Articles in the Toys Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: CARS 2 Diecasts Coming Sooner or Later
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 17 November 2010
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While there’s no list of CARS 2 coming as diecasts yet, it doesn’t take a leap of your imagination to guess which ones are coming first. 🙂 Mater sports a Lightning Team logo on his doors now and of course, who’s betting against a Pit Crew Member Mater release? 🙂 And Lightning McQueen 2.0 … […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Lego 2011 – Lego Your Budget …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 13 November 2010
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While the Duplo Lego CARS out now are cute, and you thought – well, at least I can save some money … well, in 2011, you might need to crack open another hall and some more money … there will be Lego CARS2 CARS and not just Duplo ones. “Frank F.” from Germany was kind […]

Star Wars Mighty Muggs are Back – Still Mighty Even Mini …
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 9 November 2010
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Just when you thought the Mighty Muggs were pretty much done, they’re back! Nice design … plus a test for real Star Wars fans … okay, not much of test to name them from these stylized designs … though you do not pass if you shout out GORN for the top left one … though […]

Disney Pixar: Sideshow Toy Story Cosbaby’s Are Cause for Celebration
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 8 November 2010
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The Sideshow Toys Cosbabies are here and baby,they are fun and cool. The full set is still available direct from Sideshow … (direct link). Or from Amazon. If you see them in stores, they are a blind box item – I’ll give you a hint, if you want BUZZ, he is the heaviest – the […]

San Diego Comic Con Tickets: On SALE NEXT WEEK November 8, 2010
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Posted in Film, Toys on 2 November 2010
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Looks like the ordering system got crashed … no surprise … See you all next week!

San Diego Comic Con Tickets: On SALE TODAY at 9 AM PST (Noon – Eastern Time)
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Posted in Marketing, Toys on 1 November 2010
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Yea, once upon a time (2007), you could leisurely buy some San Diego Comic Con tickets around June to go to the event in July but NOT ANYMORE. 4-Day and individual Day tickets go on sale at 9 AM Pacific time … (click on the text link or the graphic link above). Last year, it […]

Mattel Hot Wheels: Vintage Racing Hot Wheel Series
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Posted in Mattel, Retail, Toys on 31 October 2010
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The new Hot Wheels Vintage Racing Series looks pretty nice … The release list looks like this so far … Of course, the number after a car indicates there will be a paint-version variant release.

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Stores Mator & Dr. Abshlepp Wagen – Even Better!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 26 October 2010
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The other day we sneak peeked the new Disney Stores 20-pack Toons CARS set … which featured among the 20 CARS, two CARS from Unidentified Flying Mater, Mator the UFO and Mater as Dr. Abshlepp Wagen. As noted … Mator is all plastic but don’t worry, it was not a cost savings measure … But […]

Greenlight Collectibles: Limited Edition 15-Car Route 66 Diecast Car Set
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Posted in collecting, diecast, Toys on 25 October 2010
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Greenlight Collectibles will be releasing in mid-November a 15-car “Route 66” tribute diecast set! Seeing the image of the case above makes for a smart looking set imo!  The diecast cars will be packaged in a display Collector case (cardboard reinforced with two walls of plastic to help keep the cars in place) with a […]

Disney Pixar CARS: New Disney Store Toons 20-Pack SNEAK PEEK + CONTEST!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 25 October 2010
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Before it hits the store shelves in a couple weeks, a sneak peek! It’s MASSIVE – about 3 feet across and every one of the 20-CARS are SOLID METAL DIECAST. These are the large sized 1:43 scale CARS – some have been released earlier in 2 or 4 packs but there are some new ones, […]