Okay, let’s be honest, the leadership of Iran hasn’t exactly been buddy-buddy with the folks in Washington for quite a while now. Despite that, the Islamic Republic of Iran is home to more than 66 million folks and has a highly developed economy and transportation network. So big things get built there. This new book […]
After all the speculation (and some excellent on-the-money guesses) we can now announce that Toys R Us will be the sole distributor of Tomica product in the USA. From the recent press release: Global toy industry stalwart TOMY Corporation today announced an exclusive first-year retail partnership with Toys”R”Us to introduce TOMICA, Japan’s number one die-cast […]
You probably saw the news items: Traffic deaths fall to a 59-year low! Only 33,808 people killed in 2009, compared to 33,186 in 1950*! A mere 1.13 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled! And only 2,217,000 injuries! The numbers, while staggeringly huge, are attributed in part to increased seatbelt use, and anti drunk driving campaigns. […]