The first wave of these for younger kids does not seem to be a huge hit but I guess since we’re getting close to Christmas, time to sell, sell, sell … Fillmore does looks cute …    

CARS 1 has returned to Toys R Us and surprise, the King is the ORIGINAL K, the original King variant … Way back in 2006, the original King’s made in Mattel’s Thailand plant has an extra piece of metal at the front of the rear wheel-well clipped off. When production moved to China about the […]

The first wave of Quick Changers along with the “deluxe releases” came out about 4 months ago … There is now a second wave … They have added a Quick Changers SPY snipe to jazz up the excitement … “John H.” found the following already out – Is Rod Torque, Professor Z and Mater with […]

NASA has posted a fun trove of archival images … Two places – the easy to navigate FLIKR page … Or the original GRIN (GReat Images in NASA) database HERE.

CARS is moving into the salad and mini lunch box eats section at your grocery store … The CARS Pizza Bites pack is: mini flat bread, pizza sauce, dried tart cherries, mini turkey pepperoni, reduced fat mozzarella cheese. Nice link to Porto Corsa, Italy. And the Mater Taco Salad: Romaine lettuce, salsa ranch dressing, chili […]

SCORE! One quid. @One Dollar and 60-Cents US. SCORE! You can read more at the Huffington Post.

What’s not to love about 30,000 Nintendo themed dominos … tumbling ….

The first wave of the re-release of CARS 1 diecasts are starting to appear on the pegs at Toys R Us. There are 8 in the first wave. Shown on the cardback. The carton holds 12 CARS and there is ONLY ONE of each in a case (of 5 of the CARS) except there are […]

For those who forge fjords, wake on waves, fall through ice caverns or a suburban day with your rascally 2-year old, the camera might be for you … The Pentax Optio WG-2 is: Waterproof to a depth of 40 feet. Shockproof design protects from drops up to 5 feet. Crushproof construction withstands weights up to […]

Contest Day! Win a copy of “Air Mater and Other (Mater) Tall Tales” – a 3D Book! It’s the first time Moon Mater, Air Mater & Mater PI have appeared in print together and in 3D. I tested it out, it looks pretty cool. Obviously not in 3D here on the web – you get […]