Article Archive for 30 January 2009

Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 January 2009
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Hope you’re keeping up 🙂 The Art of CARS …

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 January 2009
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Good news, Knightrider sends us a good news update … “The Faux Wheel Drive promo is being continued until the end of February. I spoke to a Mattel UK customer service assistant today who told me, that because most of the promo stickered cars didn’t get put on the shelves till after Christmas, and due […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 30 January 2009
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Not very easy to find in the US are the Bandai Gashapon Capsule CARS … (in the US, we tend to have the Tomy TYC ones …) “Gashapon” is the overall Japanese word to describe these ‘capsules.’ I think it’s a direct translation of the sound the capsules make as they rotate out of the […]