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LEGO Announces Mars Curiosity Rover Set

Source: Laughing Squid

LEGO has approved the created by LEGO CUUSOO user Perijove, a mechanical engineer who worked on the actual Curiosity Rover at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The final product is still in development and no price or release date have been set y ...
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Make Way For The New Toys On the Block!

Source: Motley Fool

Leo is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. When console video games first achieved mainstream success back in the 1980s, som ...
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Five Stocks for Your Kid's Portfolio

Source: The Street

Children would also appreciate the company's exuberant growth of recent years. Disney acquired Marvel in 2009 and most recently Lucasfilm in 2012 in an effort to boost its movie diversification beyond Disney and Pixar f ...
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George Lucas: JJ Abrams knows Star Wars

Source: Metro.co.uk

JJ Abrams also rebooted sci-fi series Star Trek (Picture: Collection Christophel) George Lucas will take a backseat role in the new Star Wars movie (Picture: Reuters) George Lucas, Star Wars George Lucas has insisted that Star Wars: Episode 7 d ...
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‘Star Wars,’ Marvel to Boost Disney’s Already Dominant Licensing Biz

Source: Variety

When it comes to licensing, Disney is the undisputed king of the castle. The Mouse House generated $39.4 billion in retail sales from licensing, dominating the category with 80% marketshare, according to the International Licensing Industry Merchandis ...
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With Star Wars and Princesses, Disney Now Has Six of the Top 10 Licensing Franchises

Source: Variety

As studios produce more summer tenptoles based on established brands, they’re looking to take a larger piece of the $49.3 billion in retail sales of film and TV character merchandise in the U.S. and Canada last year. Last year, Disney dominated ...
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What’s Opera, Diz?

Source: Animation World Network

A quick perusal of any major online bookstore yields numerous biographies of Walter Elias Disney. I should know, having emptied many piggy banks obtaining them over the years. These books run the gamut of objective ...
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George Lucas: 'JJ Abrams understands Star Wars'

Source: Digital Spy

George Lucas has opened up about JJ Abrams directing Star Wars Episode 7. The filmmaker is giving up control of the next Star Wars sequel to Abrams, as part of the $4.05 billion sale of his company Lucasfilm to Disney. Lucas shared his thoughts on Ab ...
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Disney Unveils Revamped D23 Official Fan Club Site Featuring Free Membership, Items from the Disney Archives, Discounted D23 Expo Tickets and More!

Source: Original Signal: Movies

Originally launched in 2009, Disney’s official fan club has a new look and a ton of new content available for both new and old fans alike. The behind-the-scenes team at D23 has spent the better part of the past year prepping a revampe ...
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Manic Manifesto: ‘In the Clutch of a Titan’ Remembering Ray Harryhausen

Source: Geeks of Doom

A Tribute to the work of Ray Harryhausen, his Special Effect on me, public imagination, and the film industry. Plus a review of the 2013 UK release of Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. Whenever that spark is reignited, when ...
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