Thanks “John H.” for the great pics. Siren Carbarini is a Mark Wheelsen repaint. Obviously as a cop car, all others should look pretty much the same. Nice touch of a different license plate.   As expected, a slightly different expression. Nice that they went to the trouble to create a unibody with a slightly […]

Astros Mascot is weak – WEAK.

Looks like this new “mini” Flo’s V8 Cafe attaches to the other playsets, tracksets and launchers. The photos are not very revealing … so you have to kind of fill in the rest of the picture … FLO’s V8 Café from Disney Pixar’s Cars, this highly-detailed playset features lights that flicker on and off, change […]

The moose doesn’t look that dangerous but plowing through snow like a freight train bat out of **** might change your mind about standing anywhere near a moose. Via IMGUR. Mythbusters says don’t speed up if you’re gonna hit a moose.  

Thanks for the photos & heads up “Blue Leader.” The Walmart clearance has begun … hopefully we’ll be getting PLANES 2015 singles … since the 2015 singles are a different product code & UPC, it’s easy to separate the two. Of course, these are not tough to find but you can stock up.   Of […]

WB Games just put Skylanders and Disney Infinity on notice with the reveal of a new toys-to-life Lego game called Lego Dimensions. The $99 starter pack includes the game, a Lego Toy Pad, Lego Gateway building bricks, three Lego minifigures (The Lego Movie’s Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle), and a Lego Batmobile. Here’s the extended version of the intro video (Everyone from […]

Thanks for the nice pics of Hydraulic Ramone, “John H.” He’s in a 2-pack with Pit Crew Member Flo. This is the first release of Lightning Ramone in “Hydraulic” form.   While still shiny, he’s a little more matte than the Lightning Ramone version. He also loses the raised eyebrow windshield – but that’s true […]

For true cinema geeks, the history of the THX “The Audience is Listening” Intro AND the new 21st Century version … “Although it contains only one note spread across a variety of pitches and modulations, this 30-channel glissando of discordant sounds builds upon itself to go from loud, to louder, to extremely loud and incredibly […]

Disney sent along some fun Hydro CARS for bathtime!   Do they really race in water? You be the judge!   Contest starts now and ends Sunday, April 19th at 11:59:59 AM. You may enter once a day below in the comments with the words & answer to: CONTEST ENTRY If I were aa Hydro […]

Wired has a nice piece of why you should NOT create an artificial shortage when PEOPLE WANT TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT … humm, it seems this lesson could apply elsewhere. There is also an opinion piece in Forbes that covers the same ground.