Toy Story 4: Pancake Molds/Stencils Set & Forky Scraper (by Pampered Chef)

Take your breakfast to infinity and beyond with these Disney·Pixar Toy Story 4 pancake molds/stencils set and scraper from Pampered Chef!  If your kids haven't gotten into cooking quite yet, this could be a game changer. I mean, what Toy Story fan (young or old) wouldn't want pancakes in the shape of their favorite characters? This is a fun way for parents and kids to bond in the kitchen while making some delicious and creative food.

First up, we have this Toy Story 4 scraper/baking spatula featuring everyone's favorite spork—Forky! This scraper is 12.5" long, has a silicone head with rounded edges and a quality bamboo handle. It feels sturdy and well made overall!

Details:

• Perfect for mixing ingredients for pancakes, cake batter, cookie dough, and more
• Head is heat-safe to 482°F
• Hand wash only

Forky Scraper—$19.00 

(on sale now for only $12.00)

Next up, check out these awesome pancake molds featuring the iconic shapes of a Pizza Planet Alien, Buzz Lightyear and Woody! Once cooked, place the character stencil on top of the corresponding pancake shape and generously sift powered sugar or cocoa powder over the stencil; then carefully lift the stencil straight up to reveal your masterpiece! It doesn't get much better than combining kitchen and Disney magic. Full instructions are included to help you get the best result (see the final effect HERE).

Details:

• Molds are about 5"-6" in size
• Easy to use— molds have long tabs to keep your hands away from heat as you release food
• Thick foot ring that conforms to your pan and keeps the batter from leaking out the sides
• Molds are heat-safe to 450°F
• Stencils are not heat-safe
• You can also use the stencils to decorate plain or frosted cakes, cupcakes, brownies or cookies
• Molds and stencils are dishwasher-safe

 Pancake Molds & Stencils Set— $20.00

(on sale now for only $13.00)

 

A big thank you to Pampered Chef for this phenomenal gift! These were given to me during the Walt Disney World Toy Story 4 press event I attended back in June. I'm really excited to use them soon...and especially once Aidan grows up a bit! Breakfast will be so much fun to prepare as a family using all this.

If you're interested in purchasing any of these items, visit Pampered Chef's website HERE (for the Forky scraper) and HERE (for the molds/stencils set). There's also a really cute Hamm pancake flipper as part of this collection as well (which you can buy HERE). Get it all together in one value breakfast set HERE!

Let me know all your thoughts down below. Have you picked up anything from Pampered Chef's Toy Story 4 collection? I'd love to hear your experience.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Cars 3: Bob Cutlass

Tonight I'm going to briefly document another Cars 3 Mattel 1:55 scale diecast released earlier this year...Bob Cutlass (part of the 2019 "Florida 500" sub-series)! As shown in the screen shot above, Bob Cutlass is a Piston Cup announcer for RSN (Racing Sports Network) seen alongside Darrell Cartrip. The character originally appeared in the first Cars film, but then was absent from Cars 2 for whatever reason. It was fun to see him back for Cars 3, seen several times throughout the film (mainly during the races at the beginning and end of the film).

The original diecast of Bob, based on his appearance in the first film, was released back in 2007 and then many times since (I got mine in a 10-pack later on, but he was also available in single packs and other multi-packs over the years). This here is the first ever release of Bob as he appears in Cars 3 and, as you can tell, he looks just a little different. He now sports the RSN logo on both sides and Mattel gave him a much lighter paint job (which honestly looks more blue than gray/silver).

FUN FACT: Bob is based on the real life racing announcer, Bob Costas.

If you're still looking for this diecast for your collection, you can still sometimes spot him at either Target or Walmart. I've also included an Amazon link below (as usual) for your convenience. Happy hunting! Let me know your thoughts down below.

