For those who forge fjords, wake on waves, fall through ice caverns or a suburban day with your rascally 2-year old, the camera might be for you … The Pentax Optio WG-2 is: Waterproof to a depth of 40 feet. Shockproof design protects from drops up to 5 feet. Crushproof construction withstands weights up to […]

Contest Day! Win a copy of “Air Mater and Other (Mater) Tall Tales” – a 3D Book! It’s the first time Moon Mater, Air Mater & Mater PI have appeared in print together and in 3D. I tested it out, it looks pretty cool. Obviously not in 3D here on the web – you get […]

The Disney Store has sent along a Lightning McQueen Hawk as a contest giveaway! (you don’t get diecast Lightning, he’s just there so you get a comparison and see how ginormous LM Hawk is …) Unlike our other contests, there is a part 2 – you have to get this into the hands of a […]

The Salt & Pepper Switch … And Salt & Power Battery … Amazon @ $10 each.

Target is opening stores in urban-denser population areas. The first three are open in Chicago (1 S State St (between Madison St & Calhoun Place)), Los Angeles (10861 Weyburn Ave – Westwood) and Seattle (1401 Second Ave). In October, two more CityTarget locations will open in Los Angeles and San Francisco.They are about 2/3 the size […]

The Disney Store “Mater on the Moon” is a blast … Even the box makes a nice display … And the back … As usual, the Disney Store CARS are solid and heavy diecast … Nice details and detailing … Autonaut Mater has the slight bend to capture the detail of his landing … and […]

Random generated winner – MICKY! If only there were one or two catchy songs to sing extolling her name as the winner. 🙂 Nope, can’t think of any. 🙂 I will random place one in an envelope and wing its way to you. Thank you all for entering! Thanks Mattel for supplying the Chuki socks!

Dude, I want this … It looks pretty cool. You can place your Tomica 1:64 diecasts on a hook and drive like a mad man! I do not know any Japanese so I cannot gar-ron-tee any of this is actually correct but I’m 1,000% certain my translation is 100% correct. 🙂 2 Gears – High […]

Japanese CARS diecast license, Tomica has added some Toons to their lineup. They are 1:64 scale so slightly narrower than US Mattel releases but generally most everything but the wheels are made of heavy gauge metal though in this case, I’m guessing the wings are metal but the helmets are plastic. It’s not a very […]

If you prefer your flash drive a little flashier (and spendier) …The Avengers USB Flash drives. You can also buy them individually, just scroll down on the Amazon page.