Article Archive for February 2012

Disney Studios Report Card 2011
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Posted in Disney Pixar on 27 February 2012
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The Wrap wraps up Disney Studios Year 2011 … You can read the rest here.

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: Van is Not Van San Except When He Is …
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 27 February 2012
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“RoseM” has would up with a puzzler … It doesn’t look too abby-normal …”Fern Green” Lenticular Van (with stickers). But that mouth plate is definitely from Van San … and it’s definitely not Bright Green … so it’s not like someone just lifted the mouth plate from Van San and jammed it onto lenticular Van […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Next US Oversized-Deluxe Case Is ??
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 26 February 2012
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No shocker, we have contradictory information on what the next Deluxe (oversized) case will be in the US … The original info was that it was going to be this case – the one that was released in Australia last week … The numbers indicating how many are in the case of 6. The strange […]

Amazing Looking Interactive iPad Book From Ex-Pixar Designer
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Posted in Internet, IOS on 26 February 2012
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 “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” (iTunes Link) Video clip. And the followup book/interactive app … “The Numberlys.” The Numberlys App Teaser from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.

Sonny & Cher Action Figure Dolls
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Posted in Toys on 26 February 2012
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I guess they really don’t ’em like they used to … or maybe that’s a good thing? 🙂

Disney Pixar CARS: Mater & the Easter Buggy Book
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 26 February 2012
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Mater & the Easter Buggy. Cute new story about Mater & the whole VW Dune Buggy as the Easter Bunny/Buggy story bringing giant bolts/nuts & oil cans … er, not exactly like the Alsace tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter Eggs but close enough*. But of course, the more important – will we see […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Autographed Poster
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 26 February 2012
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Autographed by Owen Wilson & Larry the Cable Guy … On Sale $449 from $650 … available at RueLaLa. Sign in and sign up here to view.    

Sears Says, “$2.4 Billion” In Losses … No Biggie … We Got It …
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Posted in Financial on 25 February 2012
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(there are a few clouds) Lou D’Ambrosio, Sears Holdings’ CEO/president, said, “It’s also important to distinguish between our earnings issue and the strength of our balance sheet, where we have significant assets and liquidity. We are further strengthening the balance sheet by approximately $1 billion through the actions we are announcing today regarding Hometown, outlet, […]

Amber with Dinosaur Feather Embedded: Jurassic Park, Here We Go!
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Posted in History on 25 February 2012
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Okay, we can’t really re-create dinosaurs from extracted DNA in amber but fun to believe … More cool pics at Wired.com. There is talk of trying it with ostrich eggs. This should end well. 🙂 Much less scary – soon we’ll be able to print 3D dinosaur bones …

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Mia & Tia in Italy
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 25 February 2012
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Right-click for the full size … Found it in a folder – can’t remember where it came from but if you need Mia & Tia visiting Francesco as a mini wallpaper, here ya go.