Toy Story 4: Little People Collection (by Fisher-Price)

I absolutely love "Little People" toys by Fisher-Price. They're colorful, sturdy, have fantastic play value and will spark your little one's imagination for hours upon hours. Timeless is the best word I can use to describe them. You name a life experience, there's a Little People set for it: schools, zoos, houses, farms, safaris, construction sites, airplanes and other vehicles...the list goes on. When Fisher-Price introduced Toy Story inspired Little People sets to the mix back in 2012 (RC and Buzz's Spaceship), I was absolutely thrilled. I purchased them right away and have been saving them for my future kids ever since. Well, the future is NOW! Our baby boy Aidan is just over a week old and I already can't wait for him to start playing with toys. He still has to grow up a bit though, as Little People are recommended for kids ages 1-5 years old.

Earlier this year, several NEW Toy Story Little People sets were released; this time based on characters and locations from Toy Story 4! I was so thrilled once again to add them to my collection and am happy to finally have the time to document them here on the blog for you today. 

FERRIS WHEEL 

$19.99—Includes/requires 2 AA batteries

First up, there's the Ferris Wheel playset—obviously inspired by the film's iconic carnival setting. This one comes with Woody and Ducky figures and features cute fair style music when you spin the Ferris wheel using the yellow crank. There's even a "Little People" version of a strong man game; press down on the lever and watch the "weight" fly to the top! Figures looking to go for a ride can sit in any of the three passenger cars. This thing is absolutely adorable. 

7 FRIENDS PACK

$19.99 

Of course you'll need to flesh out the Little People Toy Story world with more characters! This "7 Friends Pack" includes Buzz Lightyear, Bo Peep, Bunny, Forky, Rex and the same Woody and Ducky that came with the Ferris Wheel set. I opted in to get this pack, but you can also get them in 4-packs and 2-packs. I love the designs of these guys...they're perfectly stubby and cute! 

JESSIE'S CAMPGROUND ADVENTURE

$24.49

Last but not least, we have the epic "Jessie's Campground Adventure" set (inspired by Bonnie's family's RV; again one of the main locations in the film). This transforming vehicle/playset comes with Jessie and Buzz Lightyear figures and opens up to reveal all sorts of fun!

Turn the "discovery button" near the picnic table to switch back and forth between a board game and a watermelon snack (watch Buttercup and Dolly dance, too). You can also pop open the cooler and discover other camping supplies around the RV. The Little People friends can go to sleep in the RV beds and even look out the window at the mesmerizing lights of the carnival. Kids will especially love searching for all their favorite Toy Story 4 pals, which can be spotted all over the inside of the RV. Can they find Trixie, Forky, Slinky, Dolly, Hamm, Buttercup, Rex and Bullseye?

If your "little person" is anywhere in the range of 1-5 years old, these are the perfect toys for them. They are the best introductory Toy Story toys out there for young fans! With Christmas right around the corner, I can't recommend these enough. You can find them currently at Target, Walmart, Kohl's or Amazon using the links below. Be sure to leave me all your thoughts down in the comment section!

NOTE: New versions of Buzz's Spaceship and RC (almost exactly the same as the original 2012 releases, just with minor upgrades) were also released this year. I've only seen them at Kohl's, but they could also be available elsewhere. I won't be getting them since I already have the originals, but I definitely wanted to let you know in case you missed them.

Cars 3: "Fan Favorites" Team 95 Mater

As part of Mattel's Cars 3 Target exclusive "Fan Favorites" sub-line (released over the summer), here we have the 1:55 scale diecast of Team 95 Mater! This little secondary collection is separate from the main line and is made up of both canon and non-canon versions of some of our favorite characters (as usual, I collected only the "canon" characters—or in other words, the ones that actually appeared on screen in the film). Other than Mater here, this wave also features:

• Team 95 and 51 Maddy McGear (Canon)
• Dinoco Cruz Ramirez with tool cart (Canon)
• Team 51 Ramone (Non-Canon) 
• Team 95 Sarge (Non-Canon)
• Team 95 and 51 Sheriff (Non-Canon)

Gotta love all Mater's hats, right? As shown in the screenshot above, Mater is seen wearing this oversized Piston Cup trophy hat at the end of Cars 3 during the climactic Florida 500 race. Yes, relative to Mater's size, you can tell that the hat is much bigger in the film. I think this should have been a deluxe size diecast release with the proper sized hat, but this off-scale version gets the point across just fine I suppose.

