Article Archive for September 2014

Hot Wheels Star Wars Diecast Ship Playsets: Hoth + Launchers
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Posted in Disney Star Wars on 26 September 2014
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The first playset for the Hot Wheels has been revealed … There are a bunch of other listings for Hoth playsets, a Rebel Transport playset, the battle of Loathal and the Battle of Geonosis. In addition, there are plastic ship launchers … the Millennium Falcon (d’uh). And a TIE Fighter one.

The Retro Winnebago Bravo
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Posted in CARS on 25 September 2014
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if you miss the old look, Winnebago is bringing back the retro looking Brave … of course, you don’t get the 1970’s interior though I’m sure they can customize shag carpeting and avocado color cabinets. You can read more at Winnebago.    

Mattel Disney PLANES FIRE & RESCUE: Pulaski Pulling In
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Posted in Disney Planes Fire & Rescue, Mattel Disney Planes Fire & Rescue Diecast on 25 September 2014
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Thanks for the great photos, “ED!” It’s Park Fire Ranger Pulaski! It looks like since he’s a ‘single” and not a deluxe, there are no moving parts. Remember he’s a single and not a deluxe. My guess is the front cab is diecast but still a nice giant CAR. Thanks for the great pics, “ED!” […]

Hot Wheels Star Wars Death Star Carrying Case
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Posted in Disney Star Wars, Mattel on 24 September 2014
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These is for the Star Wars diecast ship singles … You can pretty much guess the list of ships/star ships but here’s the initial list.  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Singles CASE P – 2015
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 24 September 2014
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It looks like the first case of 2015 will be the P CASE. The Q CASE will follow as it does in the alphabet (er, wait, let me sing the song just to be sure – should I find a 6-year old as double verification?) 🙂 The P CASE mostly contains “common” re-releases from 2014 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: TRU Pricing Not Affecting Sales
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 September 2014
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The TRU pricing of the mainline singles at $5.99 do not seem to affect sales – at least in my area. While they are not flying off the shelves, they are still steadily selling even though not a lot of new releases make it to the shelves – and while they are marked 40% more […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Next (Last?) Super Chase Carateka
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 September 2014
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It looks like the next (and last?) Super Chase is (chops down screen – hiiiyaaa) – Carateka Thanks for the great photos, “ED!” This is a strange choice as a Super Chase – unless they figure he’s just too much metal to remake? Your Super Chase lineup 2014. Thanks ED!  

Size Up the iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus …
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Posted in Uncategorized on 22 September 2014
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If you can’t figure out if the iPhone 6 Plus will fit in your pants or if it’s right for your hand, Ars Technica has a free PDF (LINK HERE) to print out, cut out and test it out. For the full effect, you probably need to glue it onto some cardboard … well, there […]

New Disney Pixar Thinkway Toy Line & Returning Favorites
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Posted in Disney Pixar on 22 September 2014
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There’s a new Pixar action figure line in several scales at TRU from Thinkway Toys (they’re not marked exclusives but they’re only at TRU so far). They’re available in several scales – featuring 7 of the Pixar films (not the Toy Story’s, CARS, CARS 2 or Brave). The larger scale ones in box features electronic […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Last Super Chase – Duct Tape Mater
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 22 September 2014
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Duct Tape Mater is coming in CASE J. If you can’t wait, you can make your own custom … if I can do it, any 4-year old just woken up from a nap can … Thanks  “ED!” BTW, Duct Tape started out as “duck tape” (Wikipedia).