Is there anything which they can't do

With the new lego shop opened in Cardiff St Davids 2 a while back, there wasn't many shops that focused on lego. Now, I did know a lot of lego sets they sell. But that a lot to myself means little since the lego shop opened.

Now every time I go in the lego shop and that's a lot, there is always something new brought out within that time. New Starwars sets, new Ninjago set, architectural models, Creators set etc. There are all sort of different sets. Although also at very high prices.

So when a small seasonal sets comes out, it perfect for myself. So as this season is Easter, well last week, a nice Bunny and Easter Basket to go with our other Easter decoration (please don't ask) suite me perfect. There is so much lego which is always available.
So my question is, is there anything lego can't do.

Bravery

Now, do you find sometimes where you say to yourself that you are going to be Brave, then you just wimp out in the end. Do you know what I have to say to that, WIMP WIMP WIMPY GIRL (sorry if you are a girl and reading this). Now next time you come into that situation, just think to yourself, do I want to be just as awesome as this guy in the picture. You should say yes because this is just epically awesome.

Hidden away, then Brought Back to Life.

The Film that smashed box office in 2010. Yes this is Toy Story 3. Featuring characters from The Toy gang Woody, Buzz Light Year, Mr & Mrs Potato, Rex etc. Then you have your new characters, Ken, Buttercup, Lotso. Although are they all new characters.
Pixar is known for adding little film 'Easter Eggs' into their films featuring characters in which the film they Star in haven't even been released.
This said check out this screen shot from UP released in 2009.

As it clearly shows Lotso first feature film wasn't Toy Story 3 but UP as you can see very closely at this picture. This then said, what other films has Disney Pixar put in to their films. Well if you want to know. Look very closely at the Disney Pixar films and you might pick something up.

Coca Cola

just searching through the web doing some Web Skipping (Like Channel Skipping, get it) and I did come across Coca Cola and one thing led to another and ended up looking at a numerous number of there TV advertisements.

Now watching these adverts, as well as there amazing Coke Drinks and the hundreds of other drink (people living in the UK here have never herd of) they make, they definitely should pride themselves on the real captivating adverts they make and the team which work on them.

Sharing the Happiness and the Coke side of my life with you, here are a couple of adverts which I think are really cool and here is a link to there YouTube Channel which you should check out in some free time.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cocacola

Starbucks Relativity

As being fellow Barista in the Starbucks Golden Chain there is a few things in which I get annoyed about when people talk about Starbucks. This is to defend the chain of store I work in (Fair enough I think), things said like Costa or Coffee #1 is better . Well as it says in the name, Costa 'costs' a lot more than Starbucks and Coffee #1 is just a very small chain of coffee shop, doesn't account for.

Although one of very few things I do agree with about Starbucks is that there are flipping loads of them around. In Cardiff, I can count at least 10 possibly more, but defending them again, it does provide the service to customers of wherever you go there will always be a Starbucks near. And looking on that Wide Web I did come across a very funny, possibly factual and defiantly amusing (certainly the caption below the image) picture summing up what one thing about Starbucks.

Aberystwyth News

This is the year which most counts in my life and if I don't get it right then it can go really wrong, this I am talking about A Levels final year, and ongoing from that choosing your university. As a good thing to do to be that little bit organised is going to a few university open days. A couple of weeks ago my friend was going to Aberystwyth Uni and as he offered if I wanted to go I said yes.

Summary. The University site was very nice, the course wasn't the right one for me and that is a big shame. But anyway to make the most of the day me and my friends went down into Aberystwyth town (which didn't take that long to look around).

Well as we were looking around on the sea front we came across this news sign in a Window of office license shop (sort of), and came across this,

Well I think this just shows what there is in Aberystwyth. After a bit of research and 79p down in my bank, I did find out that the shop is "Next". Well I think there could have been a better shop which could have opened.

Merchandise Overload

Since the film Toy story 3 has come out all I have seen is all different types of Toy Story Merchandise. Action Figures, Learning toys for children based on Toy Story, costumes even character torches. But apart from all the spin off stuff like the torches I have wanted some of the merchandise, more specifically the collectors editions of Woody and Buzz (in his original spaceship packaging and both with collectors certificates) and also the Aliens (yes they are soft toy but I don't care).

