Article Archive for July 2013

Now, This is a Private Jet
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Posted in Travel on 31 July 2013
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If you’re gonna fly a private jet, you wanna look good while buzzing the tower and look like you could drop a payload on someone, right? The new Saker private jet … It does Mach .99 – apparently a mile every 6-seconds with a range of 1,600 miles … Looks pretty good but I’ll wait […]

Mattel Disney PLANES: Micro Drifter PLANES 3-Packs Complete?
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Posted in Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Planes on 31 July 2013
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There are 5 Micro Drifters 3-packs listed – 4 are listed as Target exclusives … “John H.” has found the latest/last one: Bravo, Hector and Supercharged Dusty And the first three spotted by “Rob (My 6 Kids).” Dusty, Leadbottom & Skipper. Ishani, Zed (but really Ned) & Ripslinger. And Rochelle, El Chup & Bulldog. As […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Disney D23 Expo Convoy Brothers UNBOXED! Scale & Size
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 31 July 2013
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Exterior Box of the D23 Expo Convoy Brothers plus buying instructions is HERE. Unboxed Photos. Closeups of the Convoy Brothers. And now, in comparison – size & scale to other CARS diecasts … Yes, these are not huge RV’s but then RV’s come in all sizes and since it’s not a set with Albert Hinckley, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Micro Drifters Professor Z Variant
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 30 July 2013
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“John H.” supplied us with a nice visual checklist of every Micro Drifters CARS released. A few collecting along with John raised the issue of a Professor Z with monocle so here’s the resolution of that issue. Apparently, Professor Z with a monocle was a production fix. So, the international versions were always correct. It […]

Disney D23 Expo App
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 30 July 2013
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Disney D23 Expo has a free app for IOS & Android. It looks pretty useful. Most info is not really posted yet but I think they’re adding it day by day. But cute stuff like this poster/print you can buy, of course. The D23 Expo Pins. Limited to 2,000 sets with two mystery “Chase” pins […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Disney D23 Expo Convoy Brothers UNBOXED! Part 2
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 30 July 2013
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The main overall photos ran here … Now, if they are ready for their closeups! Lights! Camera! Action! I’m not sure they’ve ever had names – I think they’ve always just been called the Convoy Brothers so we’ll just call them by the letters on their face. You do an I to spell TEAM. The […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Disney D23 Expo Convoy Brothers UNBOXED! Part 1
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 29 July 2013
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The exterior box is covered here. And now UNBOXED! The CARS sit on a inner tray. The outer tray (“Dinoco Hanger”) is easy to remove, it’s taped on the side and top, a quick slice and it opens up and the Convoy Brothers tray comes up & out. The clear plastic enclosure is taped/inserted into […]

SDCC Signing
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 29 July 2013
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Look who Monica spotted at SDCC! Quick, name ALL the characters he voiced in CARS that have been released as diecasts! Thanks for photo Monica/Matersgrlfriend!  

Disney Toon PLANES: Jimmie Johnson NASCAR Pocono
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Posted in Disney, Disney Planes on 29 July 2013
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Next week, Jimmie Johnson will drive a Disney Toon PLANES Lowe’s Build and Grow car at the Pocono Race … Of course, you can pre-order the diecast version in 1:64 or 1:24 scale versions. The Monsters University one from a few weeks ago is pretty cool also. The Lowe’s Build and Grow free projects are […]

Mattel Disney Toon PLANES: Deluxe Versions Coming With “Avionics”
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Posted in Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 28 July 2013
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Mattel also has “deluxe” versions coming – only three announced … Turbo Dusty, Bravo & El Chupacabra … These all have mini batteries so it seems clear they will have sounds – unlike CARS, there’s no headlights on planes so maybe they will skip the ‘lights’ portion? (They will probably not bother to add mini […]