You can also find this "Fan Favorites" version of Mater in a Target exclusive 4-pack (seen HERE). Pick up this and any of the "Fan Favorites" collection at your local Target today! They're all still surprisingly pretty easy to find in stores, but I've also included a direct Amazon link below for your convenience.

Happy hunting!

Inside Out: Animator's Collection Littles Bing Bong (Wave 10)

The Disney Store's "Animator's Collection Littles" is a series of blind boxes (as seen above; shaped like a stubby pencil) featuring toddler-esque stylized micro figures of many of your favorite Disney/Pixar characters! As of right now, there have been 11 waves in this series since the collection began in December 2017. Bing Bong here, gifted to me recently by one of my good friends, was part of wave 10 earlier this year. Isn't he too cute?? Though I haven't collected these blind boxes on my own, this was the perfect one for me to get given how much I enjoy Inside Out and love this character.

What's really neat about the blind boxes in this collection is that the cases are stackable! The bottom of each pencil-shaped case is essentially one big window. Turn the case on its side, place the figure inside and start stacking (two connectors are included with each figure). The more you collect/stack, the cooler your display will look! I'm all about finding new ways to display figures (especially ones this tiny), so I thought that was a pretty unique and clever aspect.

For being so small, Bing Bong here has some fantastic detailing—I'm really impressed with his sculpt and paint application. He is just under two inches in size and I should note that he does not have any articulation. Each Animator's Littles blind box retails for $4.95.

There are two other Inside Out characters in this wave: Toddler Riley and Rainbow Unicorn (which I might need to track down now). There are also characters from Frozen and Alice and Wonderland if you're interested in them as well. Each figure comes with a checklist to help you keep track of all the "littles" in your collection.

Have you purchased any of these blind boxes over the last couple years? Who'd you get? Any particular favorites? Let me know your thoughts on this collection down below!

Toy Story 4: Hallmark Jessie & Rex Decoupage Ornaments (Target Exclusives)

Back in the fall of 2013, Hallmark began releasing some adorably stylized "shatterproof" decoupage Christmas tree ornaments for kids at stores like Target, Walmart and [at the time] Toys R Us. Characters from all sorts of different properties were represented, but the majority were characters from Disney/Pixar/Star Wars/ Marvel films. The line proved to be super popular and has returned, as well as expanded, every year since! It's always so fun, come around November, when Target puts out their Christmas stuff and I get to see which new characters have been developed. I had a feeling we'd see some new Toy Story characters this year...and what do you know!? Today I'm taking a look at the newly released Toy Story 4 Jessie and Rex ornaments.

There haven't been any new Toy Story characters in this line since the original Buzz and Woody, so these two make fantastic additions to the collection. Jessie looks absolutely adorable and I don't know if Rex (one of my all-time favorites) has ever looked cuter! I just love the style of these little guys. Both of these are very lightweight, stand at about 4" tall, retail for $7.00 and are Target exclusives. You can buy them in stores or online right now.

Take a closer look below!

JESSIE

REX

Also released this year were new versions of both Buzz and Woody. Since I already have the originals, I didn't feel the need to purchase these ones as well—but I still wanted to document them here. They are very cute (I honestly probably like these new designs better than the first edition versions), so definitely snag them before they're gone if you're interested! These ones are available at Target as well, but are not Target exclusives. They have been spotted elsewhere, like at Five Below (for just $5).

One thing I have to note is that I'm shocked they didn't make Forky in this decoupage style! He would have looked perfect and would have been super popular this year, I'm sure.

