The Lights & Sounds series are nice and the only other metal diecast series from Mattel. Unlike the Action agents, Color Changers, ChargeUps, etc, etc which are all plastic, these are mostly metal with plastic components. The voice feature works very well (most with original actors) and the light-up feature is a nice add-on. There […]

Obviously, on the surface, no one is against not preserving American jobs or better yet, not preserving high paying American jobs but beyond the catchphrase or politicspeak, it is a whole new world out there … An interesting & insightful NY Times article on the business of business when it comes to outsourcing manufacturing and/or […]

Do you have to shave your unibrow more than once a day? Do you eye roadkill and think – hat! Do you feel those Geico ads really hit home? And make you so mad you want to whittle a club and hit someone and drag them around? Do you think 1,000,000 BC is the greatest […]

I did not realize that Pinewood Derby’s were such a big business intersection of: kids, tooling, physics, gravity wells, Newtonian laws, wood forensics, properties of friction, graphite, secret sauce, 11 dimensions and pull of gravity, and skunkworks with a higher security clearance than Area 51. 🙂 The other day we saw a super sweet Pinewood […]

Several people have asked me how many Lightning McQueen’s should they own from CARS (1) … sure, there are dozens of wisenheimer answers but here’s a handy chart for you to decide if it should be 10 … or fewer … Obviously there are dozens of Lightning McQueen “versions” released but this is the complete […]

“ToddPTruck” from Sweden wanted to use some photos from T5 so I thought this would be a good way for all of us to say hi (and wish his son well) – My comments in bold and red. Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden! KC asked me to write a few lines about my blog and how […]

In CARS 2, there were also some scenes at Flo’s Cafe & add-on Diner that were deleted … You can see the diner in teal green (wonder how she decided on that color. 🙂  ). to the right of the round V8 Cafe portion in the back … You can get anything you want at […]

Haulers are back in the narrowest sense … Mack & the Walmart Wally Hauler are coming back … Though I’m guessing with a new look (WM is still using this tagline so I’m not sure what will be different but it definitely has a new UPC – 7-46775-20941-4) … or maybe it looks the same […]

In case you’re wondering just how much coffee you are drinking … or if you reload your Starbucks card every other day, you might need this poster … What’s great is your coffee is your ink source … 🙂 Um, if the poster is pretty much black & tan after 30 days, you might consider […]

Yes, THE ACROPOLIS … So, yes, Greek government misfortune is good for you. It is missing the roof (yea, blame the Venetians!) but if you’re deciding between here or the Rotarian Hall, I vote here! And of course, $2k probably just rents you a small corner and not the Parthenon but what do you want […]