Collezioni La Soul/Info

Named after Pharoah Cleopatra VII of Egypt, a glamarous and successful female, i.e. a diva.

Named after the military doctrine of rapid dominance, informally called "shock and awe".

The "Mosura Shobijin" is a reference to a monster from the Japanese "Godzilla" movies - a giant moth called Mothra or 'Mosura' . It usually has 2 priestesses/fairies accompanying it called 'Shobijin' (literally "Small Beauties"). --- contributed by Paul H.

Named after Aphrodite Olive Oil Shampoo - just the thing to make your hair shine out!

Named in reference to global warming - a fur-lined boot that will help you keep warm.

The "Belafonte Day-O" gets its name from the famous song, "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)". The most well-known version of the song was recorded by the songwriter, Harry Belafonte. Not surprisingly, the shoe looks like a banana. -- contributed by Rachel B.

Named after Tootsie Roll (chocolate flavour candy) and Soul Music.

Proponent of modernism. Possibly derived from the French "à la mode", meaning fashionable (literally: "in the style").

Hot Coffee.

A definitive recording ("jam") on Blu-Ray Disc.

The "Quetzacoatl" is an Aztec god, depicted as a feathered serpent. The name is a portmanteau of Quetzal (a type of bird) and coatl (serpent).

Named after Oggs, a distinctive brand of boot broadly similar in appearance to the one shown on the card.

The "Fellini Eight Point Five" shoe is named after the 1963 film "8 1/2", directed by Federico Fellini. --- contributed by Rachel B.

The "Eva Noelle" is named after Developer Josh Williams' daughter, Eva Noelle Williams. --- contributed by Kari D.

The "Gilberto Impanema" is named after Astrud Gilberto, the "The Girl from Ipanema" (from the song of that name). Often referred to as "The Queen of Bossa-Nova", she is an artist with roots firmly planted in Brazilian music. Her music has become an interesting combination of the sensual rhythms of Brazil and American Pop and Jazz. --- contributed by Kari D.

The "Walkin' Nancy" is a reference to "These Boots Were Made For Walking" sung by Nancy Sinatra --- contributed by Beth S.

Lucy van Pelt is a character from the cartoon strip 'Peanuts'.

The "Sandi Bernadino" was named after the city of San Bernardino (California, USA) and/or in honor of developer Sandi Weldon. A cartoon version of Sandi (a.k.a. "Zookeeper") is available as part of the "Devs Devs Devs!" PackRat collection. --- contributed by Beth S.

A pun on the 80s California Indie rock band Camper Van Beethoven (another excellent pun itself!). Their song 'Take the Skinheads Bowling' will be well known to all ratters either in the original, or one of the two covers: Manic Street Preachers (!) or Teenage Fanclub (it's the one in the Mike Moore movie). ---contributed by Robin H.

The "Bunny Slope" are depicted as ski boots. A bunny slope is where the beginners learn to ski (also called a nursary slope). --- contributed by Paul H.

The "Lady Cougars" are a ladies' basketball team, although they share this name with a number of other all-female sporting teams. Specific inspiration for the PackRat card not known.

Panthera Pardus is the formal Latin name for the species leopard in the binomial classification system. The leopard from Safari Kingdom ("Skaars") is one of the rarest cards in PackRat.

The "Dewey Decimal" refers to the Dewey Decimal Classification used in libraries to organise books into classes and subclasses using a numbering system, which is probably why it's a 'sensible' shoe. --- contributed by Paul H.

Named after the food manufacturer Green Giant.

Possibly named after the country music band.