Article Archive for 26 November 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Hauling Greatness – Gray Dinoco & Chick Hicks Hauler
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Part I to this post is HERE – covering Mack & Hauler … Part II here covers the other two haulers are part of CASE A … with the other HAULERS coming fast & furious either at the tail end of 2008 or early 2009 … If anything, these are even nicer and a nicer […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mack the Hauler – Mackie is back in Town
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First, appreciate that it’s even made and that this is the first of 36 🙂 Next, appreciate that it was not slapped together. The easy way out would’ve been to just slap some stickers on a generic truck trailer they have laying around and call it a CARS hauler. Instead, there are a variety of […]

Walmart Ready for Black Friday – Just Not CARS Ready …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 November 2008
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Took a quick tour of my two WM’s – one had a garden section full of covered pallets though now drenched in rain … the other? Well, they are ready for a Black Friday – just not one that excites me very much …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CASE B Mainline Singles – Some Quirky Things …
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CASE B should be on the WM pallet and hitting all the other stores … some interesting things to note about the case … you can see some packaging cost cutting areas (the card stock is definitely thinner (NascarBronco is in the printing business says it looks it has gone from 18 point stock to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Movie Moment & Movie Double News That’s Not Much of Anything …
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Okay, this is pretty small in the big scheme of things and especially this weekend but CARS news is CARS news. Apparently there is a World of CARS Mike & Sulley … here is a pic from Bill W. And in going back, I did find an official Mattel pic but of course, things change […]