Article Archive for November 2008
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 November 2008
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And now some corrected and updated UPC’s … Night Scope McQueen with CARS Collector’s Guide • 0-27084-68000-3
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 November 2008
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Apparently this will be the winter of Mack’s … Risky S. sends along some nice pics of the hard-to-find Mack from Japan … Looks like he’s about the size of the original Mack from the Mack playsets (here in the US) … Cool graphics when he’s open – also back opens, of course opens so […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 November 2008
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The new holiday Mini’s at Target are all Mini’s that have already been released but the packaging is ‘new” and holiday themed (but not the CARS, booooooooo). Tricia D. was nice enough to snap a photo for us: I guess I forgot the one displayed at San Diego Comic Con ,,, while they have kept […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 November 2008
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Racerguy in SD emailed us a phone pic – it exists! It didn’t seem like we needed a “second” Lightning Fast Speedway set but okay … (for fanatical completists, it should be noted, the (original) Lightning Fast Speedway is the ONLY place to buy the 2-piece regular Lightning McQueen … see our post on variants […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 November 2008
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Luca has topped PirateDad’s 1:1 scale Pitty collection with his 1:1 scale … Luigi! 🙂 Okay, it’s actually his grandmother’s and according to Wikipedia, they stopped making this in 1975 – man, she’s done a great job on keeping it pristine … guess it’s those nice warm Mediterranean breezes … The Fiat 500’s are still […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 November 2008
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Who would’ve thunk that the most organized way to shop for CARS is at Kmart on a folding table at an appointed hour. FuzzyLloyd asks and sums up the situation nicely: “I went to my Walmart two nights ago and the woman stocking told me that they are getting a bunch of Cars on Tuesday […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 November 2008
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If there was a grand plan, it’s now just a sham of a mockery of a travesty of a plan … Did Walmart get scared that us consumers were downgrading? That instead of CARS, we might have to buy dinner in a jar? I have to say, I’m no casserole expert but I’ve never eaten […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 November 2008
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I know it’s hard to believe but it’s like Gold Mia & Tia … in the next few days or weeks, they will realize the giant stack of cartons they have to walk around for a smoke & to-backy chew break are filled with oversized CARS – mainly CASE B – it is in the […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 November 2008
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If you’re planning on buying the Shake ‘N Go … Target has an extra car included for the same price … a King …
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 November 2008
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So, you know the thing where Mattel said that Walmart was getting CASE A of the Haulers? Well, that’s changed. Mattel just shipped out CASE A to retailers & re-sellers who ordered it. In case you forgot, CASE A is two of each of these. They should arrive in another couple days to be shelved […]