While the photo was released a while, the Arturo PLANE with tent and Pitty has finally been released. “John H.” sends along some nice photos. This design and look of this PLANE type is one that is coming again on several PLANES to be released soon including the Swedish racer and “Yellow Bird.” I’m guessing […]

“LaneChange” also sends along some new cardback shots. While there’s nothing really new here, it’s nice to see the photo confirmation of more Alex Hugo with Party Hat and Ivan coming in 2014. And the first shot of the WGP Tow Truck Deluxe Oversized CAR named Towin’ Eoin. Looks nice.   Wonder what the other […]

Since the 2014 Theme cards design does not look much different than the 2013, you do have to look closely … since some of 2014 releases include Lightning McQueen, Max Schnell & Francesco. The main difference is the logo has changed from Disney • Pixar CARS to Disney World of CARS. If you spot Marlon […]

Apparently between 1979 and 1981, LEGO would actually hand out real gold LEGO’s … This incredibly rare piece was given to LEGO employees that had 25 years of employment at the Hohenwestedt, Germany factory and was also given to couple of very special business partners of LEGO of the time. It was only given out […]

“LaneChange” sends along his nice stroll through the Mattel Company Store/Outlet store in Texas. The usual suspects. Porto Corsa Lightning & Francesco – still a few left, go figure!  And lots of Action Agents. Though this is actually a nice endcap. The rest are what you’d expect – playsets from the past few years. All […]

The Kmart promo mailaway of course ended on a strange note. While all early mailers got a nice email it was received and then another email that it was on its way, the redemptions sent in towards the end was met with stony silence for a few weeks – leaving everyone to question what was […]

Pretty impressive … THE WORLDS LARGEST FLYING TOY by AzaadPakistan

Rochelle, the French Canadian PLANE in the English language version is swapped out in other language version of PLANES. The Mattel diecast of Rochelle.   As you can tell, the French Rochelle is only slightly different. No surprise, she’s also named Rochelle in the French version. She is named Sakura in the Japan version of […]

I don’t know if these geniuses drove their SUV into a not-so-frozen lake but if you know your physics, apparently all you need are some pieces of wood, a log and some nice strong rope … see, math and science pays off! Though be wary of buying a used car off Craigslist with chunks of […]

If you want to know what’s going on or not going on in the theme parks coming in 2014 and beyond, check out this super detailed and researched post at MiceAge – it looks like theme park fans might not all be very happy with a lot of new rides/re-furbs on hold … and no […]