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WALL·E toys are showing up in toy stores everywhere. Today I dropped some money on the U Repair WALL·E figure that you can take apart and reassemble.

Here is a quick video of some of the various WALL·E toys that are available…

For the mid range collector types, the InterAction Talking WALL·E might be a good choice. It seems to be the equevelent of the talking Buzz Lightyear figures that were so popular during the first Toy Story film release.

If you are a really hard core collector, and you have around $190 bucks to spend, you might want to look into this toy…

I usually don’t buy the Pixar toys (I think the last one I picked up prior to my purchase today was a Zurg figure) but I may have to pick up some more WALL·E figures.

-Floyd Bishop 

Toys R Us is having a great sale this week on many of their movie line related toys, including figures from the new “Indiana Jones”, “Narnia”, and “Speed Racer” product lines. If you need some more figures for your office cubicle, you may want to swing by your local Toys R Us this week.

-Floyd Bishop 

Gentle Giant has created  a series of sculptures for Disney, based on some of their most famous dragons. In this new interpretation of the characters, the dragons are much more fearsome than their animated counterparts. The above image is Mushu from “Mulan”.

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via LiveNews

Mattel, the American producer of the action figures for the new Batman movie, has pulled the late Heath Ledger’s original “Joker” figurine from production, claiming the toy was too scary.

The move has left collectors scrambling to buy the limited edition original before supplies run out.

Read the full story here… 

 -Floyd Bishop

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