Disney has a new movie app for your iPhone, iPad and AppleTV. 400 of Disney’s, Pixar’s and Marvel movies are available to purchase and stream. It’s a nice way to go as you don’t to deal with discs that can get damaged or lost. While I have not tested out every aspect, what’s also nice […]

Thanks for the heads up and photos, “Lane Change.” The new” Streets of Japan 3-pack box set. You get the return of Kaa Reesu, Dragon Lightning McQueen with Oil Stain and Yokoza. From the initial look, it looks like none of these are variants. Both Kaa Reesu and Lightning McQueen Oil Stain were also 2-piece […]

Pretty interesting how it’s such as easy optical illusion … by adding some white bars, you can make GIF’s 3D … Along with instructions, you can check out more at Core77.

In a surprise twist, the Disney Store Corporal Josh Coolant is available for the first time as in the US as a 2-pack at JCPenney.com. He was previously only available in the Radiator Springs to the Rescue 10-pack. While he is technically a 1:43 scale, he is much closer to 1:55 scale. Since there’s no […]

The less scary alien invasion …

If you don’t want to do the mess around by drivin’ around, Amazon has Emmanuel, the Paris Bus for $8.99 (free shipping with Prime). If you’re looking for the Ishani PLANE single, it’s a reasonable $7.99. There’s one Gunnar Viking at $7.98. You can also get SDCC Toyko Mater for a reasonable $14.99 with free […]

At Toy Fair, LEGO unveiled the official Ecto-1 Ghostbusters ambulance & mini figures. More photos at the LEGO site. Of course, yesterday, we lost the great Harold Ramis – Egon. How many of his films do we quote on a daily basis? Animal House. Vacation. Caddyshack. Ghostbusters. Stripes. Groundhog Day.  Chicago Tribune and his friends […]

It turns out the Neon Racers is a whole Expanded Universe thing. Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” Looks like there is a new book, “Neon Racers.” This is the first “Expanded Universe” CARS book in a while – since the Christmas book that there are matching diecasts. There is also a CARS singles […]

To promote the LEGO MOVIE, UK TV Channel ITV and LEGO replaced all the ads in one pod with LEGO’s.

Deluxe (oversized) CASE J seems to have arrived on the shelves also. There is only new release now … but it’s a huge one – Emmanuel, the Paris Tour Bus. Thanks for the nice photos, “Mark T.” Mark also sends along a scale photo – looks like Emmanuel is about 2.5 Lightning McQueen’s so he […]