I admit I was never a huge fan of Iron Man but the movie trailer looks good and they were smart to get Robert Downey Jr. That guy might’ve had a lot of personal problems but he can flat out act.*
I know the back story and while they are sticking to the gist of how [...]
Since we still get questions about the forthcoming Motor Speedway of the South set, here’s a recap of where we stand. Let me know if there any other questions.
What is the “Motor Speedway of the South” Set?
This seems to be the current official name of the 36 Piston Cup Race Set. It will be a [...]
The other day, Netflix went down for 12 hours and shipped no DVD’s on Monday - it did occur to me that I had some movies due to be sent out and they didn’t seem to send me an email notification it was coming but it was not a tragedy and since I didn’t even [...]
At the lamest in stocking toys Target nearest to me … hanging on the pegs like your average pegwarmer, Dinoco Mia & Tia and regular Mia & Tia … I didn’t even staged this … as you can see, barely any regular solo CARS on the shelf … no Mater, no McQ, no Sally, No [...]
Well, it was sweet while it lasted. From mid November 2007 to early January 2008, it was a nice 8 weeks of CARS, CARS & CARS. Shelves were brimming with new CARS and hard to find CARS - Pit Crew Fillmore, Dale Jr., Pit Crew Hornet, Dinoco Helicopter … and while not exactly brimming on [...]
Mattel has announced 8-10% wholesale (case price) increases for their independent re-sellers.
Not exactly unexpected with record prices for all metal commodities and most obviously, gasoline at $100 a barrel - most everyone knew this was coming (you need crude oil to make plastics itself - not to mention powering the plant and transportion usage [...]
What is a variant? (and of course, specifically to toys & toys collecting)
There are really four criterias:
A variant is simply a variation that is also available that is different from the “correct” design, different from the first-release design or different from the current release and more importantly, REPLACES it.
It is a “variation” of the release [...]
Target & TRU both have the MINI ADVENTURES Dragstrip on sale - probably moving a little slowly at $20.00+. Target’s price is better - $15 than TRU’s at $16.99.
Target also has the MINI’s 2-pack on sale - $4.94? But with so few in stock and nothing new since a month ago, who cafes?
Toys R Us [...]
If you love CARS, if wonder if your collection is complete complete and if it’s really been 2-years, how about a book that collects EVERY item released and one long run on sentence about collecting CARS from Day 1?
Well, wonder no more - we have put together the perfect book for you. It’s 100% about [...]
It was just about two years ago, marketing flags were ready to be dropped all around the country for a June 9, 2006 movie opening on 3,985 screens.
A little movie called CARS.
Yes, it was a long, long time ago … and for most of us, that was 1,082 trips to and back from Wal*Mart, Toys [...]
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