Article Archive for August 2012

Totsy Disney Pixar CARS & CARS 2 Sale: Books, Socks & Toys
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 25 August 2012
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Totsy is having a mostly CARS/CARS 2 book sale but they also have a few toys, socks and other fun CARS items. Sign in or sign up here. This is is just a tiny sample, there are dozens and dozens of CARS books – some I’ve never seen before. Some pretty cute socks and some […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Target 4-Pack Box Set Geek Update
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 25 August 2012
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Three of the Target Box sets have been upgraded in their re-releases. It is NOT noted anywhere on the box so you have to look. The main upgrade is that most of the racers are “upgraded” to one-piece metal unibodies. Essentially the “mouth-faceplate” on each CARS WGP racer (aka: their facial expression) was generally plastic […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Ultimate Crossover Announced (Some Film Called Star Wars)
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Posted in CARS Land, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store, star wars on 24 August 2012
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It’s been teased but now it’s 1:43 scale real … Presumably only available at the Theme Parks since it’s announced by the theme park group (though they’ll do mail order after a few weeks after they hit the theme parks). The expression on Luigi – I laugh. You can find more photos & info at […]

Mattel Disney CARS: Next Micro Drifter 3-Pack Singles
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 24 August 2012
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Well, the Micro Drifters have passed the first stage of being on the shelves at Target, Toys R Us, and soon on most of the shelves at Walmart. CASE A & B have arrived and are on the shelves. The rest of the case assortments are unknown as of now but these are presumably all […]

NBC Series “Community”: The 8-Bit Free Game
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Posted in TV on 23 August 2012
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One of the most brilliant episodes of last season was the DIGITAL ESTATE PLANNING episode of COMMUNITY where all the main characters were forced to play themselves in an 8-bit videogame. The episode was weird, made very sense and of course, HEE-LARIOUS! If you love 8-bit video games, you will love, LOVE the old school […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Take Flight Diecast: 2012 Checklist (by Case)
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 August 2012
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The visual checklist ran earlier this morning – if you prefer a checklist by case assortment … you can plan out how many relatives will get an Autonaut Lightning McQueen … 🙂 and/or of course figure out which cases to buy as many do not repeat. Some might appear in an exclusive box set? Presumably […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Take Flight Diecasts: Airborne Now Through November Visual Checklist
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 August 2012
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Here are the visual checklist of the case assortments from now to November 2012. Of these, ONLY CASE D has shipped and as of now it’s unknown if all the CASE D shipment cards are all labeled as “ONLY AT WALMART” even though they are available to order/pre-order at Children’sToyCloset & Rob’s Palace of Disney […]

Lego Mini Figures Series 8
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Posted in Lego on 22 August 2012
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Series 8 is out – thanks “Wraukn.” Looks like another fun series … Here’s a breakdown if you buy the entire case. Of course, in case you’re wondering why you couln’t find any of the Sparta ones … (internet photo, not me) …  

Disney Pixar CARS: Mater Private Eye Box Set is a Monochrome Knockout
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 22 August 2012
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The Disney Store Mater Private Eye Box Set is a Roundhouse, Knockout, Sweet Science of Diecasts. NONE of these three CARS are on Mattel’s schedule list as of now but we should get the list soon for 2013 (starts in late October/November) so who knows, the next round of Mattel Toon releases might include these […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Take Flight: CASE D Weird Flat Spin Arrives
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 22 August 2012
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So now, CASE B and CASE C are back on hold and have not shipped, Mattel has shipped CASE D which is not a bad case … But it gets weird. Children’sToyCloset got their shipment and all the cards have a ONLY AT WALMART sticker on them. Falcon Hawk 1 and NASCA Truck … These […]