Article Archive for January 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Reset Trickles out …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 21 January 2009
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Well, the reset seems to slowly rolling across the country … the Target that didn’t get any CARS merchandise for 4 months now has a relatively full shelf … and actually RESTOCKED on the Team Haulers … though only Team Rust-eze left … (sorry for blurry photo). Other than a lot of WOC stuff, at […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Holiday-Christmas CARS of 2009
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 January 2009
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Yea, it’s a little bit early to think about holiday-winter-Christmas 2009 but since it’s still wintery in most parts of the country and of course, only 338 days left 🙂 Besides, you want to know to budget 90% of the gift giving season money towards yourself and 10% for others (whoops, did I say that […]

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Cars4Lars, DJsMommy, LightningLeakless95 & Carsfan
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 January 2009
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own – we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mack TV That Is All Mack All the Time
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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Go big or don’t go at all … And now, finally a CARS TV worthy of being a CARS TV … It’s a 19″ 1280 x 800 DVD/CD combo player with remote control (no pictures) + headphone jack … but best of all, it has a VGA port so you can get rid of that […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Megasize Walmart $3
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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Why are Walmart’s selling $5.97 Megasize CARS for $3? Maybe their inventory shows too many unsold even though the bulk of their stock seems to be the backroom somewhere? So, if you’re lucky to find the Megasize you want, they will ring up as $3 UNTIL 2.2.2009 meaning the price of $3 is good until […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Le Canadien Pit Race Off
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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They have arrived in Le Walmart Du Canada … makes WM sound all classy, doesn’t it? 🙂 (If you know French, please do not correct my French as I’m an American and in Marketing. Marketing rules trump logic, proper grammar and we make our own rules including punctuation, eh?) However, graphic designs and especially graphic […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Contest Winner #1 & 2
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 January 2009
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Cars4Lars won the contest to spot the difference in the Race and Chase Box set – correctly guessing that Lightning McQueen now has a Rust-Eze decal on his spoiler … And the second contest was a random entry in the COMMENTS section. There were 84 comments that made the midnight deadline and the random winner […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mini Mack is Off the Hook! (And On)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 19 January 2009
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Mini Mack – Camo (aka: Sarge Boot Camp Mack) actually has a working trailer hitch hole and can cart off his “normal” Mack trailer! Double duty! Nice! Ten-hut! Thanks for the great pics, “Slam.” Of course, maybe this is a new thing – they realized that offering a semi without a hitch hole is like […]

Going to the Comic Cons: What’s It All About?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 January 2009
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Of course, they go by different names from flea markets to swap meets to toy club events to collectibles shows to toy shows to comic cons – they are gatherings of dealers with merchandise ranging from old school tin toy collectibles to of course, Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS. In most cases, there’s often no way […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mind the Target Gap
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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Many of you have noticed a sale or clearance on the Storytellers series at Target. (Here in NorCal, not many to clearance and most only at 30% off) – why the clearance if more are coming in @8-10 weeks? It mght be because they re-designing the cards (as has been hinted) and clearly, they are […]