Article Archive for April 2019

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Dinoco Pitty & Roger Wheeler, Crew Chief 2019 Variants
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 30 April 2019
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Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice photos. Interestingly, Dinoco Pitty seems to have lost his name but the Dinoco Crew Chief has gained one, Roger Wheeler. The Dinoco Pitty is now a unibody and apparently has different rims. Roger Wheeler looks essentially the same as his predecessor, Dinoco Crew Chief with the additional eyelid line. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Erik Laneley & Alex Carvill 2019 Variant 2-Pack
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 26 April 2019
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Thanks “Mark T.” for the nice photos. Re-released characters but with the new eyelid line. Old Erik. New Erik, thicker line + darker eyelids. plus, he looks less wide. The new Alex Carvill with darker eyebrows and thicker eyeline. Old & new.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mater with #95 Hat
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 25 April 2019
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Thanks “Samuel K.” for the nice photos … Mater with #95 hat is out. I’m surprised they didn’t make him a Deluxe but nice he’s just a single.  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Doc’s Precision Series Playset – PRE ORDER to Get it Made!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 24 April 2019
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The Precision Series Doc’s Ornamental Valley Mechanical Clinic Playset will ONLY be made if they get pre-orders of 3,000. So, if we don’t order, it does not get produced! It’s a GREAT LOOKING set with tons of details. Available ONLY at Shop.Mattel. Priced at $129.99 – about the same as the other great sets. The […]

It’s a Thinker, Well for $650
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Posted in Gadgets, Internet on 23 April 2019
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Genius, it’s a padded box to put on your head … Nope, not an April’s Fools joke, it’s real and it’s British at the Form Emporium. Only £495.00

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Fireball Beach Variants Buying Guide
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Toons Diecast on 22 April 2019
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If are an opener AND a variant collector, you can save a few bucks and pick up the box sets which has two variants + an exclusive CAR in each box set. Box Set #1 features the same Fireball Beach Lightning McQueen single. Box Set #2 (with Lightning on the 3rd position) has the more […]

How to Build a Lightning McQueen Costume
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS on 22 April 2019
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From Instructables, How to Build a Lightning McQueen Costume. Pretty cool and cute.

Disney Pixar CARS: RSN Network YouTube Videos
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 19 April 2019
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Disney has a series of the “RSN Network” CARS videos … with voice overs and cute bits added … You can check them out HERE.

Battat – Driven Pocket Toys
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Posted in Toys on 19 April 2019
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Battat has a nice series of small plastic construction toys with run playsets. You can check out the full catalog here (Pocket Toys start on around Page 76).  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Open for Business, Biz Torqsen
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 18 April 2019
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Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice open photos of Super Chase Biz Torqsen – the only non-Deluxe Super Chase of the current series. While he’s not huge, he has a lot of nice details (I’m presuming he’s a ‘he.’)