Side Note- As a massive Star Wars fan, I've also been collecting all of those characters from this line as well. Check them out HERE and HERE as featured on my Star Wars collection Instagram page.

Be sure to view all my previous posts on this ornament collection HERE. The only Pixar ones I'm missing now from past years (before I started collecting these ornaments) are Mater from Cars, Sulley (regular Monsters Inc. version) and Joy, Sadness, Disgust & Anger from Inside Out. I still hope to track them down somehow. 

Target Christmas Ornament Section 2019

I've been saving all these over the years to decorate a Pixar/Star Wars Christmas tree for my son Aidan one day. I thought his own little tree with these would look really cute in his room—that is if he's into what I'm into ;) By the way, we're now five days past his due date so he's gotta arrive any day now!

As usual, please leave any comments or questions you might have in the comment section down below. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Pixar Studios Short Films Tsum Tsum Set (D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive—LE 1000)

Two years ago, at the 2017 D23 Expo, ShopDisney released a convention exclusive Tsum Tsum boxed set featuring the first ever Pixar Short Film inspired Tsums (view blog post HERE). As a fan/collector of Tsum Tsums and all Pixar Short Film related merch, I was absolutely thrilled about this release. Flash forward to this year's expo back in August and, to my surprise, a SECOND Short Films Tsum Tsum boxed set was released and once again only available at the convention's Disney Store. The news of this set dropped the night before the expo started (while I was in the car driving there with my friends, actually) and I knew right away that I would not be leaving the expo without it. We had already planned to camp out overnight in order to make it into the Disney Store there to buy merchandise, but now there was no question.

Long story short, we did end up staying in line all night long, we did make it into the Disney Store early the next morning and we did buy all the merch we were hoping for! This was my personal #1 must-have and I'm excited to finally have the chance to review it here today.  

The release of this previously unannounced set was an extra cool surprise, not only because we get more amazing Pixar Short Film inspired Tsum Tsums to go with the first set, but because the Tsum Tsum line hadn't seen a U.S. release in quite some time (the last Pixar related release was Monsters University last August). This was such a fun and unexpected little comeback for Tsums, as brief as it was. As a long time Tsum Tsum collector, it was just so nice to see a new Pixar release for the first time in over year.

This set a limited edition of only 1000 and includes seven characters from seven Pixar Short Films: Bao from Bao, Dante from Dante's Lunch, Geri from Geri's Game, Sanjay from Sanjay's Super Team, Knick the snowman from Knick Knack, Tinny from Tin Toy and Bambino from La Luna! Original retail price was $54.95.

How adorable are these?! As far as Tsum Tsums go, they don't get much cuter. Like usual, my favorite details are the little film inspired details on their sides and underbellies, like the chess board on Geri, the stars on Bambino and the accordion underneath Tinny. I also think it's funny that they gave Geri some redness on his nose, just like the character has in the short. Such a specific little touch!

Take a closer look at each one below!

BAO

DANTE'S LUNCH

GERI'S GAME

SANJAY'S SUPER TEAM

KNICK KNACK

TIN TOY

LA LUNA

One thing I have to note; I thought Dante from Dante's Lunch was a funny one to include here, since I never really considered that an official "Pixar Short Film" (I always thought of it more as a teaser). Maybe the title character from Lou or one of the aliens from Lifted would have been a better choice? Regardless, it's a super cute Tsum, I just had to throw that out there. Let me know if you agree! Do you consider Dante's Lunch an official short?

Last question—which one is your favorite from this set? I think I'd have to say Tinny, but the snowman from Knick Knack is a close second. And, though he's certainly not the cutest one, I do have to give a shout out to Geri from Geri's Game because there is virtually no merch out there for that film outside of a couple pins! This Tsum Tsum is literally my first and only piece of Geri's Game merch I own after 21 years.

If you're looking to add this set to your collection, you can grab it on eBay using THIS DIRECT LINK. Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments!

