Article Archive for March 2016

Contest! Star Wars: New Hope, Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi New Novelizations
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Posted in Disney Star Wars on 27 March 2016
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Star Wars: A New Hope The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back So You Want to Be a Jedi? Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Beware the Power of the Dark Side! Win a complete set of the new novelizations of the original trilogy. It’s intended for pre-teens […]

Contest! Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo Adventure
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Posted in Disney Star Wars on 13 March 2016
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Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo Adventure This is actually the best of the three pre-teens novels with an actual mission and it’s fun to get adventures of Chewie and Han since their real screen time in the original trilogy don’t amount to much time – the story takes […]

Warning…Slow Posting Ahead
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Posted in Uncategorized on 7 March 2016
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Hey all you Take5ers! Tizmanian here… Just a heads up that we will be in the aisles and the warehouses for a bit so you won’t see new content for a few days. But in the interim, here are some fighting squirrels: Have a great week! ~Tizmanian MET HERE – GMAIL still temporarily borked so […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: SDCC Neon Racers Now “Free” at Amazon
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 4 March 2016
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Thanks for the heads up “John H.” Amazon is offering the SDCC Neon Racers box for free with a $25 CARS purchase. Buy $25 of CARS products from Amazon.com (3rd party seller products do NOT count). Then ADD the Disney/Pixar Cars Neon Lightning McQueen & Shu Todoroki Diecast Comic-Con Exclusive 2-Pack to your cart. The discount won’t show […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Precision Series, Fillmore’s Taste In Unbox, Part 2
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Posted in CARS World 2016, Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 4 March 2016
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Thanks, “Michael VN” for the great & spectacular unboxing Precision Series Fillmore’s Taste In playset. Come on it, it’s amazing! Roll out the barrel of tastin’ fun! It’s beautiful! So nice – maybe add some real sand? Glow in the dark Fillmore. Yea, Fillmore’s not really next to Flo’s but it’ll do for now. Thanks […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Precision Series Fillmore’s Taste In Unboxing
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Posted in CARS World 2016, Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 4 March 2016
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Thanks “Michael VN” for the great pics! Fillmore’s Taste In is definitely tasty. While it’s nice – it’s a huge upgrade to great with the light-up feature. \ Fillmore Glows in the Dark. Thanks for the great photos, “Michael VN.” More photos in PART 2 – loading soon. “John H.” supplies some box comparison photos […]

Books to Read – The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
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Posted in Shopping on 2 March 2016
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If you enjoy reading about the history of economics and pricing … The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History Records of prices are more abundant than any other quantifiable data, and span the entire range of history, from tables of medieval grain prices to the overabundance of modern statistics. Fischer studies this […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store Update
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Store on 2 March 2016
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Thanks for the heads up, “John H.” 1:43 Carbon racers are coming – in the UK store only so far. The US Disney Store finally has a CARS Theme shirt for adults. This 1:43 Carbon Racer McQueen and Max Rip N’ Release Stunt Set looks pretty fun … though the family pet or little bro might […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Deluxe Case C & D – Pre Order at CTC
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Posted in CARS World 2016, Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 2 March 2016
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Children’s Toy Closet has Deluxe CASE C & D up for pre -order … In addition to the new Finn with Breather, Lightning Storm is now a unibody (I did not update the photo – sorry!) Bud is a Super Chase – your one and only chance to get him. Shipping in a few weeks. […]

Guess Our Helium Shortage is Over
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Posted in Toys on 1 March 2016
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There was a lot of talk we were running low on helium. Saw this at Target. Suck it superconducting magnet experiments, we got balloons to launch!