Article Archive for March 2012

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Ultimate Chase Memo Rojas Jr. – Mexico
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 29 March 2012
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High res look at Ultimate Chase Memo Rojas Jr. – Mexico – presumably the second ultimate chase. Release date? Unknown. But maybe May? Max Schnell’s body.

2012 UPDATE Toons, Storytellers Expanded Universe Magazine Checklist"> 2012 UPDATE Toons, Storytellers Expanded Universe Magazine Checklist" class="title">Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: 2012 UPDATE Toons, Storytellers Expanded Universe Magazine Checklist
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Posted in Books, check list, Checklist on 28 March 2012
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2012 UPDATE! Issue #7 of the Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Checklist Magazine has been updated to include the Christmas CARS releases of 2011. Click on the link above or below for a preview. If you’re a completist, this issue now covers everything released on card through 2011. Since the Christmas CARS releases of 2011 did […]

Despicable Me 2 – Official Teaser Trailer
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Posted in Advertising, movies on 28 March 2012
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Totally hilarious – ok, it helps if you’re sense of humor is the same as a 4-year old. I watched it 5 times in a row. 🙂 You do have to wait until 2013.

Hasbro Mighty Muggs Are Back – Mini Avengers
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Posted in Toys on 28 March 2012
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Coincidence? I think there’s a movie coming? 🙂 There are 4 2-packs. Plus singles of: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Nick Fury & Hawkeye – and yes, it looks like the single versions are NOT technically repeats of the 2-packs (different expressions and eyes).

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: These Are the Launchers You Want (NOT in Stores)
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 28 March 2012
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Beautiful customs from Chris/CAC1959 but not available in stores … all customs. The 17 NOT RELEASED. You can see them all up close starting HERE. Thanks, Chris/CAC1959 BTW, these were the last 7 announced but NEVER RELEASED only Sputter Stop & Spare Mint got released … (plus Dale Earnhardt Jr. also announced but not released […]

Working at LEGO …
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Posted in Lego on 27 March 2012
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Psst, don’t show this to people working in salt mines, the sewage plant and your kids before they graduate college.

Fisher & Price Were Actually Real People …
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Posted in Toys on 27 March 2012
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“The original founders of the toy company back in 1930 consisted of, yes, businessmen Herman Fisher and Irving Price, but also a children’s book author and illustrator named Margaret Evans Price (yes, married to Irving, so there were actually two Prices), and a toy store owner named Helen Schelle. While the businessmen were instrumental in […]

James Cameron Dives to Earth’s Deepest Spot: Desolate & Foreboding
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Posted in Science on 27 March 2012
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You can read the rest at the Orlando Sentinel … James Cameron dove almost 37,000 feet and it holds mysteries only the sea will tell … The Mariana Trench is like no place on Earth but in some ways, it is …    

Comic Con Badges 2012 – More On Sale Later Today
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Posted in comics on 27 March 2012
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From Comic Con. After reading this, explaining String Theory & Inception while on your head should be a piece of pie. To attend Comic Con, you not only have to be a nerd, you must be a PhD Nerd. 🙂 As you may be aware, badge sales on March 3rd did not proceed as we […]

Kmart at 50: MMR Magazine Review
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Posted in Financial on 26 March 2012
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From “Mass Market Retailer,” the industry trade magazine. “This is Kmart’s 50th anniversary. The first Kmart opened on March 1, 1962, in Garden City, Mich. That was the year, as well, that both Walmart and Target opened their initial discount stores.” You can read the rest here …