Articles in the Toys Category

M2 Acylic Display Cases – Nice for Mattel Disney Pixar Piston Cup Racers
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 24 January 2011
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For those who have been looking for a nice display for your Mattel Disney Pixar Piston Cup racers, M2 offers an option that is great on pricing for a solid Acrylic Display Case – though not 100% perfect … The 5-pack sells for around $5.50 so basic pricing is great. But as you can also […]

How Stuff Works: How Muppets Work
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Posted in Film, Toys, TV on 23 January 2011
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Everything you wanted to know how to operate a Muppet … (okay, spoiler and magic of muppets alert – if you don’t want to know, don’t read, cover your ears and go lalalalalalalalala). Via HOW STUFF WORKS … and yes, EVERYTHING and MORE than you might want to know.

M2 Machines New Auto-Thentics Trucks: Blazin’ Cool
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 21 January 2011
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M2 has been releasing a bunch of great old classic American cars -and not just the same old standbys … But in wave 15, they have really stepped up the game with a bunch of totally obscure truck – detailed & old school diecasts – heavy on the metal and rubber tires (well, synthetic rubber […]

Disney Consumer Products: UK/EU Job Seekers!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 15 December 2010
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“Cars, Toy Story, Tron, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Avengers & many more industry leading franchises – The Walt Disney Company, Pixar & Marvel have established an industry leading portfolio of boys properties. If you are passionate about boys toys & construction toys just imagine what it’s like to work for Disney, […]

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Posted in Toys on 14 December 2010
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Yes, SDCC will put tickets on sale tomorrow for the third attempt … but it is not an actual “on sale” but some sort of test to see if the system melts down … and since there are ONLY 1,000 tickets on sale, humm, will this be an orderly procession of well-mannered adults, “after you, […]

Lego MiniFigure Wave 3: It’s a Bumpy Ride to Find
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 13 December 2010
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Hot, hot, hot. (thanks, Jimmy D.) The Wave 3 Lego Minifigures are out now … As you know, in the last wave, Lego decided for internal inventory, they wanted some way to tell them apart so they added a mystery barcodes to the right but people quickly deciphered them so this time, they decided to […]

Righteousness & the Force Will Defeat Bullies …
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Posted in Film, Toys on 12 December 2010
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From CNN: Katie Goldman’s universe extends from her home to her first-grade classroom. She is a big sister to Annie Rose and Cleo, a piano player, a Spanish student, a wearer of glasses. She loathes the patch she has to wear for one lazy eye. She loves magic and princesses and “Star Wars,” an obsession […]

San Diego Comic Con Tickets: On Sale Today (For Real This Time)
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Posted in Film, Toys, TV on 22 November 2010
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SDCC will attempt to sell tickets again for NEXT JULY’s Comic Con AGAIN today starting at 6 AM PACIFIC time or 9 AM Eastern, 8 AM Central & 7 AM Mountain. HERE. Apparently last time the system could not handle everyone trying to register as Barry Allen … just kidding. They added some instructions and […]

Toys R Us Class Action Settlement Offer
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 21 November 2010
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A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit pending against Toys “R” Us, Inc. and Toys “R” Us-Delaware, Inc (“Toys “R” Us”), which owns and operates Babies “R” Us, Babiesrus.com, Toys “R” Us andToysrus.com. The Action alleges that Toys “R” Us engaged in unlawful business practices by failing to provide full refunds for […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Actor Preview
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Posted in Film, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 20 November 2010
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“TrboTrex” found this in the recent issue of People magazine … Obviously the plane has a pretty big part … so maybe we will get a chromy version … Thanks, “TrboTrex” and note – he was not reading the Sexiest Man issue of People from cover to cover but rather this page fell out as […]