Back in July 2010, ElvisBlog critiqued the items offered by EPE in their big summer sale, “12 Days of Christmas in July” . Some item drew praise, while others were blasted.   more »

On September 15, Elvis.com/news featured an interview with the designer of the new Elvis Barbie doll. Maybe I missed something, but I never knew it was already on the market. As you can see, Elvis Barbie is wearing an outfit inspired by his famous gold lamé suit. She is touted as wearing a ‘pompadour ponytail, and can be yours for only $49.99.    more »

I’ve done two previous articles on the Elvis Mr. Potato Head figures. The first was favorable, and that resulted in me getting an e-mail thank you message from from Dean Gorby of PPW Toys, the company that makes the Elvis Mr. Potato Heads for Hasbro. I wrote back and asked if I could get some in-house photos of the Elvis Live, as the first model was called.    more »

Do you remember the Christmas video Rudolph: The Island of Lost Toys? I thought there might be a parallel in Elvisworld. Over the past fifty-five years, there have been many, many Elvis products introduced – and some were pretty crummy. I know, because I’ve received some of them as Christmas presents. So, if there was an Elvis Island of Misfit Gifts, here are some strange items that should be there.    more »

Most Elvis websites and blogs noted the announcement of Elvis Mr. Potato Head back in June. Some were actually hostile to the idea, but I liked it and said so. I may be old, but I like my Elvis toys, and this is a good one.    more »

Within the next month, three companies will hold auctions containing Elvis items. Heritage Auctioneers has their latest “Music and Entertainment” auction starting October 25. Julien’s has their “LEGENDS Pop Culture Artifacts” auction starting on October 8, and Guernsey’s has their “Iconic Objects and Documents” going on right now.   more »

All summer long, a two-year old article has been among the daily top ten most popular ElvisBlog articles, often in the top five. It is “Elvis T-Shirt Review,” and I have wondered why it is so popular. I guess Elvis fans were thinking about T-shirts during the summer season.   more »

If you have ever bought anything from www.ShopElvis.com, you probably get their frequent e-mail announcements of items they are promoting. If you are like me, you have received lots of these. However, I’ve never seen anything like the sales blitz they put on the past two weeks. It was called 12 Days of Christmas in July.    more »

I told my wife that they were coming out with an Elvis Mr. Potato Head, and she replied, “Oh God, what’s next.” I think I have the answer to that question, but first let’s take a look at the latest in themed Elvis collectibles.   more »

There is a precious metals store just a few miles from my home, so I dropped in to see what they had for sale. I quickly learned that silver comes in little 1 oz. bars and rounds produced by dozens of independent mints around the country. And they come with every conceivable image minted on them. Even Elvis!!   more »

I have grumbled here before about small Elvis toys, dolls, figurines, etc, that do not look like Elvis. However, I keep hoping someone will meet what might be called the tiny Elvis-head challenge   more »

For the past week, the TV channels I watch have been bombarded with ads from the vermont Teddy Bear Co.   more »

If they can put Michael Vick’s pit bulls on wine bottles, I guess it is not so strange that Elvis Presley’s name and image adorn a line of wines. Graceland Cellars wines were introduced in 2004 and obviously have been a success. Back in March 2005, I wrote about Graceland Cellars in just the seventh article in the young life of ElvisBlog, so now might be a good time to do an update.   more »

I went to www.shopelvis.com, the mailorder partner EPE uses to sell all the officially authorized stuff. They had 70 Elvis Tee-shirts for men. I cruised through them for a while, and then I started making picks of my favorites. I came up with 15.    more »

If you are like me, you received a large four-page insert from Wal-Mart in the newspaper last Sunday. And, it was all Hannah Montana goodies. Some of the items reminded me of similar stuff available to Elvis fans. Trading cards, for example. Or monogrammed baseball caps. But, what about some of the products she has that the Elvis marketers haven’t tried yet? Let’s look at a few and consider if they might work for Elvis.   more »

If you are like me, all your relatives have it easy when it comes to buying Christmas presents for you. They see something “Elvis” in a store or catalog, they buy it, and they put it away until Christmas. “Good, this takes care of (fill in your name).”   more »

On more than one occasion, I have spoken out about what a waste of time Internet forums and chat-rooms can be. On the other hand, there are usually a few humorous comments if you have time to read through all the drivel to find them. Let me save you the trouble of looking for the good stuff among the comments to three recent news articles on www.elvisnews.com.    more »

Those two identical looking zoned-out fellows above were photographed at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 8. The ElvisNews.com text read: "The Wowwee Company will release a ‘living’ Elvis head, under an official EPE license.   more »

Now, for Elvis Week 2007, I can look forward to trying a limited edition Reese’s Cup inspired by Elvis -- “Peanut-Butter-and-Banana-Creme.” If they don’t cost $5 each, I probably will eat several while in Memphis.    more »

My sister-in-law gave me an Elvis goodie I just love. It’s a new product offered by the New York Times Store: THE KING -- a boxed collection of 74 articles printed in the Times from 1956 to 2003. It’s so much fun to travel in the ‘way-back machine’ and read what the New York Times had to say about Elvis, particularly in the early years   more »

My family has it so easy when it comes to buying for me at Christmas. They just keep an eye out for cool Elvis stuff in stores and especially in catalogs. If my mom, wife, brother or children find something they’re pretty sure I don’t already have, they snap it up. Christmas 2005 was no exception.   more »

When the first news of the Graceland Cellars wines came out, I winced a little, “Gee,” I thought, “haven’t we gone far enough with the marketing of Elvis?” My worst fear was that they would put some kind of low-grade junk in those bottles, based on the assumption that Elvis fans would never open them. Well, maybe I was wrong.    more »

Have you ever seen the ads for Elvis Refrigerator magnets? I bought a set a few years ago. It came with a seven-inch tall Elvis body and four different outfits:   more »