Article Archive for February 2009
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 February 2009
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WE can call it. Friday, 2/6/2009 – 12:01 AM. Now, the greatest diecast line ever. The CARS line went from really nice to amazing to now, birth-of-universe bright dazzling you get when a billion Suns are born … usually the auxiliary lines are really ancillary – life is fine without them, they’re cute but you’ll […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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First, apparently it’s Bizarro Walmart all over most of America – they do NOT want us to buy things … other than the Heaven WM (All the CARS + 50% Off Ammo 🙂 ). “Umgriz” sends us this photo (will the DMV let you have Umgriz? 🙂 ) NOW. this is a WAYBACK machine … […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 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 BEFORE […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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From Boom Studios, a New CARS comic book about how a certain “Bulldozer McQueen” became Lightning McQueen! Alan Porter, the writer of the 4-part CARS Comic #1-#4 was nice enough to answer some questions … First, tell us a little about your work bio? AJP: Publishing software executive by day – Freelance Writer & “Pop […]
Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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As if Aroldo P. of Italy hasn’t already done enough for us, he discovered a great screenshot of Pit Row that appeared in the CARS Magazine – Italian version. It is obviously shrunk down to fit our pages here but you can see it’s a puzzle for kids (cut out squares on the right) to […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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While Australia just reported in that their situation is better …, not so much in Turkey. Altan reports in he has to resort to this exotic bazaar called eBay … where everything is RARE! 👿 As he writes … the situation sadly sounds all too familiar … “Yes. My ebay control panel says, I spent […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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For those who need an introduction, on the back of the name plate “ticket” on each of the Mattel Disney Pixar diecast CARS is a number. Then go to www.WorldofCARS.com. Be sure and register first(free) and then enter codes to help you build a race car and unlock tracks to race … for now, the […]
Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 February 2009
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Aussies are a tough lot … “An Australian surfer punched a 16-foot shark in the head as he rescued his 13-year-old cousin who had been bitten on the leg and dragged beneath the water.” (Yahoo News) So, when they were mentioned earlier in year there were not many CARS to buy, that probably meant they […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 February 2009
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As we know, times are tough and from yesterday we saw the financial numbers from Mattel … But who’s dropping the ball here? Mattel or Target? Yea, I know the Team Haulers will eventually be back on the shelves at Target … but meanwhile, it’s a COMPLETE SELLOUT across the US, any left on the […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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The official launch now reads SUMMER 2009 … So, until then, the codes contained on the back of the “tickets” for most of the releases will work for EVERYONE. For those unaware, the codes on the back of every CARS name plate (ticket) contains a code which are worth points at worldofcars.com – for now, […]