Talking Cars, Space Ships, and Classic Americana: The Most Popular Die-Cast Toys
February 12, 2010 by Chris Pranger
Filed under Toy Vehicles
They also make great gifts for your dad.
I’m taking another day off video games to go into one of my favorite things from my childhood: Die-cast cars. The term can be applied to a lot of things, such as Hot Wheels and the like, but I actually won’t be bringing Hot Wheels into this since, well, that makes for an article in of itself sometime next week. Okay, not the classic thought of what makes a car a Hot Wheels car at least. I can’t lie, I’m talking about the most popular die-cast cars right now, so Hot Wheels are going to show up in some way or another. Read more
What’s Up With Pixar’s UP Movie Toys?
June 11, 2009 by dungan
Filed under Movie and TV Toys
UP, Pixar’s latest animated feature opened in theaters last week, and surprised everyone by grossing a hefty $68.2 million.
But you might be asking, where are the UP movie toys? They are almost nowhere to be seen in the marketplaces around the globe. In fact, Thinkway Toys, who manufactured a slew of great toys for Pixar’s Cars actually did not make a single toy for this movie.