Cars 3: Kiel Motorray

Hi everyone! I'm back and ready to document yet another 2019 Cars 3 Mattel 1:55 scale diecast...Kiel Motorray! This car was released back in the early spring (in single cases F & E) as part of this year's "Florida 500" sub-series.

As shown in the screen shot above, Kiel is a Mini Cooper seen very briefly (and only from the back) as Cruz exits the Florida Speedway after being dismissed by Sterling. She can be spotted driving next to Steve Hearsell, who I reviewed yesterday. Though this one isn't quite as unique or exciting as other recent releases, I do really like the overall look of Kiel. I especially appreciate the little details, like the luggage rack that helps set this Mini Cooper apart from ones released previously.

If you're still looking for this diecast for your collection, you can still sometimes spot her at either Target or Walmart. I've also included an Amazon link below (as usual) for your convenience. Happy hunting! Let me know your thoughts down below.

Cars 3: Steve Hearsell

Hey Cars fans! Tonight I'm going to be briefly documenting yet another 2019 Cars 3 Mattel 1:55 scale diecast...Steve Hearsell! This unique character was released back in the early spring (in single cases F & E) as part of this year's "Florida 500" sub-series.

As shown in the screen shot above, Steve is a hearse seen very briefly (and only from the back) as Cruz exits the Florida Speedway after being dismissed by Sterling. He's driving next to Kiel Motorray, who I reviewed HERE. I believe this is the only hearse style vehicle in the Cars universe that we've ever gotten as a diecast, so that makes this release that much more exciting.
  

If you're still looking for this diecast for your collection, you can still sometimes spot him at either Target or Walmart. I've also included an Amazon link below (as usual) for your convenience. Happy hunting! Let me know your thoughts down below.

Toy Story Tiny Big Feet Complete Collection

The Disney Store/ShopDisney exclusive "Tiny Big Feet" collection, which began around this time last year, really took off in 2019 with the release of many, many Disney/Pixar characters—the bulk of which (19 to be exact) were from the Toy Story films! Today I'm taking a look at the complete Tiny Big Feet Toy Story line, which was released gradually over the course of the first six months of the year.

Now normally I would take a detailed photo of each plush, but at this point I just wanted to get this assortment documented here as part of my collection and give you a brief rundown. Time is limited this week with our first baby right around the corner and things won't get any less busy! He's due on Thursday, so you can imagine we're incredibly excited around here.

The first wave of Toy Story Tiny Big Feet (inspired by the original film) was released on February 23rd (the start of the "Road to Toy Story 4 Event") and included Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex and [Classic] Bo Peep. The next few waves were as follows:

• Wave 2 (Toy Story 2 themed) released on March 23rd and included Hamm, Wheezy, Stinky Pete, Bullseye and Jessie 
• Wave 3 (Toy Story 3 themed) released on April 27th and included Lotso, Trixie, Buttercup and Mr. Pricklepants 
• Wave 4 (Toy Story 4 themed) released on May 25th and included Duke Caboom, Gabby Gabby and [TS4] Bo Peep
• Wave 5 (Again, Toy Story 4 themed) released on June 22nd and included Ducky, Bunny and Giggle McDimples 

I have to note, anyone else think it's odd that Forky's missing? He would have looked so great in this style! 

Each micro plush sits at about 3 3/4" tall and retails for $5.95. They're adorably stylized, soft, squeezable and feature some nice embroidered details. I've mentioned this before, but I wasn't originally ever going to collect the Tiny Big Feet plush when they were first released last fall. But once I couldn't resist Sulley from Monsters Inc., that was it! I had to collect all of the Toy Story related ones as well. It's a slippery slope.

These are perfect for young kids, from baby to toddler. They also make a cute little display item for collectors/older kids as well. Let me know all your thoughts down below! Did you collect any of the Tiny Big Feet plush this year? Which ones are your top faves?