Article Archive for January 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: It Was All So Different Before It Changed (UPDATED – McQueen Variant!)
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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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Ho … humm, yea, yea, the “new” Target 4-pack … seen it … been there … OR HAVE YOU? 🙂 Yea, spot what’s DIFFERENT and win a prize … This time, it’s FIRST in the comments with the CORRECT answer wins … Good luck! I’ll check back in a couple hours, I’m sure you’ll get […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: ChildrensToyCloset Haulers Sale
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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LAST DAY TODAY! ChildrensToyCloset is offering a presale sale for CASE D of the Haulers. It’s a pretty nice case … And um, good luck finding Jerry Recycled on the shelf at any price let alone this sale price of $90 for a case of 6 Haulers. For those who missed out, all haulers are […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Walmart Reset – I Do Not Think It Means What You Think it Means.
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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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Walmart “Reset.” Mainline – remnants from 2008 CASE T put out two weeks ago. Oversized – nothing. Megasized – nada. Haulers – nope. Tracks & playsets? – Nope Mini’s – a few Mini Playsets – Empty Mini 6-packs – Non Existent. Shake ‘n Go’s? – No. Yep, two rugs and two Walkin’ Talkin’ CARS … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: New York Comic Con & (New York) Toy Fair
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 January 2009
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Coming up in February 6th is New York Comic Con. As some of you have read, Mattel will be attending officially and making announcements regarding exclusive items at MattyCollector.com. Most of the announcements are in regards to DC action figures, He-Man and Masters of Universe. For CARS, there is one announcement regarding the re-introduction of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Canada Pit Race Off Launchers
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 January 2009
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In a big country, dreams stay with you … Well, if your dream was to walk in Walmart to buy some Pit Race Off launchers (more specifically – Tank Coat, Vitoline & Shifty Drug), your dreams might coming true. Photo from YeloMelo … It would seem likely these are a WM Canada exclusives (in the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aroldo Updates Pit Crew Mack
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 17 January 2009
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Somehow Aroldo (Pongetti) got it in his head his Pit Crew Mack’s gas “catch” cans were not quite right … so he redid them … Maybe he figured the other way was too easy … I’m not exactly sure how he molded a 3-dimensional thing out of a tube of goo but good luck to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Air It Out (My Eye! My Eye!)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 January 2009
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Well, these are the current plane versions – not sure how closely the CARS versions will resemble these … But I’m presuming plastic … “Cars Air Racers* Assortment: Get ready for high-flying fun and a new way to race favorite Cars characters from the movie. Just pump the vehicle with air, push it and the […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Licensing Surprise
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, Computing, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 January 2009
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Speaking of oddities … I can’t believe Disney hasn’t licensed CARS out for computer pointing devices (aka: mouse) … This is from a company called Car Mouse and yep that Camaro & Challenger is really a mouse … okay, Mater or Wingo probably wouldn’t make for a good mouse but Lightning? PERFECT … You mean […]

Mattel Pixar Cars: Licensing Faux Pas
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Posted in CARS, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 16 January 2009
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I ducked into a KB Toys close out store to see Cars I could nab for a song when I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this: Man, I have seen some stretches in the licensing game and while this is not one of the most egregious examples, I think the licensor could […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Red Line the Red Line Club?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 January 2009
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It’s time to re-up for the Red Line Club … It’s a cool looking membership car but if you’re only collecting CARS, there will be no more CARS items in the Red Line Club. We can cut through the PR BS – Hot Wheels Collectors don’t want CARS on their site and the Hot Wheels […]