Article Archive for March 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Launchers in the UK
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 March 2009
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They have made it across the big ocean pond … “Rippers” sends us some nice pics plus great info UKers … “Tank Coat, Shifty Drug and Vitoline Launchers have turned up in the UK at Sainsbury’s Stores and the best thing is they are presently priced wrong. The cars are £7.99 on the shelf but […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Butter, Pork Chops, Holy Giant Hot Wheels CARS …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 March 2009
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When you’re at your local market, when you’re picking up your butter, saran wrap & that fifth, be sure and look around the store … Here’s what Chuki_Mama found at Fred Meyer … a new mini Easter pallet with Hot Wheels, Barbie, & CARS Mini & CARS Megasized … yep, CARS is big time now. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Stickers Pedigree
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 March 2009
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Turns out I was wrong to mock the round clear stickers that appeared on the singles cards that tended to pop open … I jsut noticed today they are the same stickers holding together the Motor Speedway of the South top display portion … Good enough for MSOS? Good enough for Check Lane Sally … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collect the One … Thy Name McQueen
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 March 2009
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Save a lot of wear and tear on the brain … is his name Dash or Chuck? If it’s not McQueen … me’h You have it all – you have comedy, drama and roughage … Let’s have fun with Doc, we’ll all pit together … We are the one. It’s true what they say, you […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Value of Open & The Value of Sealed
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 17 March 2009
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Kari C. asked an interesting question about what would be more valuable – CARS cards that are sealed or CARS & cards opened … and of course, the general and quickest inclination would be to answer – sealed. Which is generally correct but CARS presents an interesting and usual set of further circumstances that might […]

Choking Squirrels in the Great Depression … Um, Not a Euphemism …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Food, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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I guess that’s the scale you can use to measure the depth of our economic problems … if you’re in a tree choking a squirrel for dinner … bad times. So, if you can’t find Elvis RV, don’t ask this guy if he has one with less shelf rub … Full story HERE from the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Opening + Batmobile
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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From Southern Cal, look – it’s sunny! Look, it’s naked Ramone … yea, back in the days when cars were recognizable … the cool cat Chevy … Lenin V. is on his way to check out the new Target opening … in thsi economy, we probably won’t have that many store openings but remember to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Retiring Kind
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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For the Disney Pixar diecast CARS line, Mattel has not officially retired any CARS though there are some that have been unofficially officially retired … Generally, if a change or a fix is made, it’s unlikely to go back for another “fix” – for good or bad – but Mattel (and every other company) doesn’t […]

PayPal is Not Always Your Pal …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Retail on 15 March 2009
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Surprise, PayPal is not always your pal … Guy uses Paypal debit card for $26 dollars of gas. PayPal charges him $81 BILLION on his account and when he calls, they question him on what the problem is and maybe he’s just trying to weasel out of a legitimate transaction … maybe you literally not […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Fixin’ For a Fixing
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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As I’ve said before, CARS is the greatest diecast line ever design & production wise. And unlike most other diecast lines, they have actually gone back and fixed certain CARS because of non-canon or production errors but MORE amazingly, they have gone back and even fixed scale issues – which is almost unheard of – […]