Articles in the News Category

Disney Buys Marvel: “John Lasseter Met with Marvel …”
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Posted in News on 1 September 2009
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As noted yesterday, Disney bought Marvel Entertainment … Interesting additional note … Comingsoon.Net reports that … “John Lasseter met with Marvel last week about a possible team-up between Marvel and Pixar and got “pretty excited, pretty fast.” They say there’s definitely an opportunity there.” There ya go … It’s already happening 🙂

Disney Buys Marvel
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Posted in News on 31 August 2009
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“The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced this morning. Under the terms of the agreement and based on last week’s closing price of Disney, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each […]

Disney Pixar CARS: CARS2 – World Grand Prix
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, News on 25 August 2009
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Jim Hill Media is reporting that Disney has registered a series of web urls surrounding the words: CARS 2: World Grand Prix Or as Jim Hill notes, they grabbed … CARS2-WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM CARS2WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM CARSWORLDGRANDPRIX.COM WORLDGRANDPRIX-MOVIE.COM So, you missed out on an opportunity to tuggle with Disney lawyers over urls 🙂 There are pretty much ‘Grand Prix’ […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lightyear Launchers Land in the Netherlands
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, News on 27 June 2009
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Thanks to the great “ScobbyDoo,” we have proof and pics of Lightyear Launchers in the Netherlands. Lil Torquey Pistons. Clutch Aid. No, these are NOT rubber tires. The other Lightyear Launcher was (take a wide guess) … Lightning McQueen! But not a bad assortment – presumably in a box of 6 with two each. When […]