Article Archive for February 2009

TakeFiveADay: MegaHeat Contest #2 (CLUESou!)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 February 2009
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Thanks to MegaHeat’s non clue clues … everyone is scattered everywhere … so you have 36 hours to submit an entry where the weather is much warmer … hint, hint, hint … Meanwhile, BostonScoot will provide travelers aid from one end with his newly restored …1963 Vespa Puma 200 ..old frame with newer 200 cc […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collectors Field Guide to the Singles – Supercharged: Parts 3 & 4 of 10
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 February 2009
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The CARS singles are known as the “mainline.” It is borrowed from the Hot Wheels line connoting that the single CARS on the blister pack is the mother trunk line of CARS, the diecast. But for new collectors or those who for some unfathomable reason were not collecting these in 2006 🙂  , it can […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Hauler Distribution Changes & Half Starts
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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From the BEGINNING of distribution of the Haulers, there has been changes all along the way. You can click through to read each post along the way or the summary here. OCTOBER 2008 CASE A of the Haulers was going to be a FIRST TO SHIP to Walmart ONLY. November 2008 In November, this is […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: First Look – No Stall Hauler
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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Here’s a first look at the No Stall Hauler … since our list extends through CASE F only … with NO No Stall listed … looks like we will seeing No Stall Hauler in late summer? And presumably he’ll be available as a No Stall Semi (Cab only) in the Megasize line?

Disney Pixar CARS: Scariest Pirate CAR Ever- El Diablo McQueen
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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A few days ago, Altan in Turkey spotted this Pirate Mater Deadnought … And we thought that was the pinnacle of ‘dead in the water,’ and in theory, it would be hard for Disney to claim that this a Mater as you could claim it’s a singing dancing brown tow truck with random spray paint […]

TakeFiveADay MegaHeat’s Mother Road Contest #2
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 February 2009
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MegaHeat has graciously decided to offer up some more booty in another contest … Winning Prize: “prizes are – impound mcqueen,impound boost,impound snot rod,storyteller 3pk (1) mack truck (loose with bumpersave ,bob and nitroade loose-mint ron hover loose +2 more of my choice,in package.” There is also a runner up prize TBD. I know some […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney + Lego (Buh Bye Mega Bloks)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 February 2009
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Disney & Lego just announced a licensing deal at Toyfair today … for other properties such as Toy Story and the forthcoming ‘Prince of Persia,’ there will be Lego sets but for CARS, it’s look like it’s DUPLO only so it looks like it’s time to say bye to Mega Bloks … which is too […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aroldo Custom McQueen Pit Crew Box Set
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 February 2009
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Aroldo Pongetti sends us some snaps of his suggestion for a McQueen Pit Crew Box Set … here’s a shocker, it’s really detailed, and pretty much spot on perfect … like we expect anything less? 🙂 BTW, that gas can – hand made … All of McQueen’s crew – always cheesed off 🙂 Just too […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Run Faster, the Horizon is Gaining On Us!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 February 2009
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CARS is like our universe, forever expanding … I’m sure it can be expressed as a mathematical formula but since  I can barely remember how to add fractions – all you eggheads out there, let’s see CARS expressed as a math formula 🙂 Meanwhile, I’ll be taking off my shoes … As you might know, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Pirate CARS (And Not the Good Kind of Pirating)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 February 2009
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As promised, from Altan’s other post about shopping for CARS in Turkey … the other side of CARS … Every manufacturer knows that there are counterfeiters and pirates out there creating a knockoff from their hard work … well, in this case, the pirates didn’t work all that hard … Pretty freakin’ uncanny, huh? Well, […]