Article Archive for September 2008
Posted in CARS, Design, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Toys, TV on 24 September 2008
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All around the world, you know what this means! CELEBRATION time! “J” is having a birthday … humm, I wonder what the theme will be … Hey, all I got for my brthday was a twinkie with a candle in it! Man, that’s a serious amount of cupcakes … that would’ve taken me a good […]
Posted in Advertising, Design, diecast, Film, Food, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 September 2008
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Not exactly super imaginative but there’s your kids selection for CARS Halloween … Lightning, Mechanic, Mater, Lightning Pit Crew, McQueen – Toddler. But probably better than this costume … notice it’s copyrighted because if you’re going to buy a toilet costume, you don’t want the knockoff one … So, um, would your dog actually wear […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 September 2008
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Well, it’s not much of a secret as it got leaked from that eBay auction … It’s “Impound Lightning McQueen.” But look for it CASE ASSORTMENT A – no actual date of release but I’m guessing like last year, we should see A, B and maybe even C before Gregorian calendar year’s end (or in […]
Posted in Advertising, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 September 2008
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I know, Toys R Us sometimes feels like a CARS nether region but this one is really in the Netherlands … the TRU’s there (all three) are participating. “Next weekend there will be a Cars event at 3 Toys R Us stores. There will be Mack, Sally & McQueen in real life size and more […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 23 September 2008
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Found this in the diecast section of Korvettes … 😛 Inspired by http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/ 🙂
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Toys, TV on 22 September 2008
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BTW, we have added an EVENTS CALENDAR to the bottom right (not to be confused with out POSTS CALENDAR) … so you can keep a calendar view of what’s going in CARS world … with of course, Kmart CARS Collector Day, the Mattel CAAF Dream Halloween Auction and the WM Endcap … making us and […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 September 2008
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We are still three weeks away and since this the first CARS Collectors Day, no one is quite sure what to expect and of course, the amount of business & traffic in your area Kmart will vary greatly from ‘normal’ to ‘sparse.’ Since the closest Kmart to me is about 25 minutes away, I decided […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 September 2008
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For those that missed it, TRU is having a 2 for $4.99 sale … that ** means you must buy two to get the discount. Buy one, that’s $3.59 … In theory, some people might think the sale is a HUGE success … Of course, for anyone who has visited this store more than once […]
Posted in Advertising, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 September 2008
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VERSION 1.1 – September 24, 2008 In case you or your financial adviser hadn’t heard, there are going to release a literal boatload of CARS in the next three months. So plan ahead as you don’t want your CARS to fall down and crush you … and sure, any guy with a keyboard can give […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, Travel, TV on 21 September 2008
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From the Detroit HW Collector’s Club event … where our friend, Traver from Children’s Toy Closet attended, here’s the report from Shanon … “I went to the sad little Hot Wheel Collectors Day..it was held at a flea market but there were 20 vendors. Traver was the only one selling CARS, and he was selling […]