles. His two swords are rad too! OUR THOUGHTS PROS ✔ Transforms to a truck and robot in 35 steps! ✔ Comes with two cool swords! ✔ The closest thing to the movie…

One Major Winner will score a Panini World Cup prize pack containing: 8x Trading Card Boxes 12x Pocket Tins 6x Sticker Pack Boxes 4x Metal Tins Eight Minor Winners will score a Panini World Cup prize pack containing: 2x Trading Card Boxes 6x Pocket Tins 3x Sticker Pack Boxes 2x Metal Tins For your chance to win these Panini World Cup prize packs jump online to WWW.MANIAMAG.COM.AU,fill out the prize form and tell us your favourite FIFA team! Use this unique code to enter: WEB CODE: FIFAMANIA18…

Dissembler Dissembler is a devious puzzle game with new puzzles to try every day! It’s all about swapping colours around on the screen, and we’ve encountered some really clever, devious pieces of puzzle design in here. It can get super tricky, but we had a great time slowly chipping away at the puzzles! iOS, Puzzle, $4.49 SCORE 8/10 Part Time UFO Part Time UFO comes from HAL Labs, which has previously worked on heaps of Nintendo games, including the Kirby series! This is a great, simple game where you play as a UFO that needs to complete various part-time jobs. It’s AWSM fun, with great simple controls, and it made us LOL several times! iOS/Android, Action, $5.99 SCORE 9/10 Alto’s Odyssey Alto’s Odyssey is a sequel to the truly great…

BEHIND THE SCENES! Both Legacy Collections include a Museum section full of original concept art and designs for the game series! Check out this character design sheet for Fire Man! MEGA NAME! In Japan, the series is known as Rockman! Other proposed names include Mighty Kid, Knuckle Kid, and The Rainbow Battle Kid! CAN’T BEAT THEM? CHEAT THEM! Want to unlock the DLC for Mega Man 9 or 10 without beating them first? Head to the title screen of either game and enter this code: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, UP, UP, DOWN. PROFESSIONAL FAN ART! Fans designed most of the evil Robot Masters! Before every game was released there’d be a contest where fans could submit their boss robot designs! Mega Man 7 received over 220,000 design…

MEGA MINECRAFT MAPS  THE PIECES CREATED BY BLIXTEAM You’ve gotta help a villager named Joe rebuild his destroyed invention! There are nine stages and an epic boss fight! If you’re new to parkour, this is a great map to learn on! SPRINT LAVA PARKOUR 6 CREATED BY TBNRLAVACREEPER Can you make it through 15 Levels without falling? Watch out, because the floor is made of lava! Don’t slip! There are 10 Diamonds hidden throughout the game. If you find them all you unlock a secret bonus level!! PARKOUR PARADISE 3 CREATED BY HIELKE There are 100 levels to beat! Woah! The more levels you beat, the harder the game becomes! It’s not just jumping stages. There are dropper levels, and even levels with rising water or lava! CRAFT FACTS Did…

IGUANA BOY SAVES THE WORLD WITH A TRIPLE CHEESE PIZZA BY JAMES BISHOP, ILLUSTRATED BY RIKIN PAREKH Dylan’s wish for an awesome superpower comes true, but when he finally gets it he’s massively cheesed off. Dylan’s new superpower turns out to be the most bizarre superpower we’ve ever heard of. He can talk to iguanas! Could Dylan’s weird superpower actually make him a hero when super villain Celina Shufflebottom kidnaps all the superheroes in London? THE TREEHOUSE FUN BOOK 3 BY JILL GRIFFITHS, ANDY GRIFFITHS AND TERRY DENTON If you love the Treehouse series of books you’ll love this fun book that takes you on an adventure into the crazy Treehouse world. Stacked with cool puzzles, like word searches, spot the differences and crosswords, stuff to colour and scribble on…

