Cars Duplo?

Um... found this on 1000steine.de, who in turn found it on Brickshelf. They look very cool!

...But is it Megablocks?

Comic-Con

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originally uploaded by jmenomeno.

Just a few words on Joe Meno's Toy Story Flickr photostream -- WOW! Fantastic! Amazing! You can view all of his photos from Day 1 in this set.

Now pick up your jaw and dream of Toy Story LEGO until January 2010.

Disney Fans also Question LEGO Deal

So most of you know by now that Disney and LEGO have signed a deal to produce sets based on Toy Story, Cars, and Prince of Persia.  Now, I like the MEGA Block Car sets and was mad that MEGA Brands had the license deal.  And I'm looking forward to doing a Radiator Springs display.  And I'm really looking forward to see what LEGO does with the Toy Story brand.  But what threw me was the Prince of Persia announcement... I didn't know another movie based on some video game was coming out; generally these movies don't do well at the box office (see Doom, Tomb Raider, etc.).  Why would you produce product based on a untested brand (even though Disney is behind it, doesn't make it an automatic hit).

And now looking at some of the Disney fan blogs , they're not to happy with the idea as well.  My favorite quote:

Jones: Persia, sir. It’s what they used to call Iran.

Exec: Hmm, Iran, not too sure about that. Aren’t we at war with Iran?

Jones: Not yet, sir. Maybe you’re thinking of Iraq?

Exec: Bah, they’re all the same. But excellent, that means there’s still time for us to exploit the country’s history and culture for our own personal gain.

 and:

Jones: ... And people love Lego for some reason. ...

 Looks like it'll be the next Avatar or Galidor fiasco.