Article Archive for May 2012
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 19 May 2012
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2-Packs, now re-named “Movie Moments” have arrived in CASE K. Well, if nothing else – we get our money’s worth on Acer’s helmet. That is one ginormous helmet. There are 3 in the case. Ka-Ciao Lightning McQueen is technically new but it is the thinnest slice of the word new … you get Lightning McQueen […]
Posted in Science on 18 May 2012
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At about the 4:30 mark, NASA is glad it’s the last space shuttle fight as those tinfoil reflections are real ANNOYING …
Posted in Lego on 18 May 2012
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Photographer/artist Mark Mawson does amazing work by dropping paint into water. You can check out his series here. But what can’t be improved by adding Lego mini-fig’s? You can check out Alberto Seveso’s site HERE (some of his portfolio links NSFW).
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 18 May 2012
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Based on the Kmart CARS on cards available in the backdoor marketplace, the signs point to only 8 CARS in the 24-pack Kmart CARS case coming in June. “John in MO” got the case assortment from a backdoor seller. It looks plausible. The original listing implied all 11 racers plus the 2 regular CARS would […]
Posted in Science on 17 May 2012
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Just when you think our we’ve seen all the weird sea creature … what the holy **** is this? Some people are sure it’s just floating flotsam from a whale … others think it’s just man-made flotsam but it sure seems to be moving about under it’s own power … I am scared.
Posted in Computing, Disney Pixar on 17 May 2012
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Of course, the nice thing about an almost tragedy at Pixar is we get an animatic-animated version of the story … And a more detailed text version here at Quora.
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 17 May 2012
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Thanks “Actmcar (Dan)” for the find and the nice pics. This box set has been listed since last December but has finally arrived. It also has a name … “Street of Japan.” I was bruised and battered and I could’nt tell .. What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself … after I saw the […]
Posted in Gadgets on 16 May 2012
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Another life’s mysteries explained with simple animation (so you can skip reading an entire book or chapter of a photo book).
Posted in History on 16 May 2012
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Another zen koan solved … Scientists yesterday claimed to have cracked the riddle of whether the chicken or the egg came first. The answer, they say, is the chicken. Researchers found that the formation of egg shells relies on a protein found only in a chicken’s ovaries. Therefore, an egg can exist only if it […]
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 16 May 2012
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Thanks “Hostile Takeover Banker” for the early find and great pics – thanks! There are 7-packs listed for Target US but the actual contents and the names were unknown but presumably this will arrive in the US in the Fall or Christmas time. This is the first time Sally has been/will be available since 2010 […]