MANIA: WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING ON OK K.O.? STEPH: “It was so much fun. K O is like a parody of Goku! It’s so quirky, funny and over the top!” MANIA: IF YOU WERE IN OK K.O., WHAT WOULD YOUR POWER BE? STEPH: “Flying would be cool!” MANIA: HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? STEPH: “I was very young. One of my earliest memories is my dad plugging a microphone into his big stereo and giving it to me, and I’ve never let go!” MANIA: WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST MUSICAL INFLUENCES? STEPH: “Donna Summer , Neil Diamond, ABBA, the Bee Gees. I’m a huge fan of disco music.” MANIA: COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR BAND? STEPH: “I’m in a band called MoonGlass at the moment. W e’re a…

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS Before he became an ace starship pilot, Han tore up the streets in a sweet M-68 landspeeder! SPACE BIKIES Beckett’s crew isn’t the only criminal gang Solo will encounter. Han will put his blaster skills to the test against Enfys Nest, the leader of a swoop bike gang! ACE PILOT In A New Hope, Han Solo tells Obi-Wan Kenobi that the Millennium Falcon is the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Will we get to see the famous feat in Solo? ROLL THE DICE Lando was the original owner of the Millennium Falcon, but he lost it to Han in a game of “Corellian Spike” sabacc. The golden dice that Han hung in the ship’s cockpit are the dice he…

JESS’ STATS CAREER: Professional sailor and author FROM: Buderim, Queensland STAR SIGN: Taurus OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Sailed around the world by herself at 16. AWARDS: Order of Australia Medal PLACE SHE’D LO VE TO SAIL: South America, the area around Cape Horn FAMOUS YACHT: Ella’s Pink Lady FAVE YACHT TYPE: Monohulls MANIA: DID YOU DO A LOT OF SAILING WHEN YOU WERE A KID? JESSICA: “Mum and dad were adventurous but not sailors. We spent a lot of time travelling on a boat when I was a kid and sailing on the weekends at a yacht club.” MANIA: WHA T WAS IT LIKE LIVING ON A BOA T WHEN YOU WERE A KID? JESSICA: “It was amazing and exciting exploring the islands and beaches along the Australian coastline.” MANIA: WHA T…

SHRED HARD Grit Elite Scooter Stockists: Available from independent retailers; www.gritscooters.com.au COLLECT ‘EM ALL! 2017-18 Panini Prestige Basketball Trading Cards. Stockists: All major retailers, independent toy stores, independent hobby stores and newsagents. POWER UP! Marvel Avengers Titan Hero Power FX 12” Figurines Stockists: Kmart, Toys R Us, Target, Big W, Myer, and all good toy stores. THE BATTLE IS ON! Rubik’s Battle Stockists: All leading retailers. SUPER SPOTTER Marvel Avengers Match Stockists: Leading retailers, toy stores and www.winningmoves.com.au ROAR-SOME Jurassic World Roarivores Stockists: Big W, Kmart, Target, Toys R Us and Myer. GO VIRTUAL! Cygnett GateWay VR Virtual Reality Headset Stockist: www.cygnett.com MISSION IMPOSSIBLE! Operation: Escape Room Stockists: All leading retailers. ASSEMBLE! Marvel Avengers Titan Hero 12” Figurines Stockists: Kmart, Toys R Us, Target, Big W, Myer, and all good…

Bailey, NSW Arms (Nintendo Switch) “The characters are very fun and the fighting techniques are fascinating!” Robert, VIC Disney friends (DS) “I enjoy this game because you can interact with Dory, Stitch and Simba!!” Jack, VIC Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) “Ever partied with Mario? The fun comes faster with a load of fresh features, speed and luck!” YOU COULD WIN! Send us a bite-sized review of your fave game (and which platform you play it on), along with your photo, name, age and address! This month’s winners score a copy of Jumanji on DVD! Send your entries to: MANIA 213 Yak Bytes Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590 OR ENTER ONLINE AT: WWW.MANIAMAG.COM.AU/BE-IN-MANIA/ GAMING FACTOID  In Super Smash Bros., the Hylian text in the Hyrule Temple stage…