Article Archive for 7 December 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: ‘Tis the Tarp Season
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 December 2008
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Walmart apparently has a new strategy … we’ll order a bunch of stuff, we’ll make sure it’s shipped to us first and then we’ll stack it sky high in gardening and cover it with a tarp. I’m not exactly sure this is a money making strategy but it is a strategy. Humm, what could be […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Peas, Aisle 10, Launchers, Aisle 11
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 December 2008
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Also beating Walmart, Target & TRU to the launchers … Now appearing at a GIANT Supermarket near you, CASE B of the launchers … (this was Samuel R’s photo from Lewis Drugs in South Dakota) Jason T. found them at his GIANT Supermarket in the Virginia-Maryland-Greater DC metro area so you might want to pop […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: UK Promo – Faux Wheel Drive
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 December 2008
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As most people guessed, buy 6 CARS in the UK with a special sticker, get Faux Wheel Drive. Dave S. of the UK was nice enough to send along photos … You need a CAR with a special sticker on the front. (That’s January 31, 2009 – those wacky Europeans with their metric system and […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CARS TOONS Expanded Universe – The Playset
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 December 2008
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Now that 2008 is officially over and 2009 is already in full swing – start to clear space in your bank account and your house for the expansion of the Expanded Universe CARS TOONS line … one component will be a new playset … Yep, the Canyon Jump playset … (CARS sold separately of course […]