This summer sees the return to the big screen of some of the characters from the hugely popular 2001 Pixar animated movie Monsters, Inc. in a 3D prequel Monsters University. Monsters, Inc. received the 3D treatment itself last year and that version will finally be hitting screens in Italy where I live next month, so I thought it might be fun to take a look at a collectible figure from the time of the first film's original release – the gravel voiced Monsters, Inc. secretary, and undercover boss … [Read more...]
Toy Story: Disney and McDonald’s Happy Meals
As somebody who has been a vegetarian for the last 23 years I haven't seen the inside of a McDonald's for quite some time, or likewise, collected any Happy Meal toys directly in a McDonald's restaurant; their action figures do seem to pop up regularly on market stalls, however, and that's where I found this Woody the other day. Love them or hate them, the McDonald's Happy Meal action figures have clearly cornered a slice of the collectors' market – earlier this year UK newspaper the Daily Mail … [Read more...]