Article Archive for January 2012

Everything is Fake: Making Boardwalk Empire
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Posted in Film on 31 January 2012
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You can’t believe ANYTHING you see … 🙂

Disney Store CARS 2 Diecast: World Grand Prix Racers & Crew Chiefs
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 31 January 2012
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These two Disney Store box set will complete the CARS World Cup Grand Prix racers & crew chiefs (except for Rip Clutchgoneski & his crew chief). The Lightning McQueen Box The Francesco Bernoulli Box (you can click through the above links to see all the CARS in greater detail). Some of the them have the […]

Mattel Financial Webcast Conference Call – TODAY
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Posted in Financial on 31 January 2012
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Mattel, Inc. today announced that it will webcast its quarterly conference call on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Led by the company’s chief executive officer, Bryan G. Stockton, the conference call will cover the company’s fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results, which will be released prior to the call. The […]

New High Res Photos of the Moon & Planet Earth
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Posted in History on 30 January 2012
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The Moon … And if you need an 8,000 x 8,000 pix of the Earth from NASA FLICKR page.

Real TV Ad for Real Zündapp Janus
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 30 January 2012
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Yep, at one point there is a fat man in the little car … 🙂

Death by Simpsons: 500 Episode Marathon
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Posted in TV on 30 January 2012
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Looks like we missed out on an opportunity – Fox found 100 people who are going to try and watch all 500 episodes in a row or the words back to back repeated 499 times … at around 24-minutes an episode, that’s 200 straight hours … the winner gets $10,500 – the other 99, um, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: What the **** is Happening at Retail
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 30 January 2012
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While there are a lot of interesting diecasts to come (both singles, oversized & Toons), for the averge buyer, it won’t be as simple as walking into a store and buying them. Why? Retail Inventory. The simple reason is that employees who can peek into the back room have told us there is an enormous […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Panini Sticker Update
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 29 January 2012
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If you haven’t started your Panini CARS 2 Sticker collection, start with the magazine Album which comes with 12 stickers and a poster. To complete your book, you need: 216 full color stickers in the collection – 180 Glossy Stickers, 18 Holographic Stickers & 18 Metallized & Embossed Stickers. Normally, the packs are about $1 […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Poster Sale (And UP Travel Posters)
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 29 January 2012
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If you’ve been looking for CARS 2 posters, a lot of them are on sale now … Amazon. The UP travel posters aren’t really on sale but they are pretty fun and cool.  

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.