Entries from February 2008

February 24, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: “More Coming …” Toyfair 2008 Part II

Mattel didn’t spend a great deal of time showing off CARS 1:55 (the Mini Adventures line is another story - our more indepth coverage of the Toy Fair Mini coverage is coming separately).
We still have no word as where the “missing E to J” “new” CARS are … from the display at Toy Fair they [...]

February 23, 2008

Mattel Pixar Disney Cars: Where Be the CARS?

There might not be many CARS on the store shelves but there are plenty at SF’s WonderCon comic book/toy show convention/exhibit which runs until tomorrow night. (They also run Comic-Con).

There were at least 4 of these rack-cages … okay, the inside weren’t CARS but there definitely was not a shortage of them at the show. [...]

February 19, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: Costco Carrying Case

This might be the carrying case that fits a lot of needs, you get 4 “Compartment Boxes” that get clipped together by that front piece and handle. It looks deep enough to hold everyone except maybe Barney Stormin’ and probably Al Oft … you can probably fit about 65-ish CARS if you modify some of [...]

February 17, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: “More Coming …” Toyfair 2008

Well, the show doesn’t officially open until tomorrow.

Here’s an interesting quote,
“Disney’s “Cars,” which, despite no new film or TV content, generated $2 billion in retail sales in 2007 and has become a major priority for Disney that it plans to support with additional content in the future.”
HUMM …
“The biggest trend industrywide at Toy [...]

February 15, 2008

Mattel Pixar Cars: NEW Mini Adventures Target Easter Eggs

Looks like Target has a new exclusive for Easter and it’s ACTUALLY an exclusive! … Yes, no more crappy re-packagings and it’s even reasonably priced (last year’s mock ornament was almost 80% more than regular pricing for what? A 1-dimensional hanging cardboard circle they called an ornament? … ;)
It’s three different MINI ADVENTURES Cars sets.

(this looks [...]

February 15, 2008

Mattel Pixar Disney Cars Checklist: September 2007 to Today

Just to avoid any confusion, yesterday’s checklist is for those of us who are willing to buy a 3rd Lizzie or a 15th Lightning McQueen but not two WOC Bling Bling McQueen’s!
DO NOT WANT!!!
So, to avoid any confusion, this list is EVERYTHING NEW from the post recall embargo CARS era - about September [...]

February 13, 2008

Mattel Pixar Disney Cars Checklist: The Been Here-Done That List 2008

Now, this list won’t be very useful to many - this is simply a list for the ultra completists who will fight you to the death for a WOC Lizzie … well, okay, maybe not ‘fight to the death,’ - maybe just a simple “ACK!”
For the ultra completists who have to have every CAR on [...]

February 8, 2008

Underwater Internet Cable Cut-Funniest WSJ Drawing Ever

This is the funniest drawing I’ve ever seen in the WSJ … okay, not exactly much of a competition but still …
Some conspiracy theorists have ideas why India & parts of the Middle East have lost most of their internet connection as several underseas cables have been severed.
It could be sharks with lasers … though [...]

February 5, 2008

Microsoft & Yahoo - Yep, We Can Say Goodbye to Both

Why MS buying Yahoo will not change anything.

INTERNET SEARCH is the purest form of customer service & “sales” EVER.
There are virtually zero barriers to entry (there are over 300 by our count).
Users/customers can switch in the time it takes to type and bookmark a new url.
So, if you can’t deliver results that are satisfying to [...]

February 1, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars Checklist: Winter 2008 Major Changes & Where to Look for the NEW Ones …

On top of the changes to Box E (outlined here), as suspected, more changes were announced for Boxes F, G, H, & J (no Box I) and Mattel has basically announced that what was is/might be no longer for the rest of 2008.
They have replaced most of all the “new” in each box with the [...]