Articles in the Toys Category

Kmart: Mattel Disney Pixar CARS & Hot Wheels
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 17 October 2010
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The Kmart CARS Event Day is next Saturday … Plus haulers are on sale along with the Ramone’s Color Changers Playset … The SEALED CASE is still listed as available … Click to go to Kmart.com – the CASE CONTENTS are in this post. And for the next KMART HOT WHEELS event happening in November, […]

Last Minute Halloween Costume? Mech Trick or Treat?
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Posted in Toys, TV on 14 October 2010
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If your kid can’t decide between Grover or Green Lantern … How about this costume? It’s in Japan so you have a couple weeks to knock one out … And your kid can move that guy’s Lincoln who’s always parked in front of your house … or just step on it … Via GIZMODO (there’s […]

Disney Pixar: Factoid of Day – Buzz Lightyear First Man on Moon*
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Posted in Advertising, Toys on 13 October 2010
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* Research poll of 2,000 British school children. One in five kids believe Toy Story’s Buzz Lightyear was the first person to set foot on the moon rather than Neil Armstrong. 11 per cent thinking Isaac Newton discovered fire and Albert Einstein was Frankenstein’s brother. Another 12 per cent of kids reckon the battle of […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Car Toons – Heavy Metal Mater Tonight + Next Airings
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 8 October 2010
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The CARS Toon short, Heavy Metal Mater finally airs in the US tonight. Here is the schedule for the next few weeks of Mater Tall Tales – CAR TOONS … This is the EASTERN US schedule and below is the PACIFIC, so adjust by your TV provider and which Disney feed they are carrying … […]

San Diego Comic Con Groove – Now Through 2015
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Posted in Toys, TV on 3 October 2010
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Good news, SDCC will stay in SD through 2015. It’s much nicer than it stays in SD – first, LA is old hat and LV – um, sorry – July not my fav month to be in Vegas. Via VARIETY. Of course, he 5-day pass goes off sale pretty quickly so sign up for SDCC‘s […]

Toys R Us – Hot Toys of Holiday 2010 … Sure, If You Say So …
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 24 September 2010
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Toys R Us has picked out the Hot Toys of the Holidays for 2010 … The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs are actually hilarious – the little mouths move around and they sing nonsensical songs … I cannot tell if little kids will like them but I can tell if you have any Jeff “Pineapple Express” Spicoli friends – […]

Lego MiniFigures Wave 2: The Secret Barcode Database Checklist
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Posted in Toys on 13 September 2010
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The new wave of MiniFigures are out – this time available at Target … There are 16 in this wave … They are in “blind” packages but there is a hidden codes … so if you have time to kill to get exactly which one you want (and the clerk is not standing watching you […]

Greenlight Collectibles New 1:64 Motor World Releases Update
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Posted in diecast, Toys on 11 September 2010
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The third release of the nice 1:64 scale line of real world cars in diecast is coming very soon from Greenlight Collectibles. There are what we in the U.S. would term ‘domestic and foreign’ automobiles represented in the release so maybe we should just say the cars are represented globally. There are three sub series […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store 1:43 CARS Coming This Holiday
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 31 August 2010
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Collecting the Disney Store 1:43 CARS lineup is going to get more complicated but for now, here are the basics (visual checklist coming soon!) … The main releases come on cards (that look like this now) … The nice thing is you can pretty much start collecting at any time as all the 1:43 singles […]

Disney Pixar Toy Story 3: First $1 Billion Dollar Animated + 3 Movie Blu Ray Set
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Posted in Film, Toys on 30 August 2010
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From Disney’s press release … “Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3 will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office today.” “Toy Story 3 becomes the only animated film to reach this milestone and the seventh title in industry history.” Via Deadline.com. There has […]