All of this stuff I do confess I did see in the Disney shop resulting in me actually going into the Disney shop which I don't mind. But as Disney are trying to create and ship off all this new merchandise there must be a problem which will creep up somewhere and as I saw, there was. While looking at the huge, changing selection of Toy Story toys (every time I go into the Disney shop there is some new Toy Story toy which wasn't there before), I did come across a merchandise mistake. Take a look at the photo below.

1. If you can spot the mistake then well done

2. If you can't spot the mistake and have seen the film, get a new pair of eyes.

3. If you can't spot the mistake and haven't seen the film yet (but who hasn't), then whatever time it is now to you, go out now and see it in the cinema.

The mistake if you haven't spotted it is that on the packaging it say Toy Story 3 when in fact RC Car wasn't even in the 3rd film alone with other characters like Bo Peep and Wheezy.

Advice for Disney, recheck your products before shipping and make sure you have staff and designers with common sense.

A Real Toy Story

Ok it has taken me a while to do this blog post on Toy Story 3 actually a while to do a blog post at all. Let me start by saying that it is really great and sure did live up to Toy Story standard (if you know what that is). Although there were a few different things to the whole film.

In every Disney Film the is a dark, scary scene for the younger audience, though in his film there was defiantly more than one dark and scary scene. There was a big change during the film into the dark side. It was a bit of surprise with the dark side that it did take, but some of these dark sides did come out really funny.

The other different part of the film that it was very emotional film. It focused on the theme of growing up, basing it all around andy growing up and moving on going to college. Though the growing up was more about the film. Through my child hood I have grown up with Toy Story but now to know that the last film has been made, it is the end of an ere. But to also know of a first hand what it will be like when I go to college and the feelings that I could possibly feel just had a turn on me.

My mum one day called me in to watch Loose Women and they were talking about Toy Story and that some men cried at the end. I think men crying at a film is some what ok depending on the film but Toy Story is one which men shouldn't cry but it does brake that rule due to the emotional side. I personal shed a tear, just at the situation picturing myself in Andy's potion.

A Coner rating for Toy Story 3 is
9/10 just because after seeing it two times it does get a bit predictable.

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Make Someone's Day

Everyday it makes me happy to do something nice for someone as it does with any other person too, from doing some work for them or surprising them in some way. But you can make someone's day by just doing the most simplest action in the world and that is just smiling.

It is the quickest way to connect with someone, well and people would really think you are weird going up to a stranger and hugging them giving out "Free Hugs." Myself, I find that when you walk past someone or look at someone just smiling makes me feel happy and when they smile back to you makes you feel even more happier. The one thing you will never find out though is they feel happy to or even cheered up as well. It really does sound a bit self centred but it is good that it cheers you up even if it doesn't cheer them up.

Although most likely by now you have worked out the bad things. What they could think of you, could possibly be really nice things or bad things. But the one thing they could think is that they could "Like" like you. Then again one you walk straight past you and most likely never see them again. Although can these things really beat a happy feeling?

So when you are out again try making yours and someone else's day and give them a smile.

Telling the Truth Advertising

This Advert made me laugh for ages. It is generally advertising Blur, the new racing game.

"Blur Delivers bruising 20-car pile-ups in modified real-world street layout for the ultimate in after-dark, illicit, high speed thrills and spills. And, most thrilling of all, Blur supercharges you super car with no just the usual nitrous oxide speed boosts, but an arsenal of weapons to take the enemy drivers off the track."- Quote from Game

In other words it is a real racing game (for the Big Boys). To get a better idea of what real racing games are, Burnout, Gran Turismo, Project Gotham Racing, Split Second, these are examples of real racing game, even though most things on there cannot be done. Then there are game like Mario Kart, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Cars Race-O-Rama.

This I think is a great advertising Strategy for the game showing the opinion of a lot of people and TELLS THE TRUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. This advert shows what a lot of gamers think about non real racing games and what they are really for. Just take a look.