Article Archive for May 2013

Nature is Weird – Desert Rain Frog
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Posted in Science on 13 May 2013
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Try and guess what sound it makes when alarmed … You may or may not want to know why your dog and cat enjoy the squeaky toy. 🙂

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Mainline & Big Bang Expanded Universe
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 13 May 2013
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CARS, the Universe was very small for a very short while – after the initial 12-CARS release, it exploded into 2-pack Movie Moments, box sets, track sets, town playsets, Mack’s and then it exploded bigger by Supercharged and now, 7 years later … we need a chart to keep track of the mainline and all […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: D23 Expo Dinoco Box Convoy Brothers
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 12 May 2013
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What a shock, you guessed what’s in the Dinoco Extra Motor Oil Box … 🙂 Nope, not actual cans of oil, well, let’s knife this box open (not literally, just photos of the CARS so far) … Ta-da! Looks decent enough. 🙂 Without rehashing every detail so far – just re-read the older posts (with […]

Happy Mother’s Day!
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Posted in Internet on 12 May 2013
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Ahhh, mom, you never let me do anything …

Disney Toon PLANES: Read All About It – PLANES & Pedro!
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Planes on 11 May 2013
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PLANES the movie won’t be in theaters until August 9, 2013 but it looks like you can read the entire story including the PLANES Movie Junior Novelization in early July. It’s 128 pages long! That’s a lot of plot – who knew?! Or the print is really, really large. There are about 40 books already […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Target Canada Update
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 11 May 2013
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As more Target Stores open in Canada, there were high hopes they would get a full and sparking new CARS in the toy section … well, the toy section is sparkling new … Maureen (MoMcQueen) sends along this report and photos … Like most retail-deprived (depraved?) Canadians, I had been waiting in breathless anticipation for […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: London Rescue 12-Pack Still Available
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 10 May 2013
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Of course, you buy it at Amazon now instead of Target but the price even with shipping is about the same as the lowest regular price of this set (@$32.99 when it was at Target). Our review of the set HERE.

Mattel Disney Toons PLANES: Buying Checklist
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 10 May 2013
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There are 17 “deluxe oversized” diecasts to be released separately (16 are shown here – there is another Rochelle version not shown). (There are no singles in terms of smaller sized diecasts but for simplicity sake, they’ll just be referred to as singles). 4 of the PLANES will be also available in a “gift set” […]

Man Spends $2,600 on a Carnival Game – It Ends Well Thanks to Internet
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Posted in Internet on 9 May 2013
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This guy really, really, really wanted to win an Xbox at the carnival so after spending $300 – he went back home and brought his life savings of $2,300 to win the Xbox. I have not bought an Xbox in a while but I’m fairly certain it’s cheaper than $2,600. You can read the full […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Preview …
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 9 May 2013
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Humm, I wonder what’s inside this box? 🙂