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Steven R’s Post Card Contest – So Close – 2nd Place!
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Posted in collecting on 18 January 2013
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My son’s postcard contest ended last week, thanks for posting about it! His team came in 2nd place with a little over 1100 cards. Steven had 26! Can you please tell everyone thank you? He got cards from all over, Austria, Germany, Holland, England, St Maarten, and a lot of different states. It was really […]

Disney D23 Membership Renewal Sale
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 18 January 2013
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It doesn’t happen very often but Disney is actually offering a D23 membership sale. It’s ongoing so you don’t have to make a decision right away but definitely something to take care of if you’re going to the Expo. In addition to the fun items above, the big benefit is you a discount on tickets […]

Amazing Live Action Remake of Toy Story
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Film on 17 January 2013
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Two kids, a camcorder, toys and action figures … pretty amazing! You can read more at their Facebook page.

Mattel Disney Toons PLANES: The Singles Checklist
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Posted in Disney, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 17 January 2013
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Here are the first 17 PLANES listed on the singles list. You can see larger photos of the 4 main characters HERE. I’m presuming since the the Dusty listed here is called “Racing Dusty” that the single release version is a repaint of the “main” version (only available with his Pitty in the Gift Set). […]

Visual Effects Reel From “The Avengers”
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Posted in movies on 16 January 2013
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Pretty amazing what you see on the screen only exists as binary bits …

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Ivan Mater Deluxe – Semi Deluxe
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 16 January 2013
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While he’s spiffed up nice – with a sharp looking mustache grill and premium new paint scheme, he’s really not very oversized nor deluxe (other than his extra cost) – more like demi or semi deluxe. Again, nothing really wrong with the sculpt, design or production – just that he’s the same plain ole sized […]

Mattel Disney Pixar PLANES: Aircraft Carrier Coming to Port (Updated!)
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Planes on 16 January 2013
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His name is Yorkie … while we have not seen the aircraft carrier from the film PLANES … he probably looks a lot like the aircraft carrier seen briefly in MOON MATER … ToyFountain sends us a screenshot from the PLANES trailer, guess I forgot about this shot – thanks, ToyFountain. Definitely more complex than […]

Hasbro Monopoly: Game Piece Execution
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Posted in Uncategorized on 15 January 2013
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Hasbro wants you to help decide which of the old, old, old school depression era pieces should be melted down … My vote would be the iron that is like 5 generations old of what an iron looks like now. Here are the replacement options. I’m guessing the cat will win – people on the […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store Frank, Frankly, the Same …
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 15 January 2013
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There was some question whether the Frank in the Disney Store CARS Frank-Tractor Tipping Set was different than the Frank box release from a year’s ago … while I did not buy the newest set, TopherDawg sent along great pics from upside down and all around and it looks pretty much the exact same … About […]

Disney Pixar CARS Silver Series: An Entire Line Extension Coming
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 15 January 2013
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There’s an interesting article in this month’s “Licensing” magazine … And “ToyNews” adds … “Disney is to launch a new special edition range of cross-category Silver Series products from its popular Cars film and franchise. The new range will have its own backstory, which will be revealed in a special Silver Series edition magazine, and […]