Articles in the Toys Category
Posted in CARS, collecting, Contests, diecast, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 28 May 2010
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The good folks at Kmart are looking for some honest feedback about what you, our dear readers, as collectors of Mattel Disney Pixar Cars think about a few different aspects of this fun pastime. The extra good news: Each person who completes the survey will earn one (1) additional entry into the case giveaway contest! […]
Posted in CARS, collecting, Contests, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 21 May 2010
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Our sponsor and friend of CARS, Kmart was kind enough to open up their vaults and is offering FOUR CASES or Kmart CARS Day 2 CARS – that’s right – the very RARE & COMPLETE Kmart CARS 2 Day CASES! The cases are not sealed but they are complete – 18 CARS Mint on CARDS. […]
Posted in Toys on 9 May 2010
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Happy Mother’s Day – for all you moms and for you do, Happy Mother’s Day and a great big hug from me, Met! What better way to hug hot moms like you when I’m dressed as a giant pink bear! Bwhahaha … Okay, it’s really Lotso Bear from Toy Story 3 … Starting today, “Lotso” […]
Posted in Toys on 8 May 2010
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What more is there to say? Limited edition of 10 – so click quick … Only 6 available-left! Okay, it is $25k … from the Barbie Plastic Collection – all high end limited edition things. Or make your own – Uhura Barbie passes to Oz Dorothy Barbie to Stewardess Barbie – SSSSSSSCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Or is it […]
Posted in Marketing, Retail, Toys on 28 April 2010
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There is a fun galley of a more innocent time – toys of the 1970’s … some familiar, some not so much … $1.88 for an action figure? That’s crazy! And I should put these in a temperature controlled storage, it’ll be worth $13,000? Hey, mister, are you that guy on TV who invented crack […]
Posted in Film, Marketing, Toys on 26 April 2010
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Pixar Animation opens Canadian Studio! There is also a Part II and the original announcement video – see right hand sidebar. Thanks “Nikko” for the heads up. AND, hey – speaking of Pixar – here’s a fun ‘fake’ commercial of Lotso Bear (from Toy Story 3) made to look like it’s from the 1980’s recorded […]
Posted in Film, Toys on 18 April 2010
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CNET got an advanced sneak peek of Toy Story 3 – no spoilers allowed but says – “Fantastic.” Go figure, a good movie from Pixar? Okay, if they say so – maybe I will pencil this in … 🙂 From CNET.
Posted in Toys on 14 April 2010
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I believe actual moon sand is very, very expensive so I’m guessing this is one of those ‘cute name’ things … I could be wrong – did we go back to the moon to scoop more sand up while I was working on a CARS website? So, yea, I’d like to Radiator Springs sculpted in […]
Posted in Film, Marketing, Toys on 7 April 2010
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Of course, Lego has also made great sets and now more so than ever with branching off into different directions like the Architecture series … but one area in which they have really stepped up are the little Lego figures … (technically they’re called minifigures). (Click on TEXT LINKS or ANY GRAPHIC for Lego Store […]
Posted in Toys on 6 April 2010
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So, while we wait for the CARS Duplo’s coming in June, how about building the Taj Mahal … um LITERALLY. Nearly 6,000 pieces … and on sale at the Lego Store. Or maybe you want to start simpler … Lego has a new Architecture line … the Guggenheim? Frank Llyod Wright’s famous Fallingwater House? Or […]