Of course, electrical outlets with built-in USB connect-chargers look nice but they require actual installation, there’s a new RCA WP2UWR USB Wall Plate that simply plugs over the inset wall outlet … Up until now I’ve been using this Belkin Dual USB Charger which is larger & heavier but a nice travel accessory – plus [...]

Series 2 is coming … You can pre-order the entire set HERE at Sideshow. Or follow the link to order individual ones at Sideshow. Series 1 is OOS at Sideshow but available at Amazon – you can check out our original post. The Pirates of the Caribbean set is still available. Tweet This Post

If you liked the Bash ‘n Go series of plastic launchers … there are more coming … Falcon Hawk Did anyone buy Siddeley (out now at Target?) – Does he fly? McQueen Hawk So, while these are all plastic, it does give us a pretty good idea of what the diecast releases will look like. [...]

It’s just a concept but you want to be able to Facebook as soon as you wake or to waste as little motion in resting for your next Farmville session … More pics here. Tweet This Post

The “Producers Guild Award Tribute to Steven Spielberg” clip reel. Amazing how many iconic cinematic moments he produced or produced/directed … From the silly to the solemn … (Because this is the Producer’s Guild award, it does not include clips of films he just directed – such as JAWS … or maybe they just couldn’t [...]

It’s not exactly subtle but funny … Pop artist Ron English is offering a limited edition Tiger breakfast cereal mascot who’s had a few too many of his own frosted flakes.* You can check it out here at his website. Last October, he placed these on the shelf at Ralph’s in SoCal … Via Foodista. [...]

Cruz Besouro is as you might say in Portuguese, “Linda!” One of the Top 5 iconic automobiles, this is one Mattel’s nicest CARS 2 sculpts if not the nicest. It’snot necessary easy to get right – usually the biggest crime is that it’s too large – part of it is that a diecast manufacturer doesn’t [...]

Um, are you supposed to say that out loud? Apparently he forgot the unwritten rules where you do NOT say out loud, “We bought you fair and square!” D’uh. Even if everyone knows what the truth, you’re not supposed to say it out loud, right? Dude, now no one is going to vote for SOPA [...]

// Books

MagCloud is having a sale* … So, all of our magazines are $1 to @$2 off … CARS 1 is now complete. 6 volumes cover Desert Art to Lenticulars. Each issue features high res photos of everything released under that motif or year. Click through to each magazine issue and underneath is a button to [...]

// Checklist

MagCloud is having a sale* … So, all of our magazines are $1 to @$2 off … CARS 1 is now complete. 6 volumes cover Desert Art to Lenticulars. Each issue features high res photos of everything released under that motif or year. Click through to each magazine issue and underneath is a button to [...]

// Video Games

REDWOOD CITY, Calif – December 26, 2011 – Over a million gamers worldwide celebrated the holidays in front of their PCs with lightsabers, Sith lords and Jedi knights as BioWare™, a Label of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), continued to see an unprecedented amount of player engagement for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™. Over this [...]

// Retail

I can see for miles and miles and miles and … Those purple banded boxes are toys … but of course, anyone who has been collecting CARS since 2006 pretty much has a room in the house that looks like this. Of course, this is how you can order anything from gum to a 200-lb [...]