Articles in the Toys Category

Star Wars Pod Fighters: More Cute + Check List
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Posted in Toys on 3 February 2012
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The new cute Star Wars Pod Fighter series is here … The big set is the 16-pack set with the AT-AT Walker, Fighter and 16-figures (4 exclusive figures and 3 hidden figures). The figures shown here are about their approximate size. There is also the Jedi Starfighter 12 Pack. The black non-transparent pods hold the [...]

Barbie in Art …
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Posted in Toys on 2 February 2012
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Barbie as art … More here. Original page here – some images NSFW if you work at a place where people might get hysterical at an unclothed plastic doll … heavens to Betsy! There are really museum-art Barbies.   Tweet This Post

We’re Not Watsui, We’re Americans – We Love Toys!
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Posted in Toys on 2 February 2012
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From FrugalDad.com, a fun infographic of the worldwide toy industry (including how we’re only 4% of the kids kids but we buy 40% of the world’s toys … we don’t wanna grow up. And you can’t make us!    ). Source: frugaldad.com   Tweet This Post

For Racing Fans: Wall Art – Race Tracks of the World
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Posted in Toys on 29 January 2012
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Griots Garage has some cool 3D Wall Art for serious race fans … There are dozens of tracks to pick from … no, none from CARS.   You can check them out here. Tweet This Post

Toy Story 3: Lotso on a Lorry
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Toys on 27 January 2012
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“Based on a true story.” Via LeeUnkrich Twitpic. Tweet This Post

Toys of Bygone Era That Much More Fun …
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Posted in Toys on 11 January 2012
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Yea, toys of the last bygone generation just seems that much crazier … That gorilla wandering the streets of Century City seems surprised a guy in a polyester suit could hoist him up over his head and thrown him around. Was this a normal everyday random thing that would confront the 6-Million Dollar man in [...]

Steve Jobs Action Figure with Accessories
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Posted in Apple, Toys on 10 January 2012
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Inicons is selling a 12″ ‘action figure” of Steve Jobs – it’s a spooky realistic sculpt … It comes with accessories including extra hands, of course … It’s not cheap at $99 but in line with costs of other 12″ figures with accessories and a high end quality sculpt … While Apple is not very [...]

Greenlight Motorworld Series 7 Coming …
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Posted in diecast, Toys on 9 January 2012
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Greenlight budget line, Motorworld hits series 7 and continues with cool releases … these are around $3 and excellent quality with lots of metal and (synthetic) rubber tires in many cases. Coming soon … And as a follow up to the Greenlight Hippie VW 5-pack we featured a while back, none seems to have shown [...]

Amazon’s Toys of the Year
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2, Toys on 4 January 2012
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It does not look like they actually want any voting … well, other than with your wallets. It’s funny that the Top 2 games are electronics games made back into 3D object game play. That Justin Bieber one is hilarious. In his world, I guess he’s taller than a Tour Bus … Did anyone buy [...]

Kinetic Sculpture Metropolis II – Chris Burden (1,100 Diecast Track)
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Posted in Toys on 1 January 2012
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They might call it kinetic sculpture but it’s more like dazzling fun … “Metropolis II has 1,100 diecast cars traveling on 18 roadways “including one six-laner,” says Burden.” You can read more at FastCompanyDesign. You can see it operating at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Tweet This Post