Article Archive for April 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: 3rd Anniversary
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 April 2009
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I don’t know what the regular third anniversary gift is but for CARS, I’m pretty sure I’ve already given … I could swear I had a lot more gold in my mouth before … I was in Target in 2006 and saw this … I thought … Humm, I mght like this upcoming CARS movie. […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic HERE
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, Design, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 April 2009
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The CARS comic book has been released … There are two covers. McQueen explains to Darrell Cartrip how he came to be Lightning McQueen … (guess the use GOODLIGHT tires on the lower circuit? Or our blimp collection is incompete) 🙂 We also meet Mack who was actually delivering other goods … Cue the Beatles […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: I’m Watching Jerry Watching Milton …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 April 2009
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Did you backfire in here? Are you sure stripes are slimming? Bro, you’re MY wingman! Pssrt, dude says you’re not in scale, yea, that dude … right over there! One of the easiest CARS completist subsets – CARS where the eyes are all the way to the left side. DONE!

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers Case Assortment Next – 2009
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 April 2009
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Here are the Hauler assortments for the next 9 months which should take us to December 2009. CASE D for retailers/resellers not named WM, Target & TRU should begin getting shipments late next week so it’s not included here. Then basically there are 9 months left in the year and 9 Hauler CASES … so […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Great American Price Rollback
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 April 2009
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TRU has finally joined the rollback party … “Character CARS” refers to the mainline singles … and of course the megasized/oversized CARS along with the Mini Motorized CARS. TRU also has Smurfs on sale. Over at Kmart – as reported, singles are at $2.49 but now the 3-packs are on sale this week also … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Chase CARS Visual Checklist
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 April 2009
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Last October, Mattel introduced the concept of CHASE CARS to the Disney Pixar diecast line. As with Mattel’s Treasure Hunts in the Hot Wheels line, they like to make sure you don’t miss out – in this case, each car is clearly marked CHASE. The concept & usage of “CHASE,” could not be much less […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The GM & Norev Futurliner
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 April 2009
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Feeling more and more like distant eon history and not 50 year-old history, once upon a time, GM was the juggernaut American company and while the Futurliner program actually got its start at the 1934 World’s Fair, its “Parade of Progress” rolling road show really picked up steam in the 1950’s … (using) “12 “Futurliners.” […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Retail Roundup
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 April 2009
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CollectorMom reports in – Jerry Recycled on her shelf at TRU – I think the second person to report in but the first with photos … And yep, Mattel shipped early to WM & now TRU … so much for their grand plan on making everyone pay for freight to get the haulers, I guess […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Mater Tall Tales – Tokyo Drift – What Happened?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 April 2009
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I’m presuming it did not air in your part of the country either? This was the west coast listing – definitely did not air at 4:25 or 6:55 PM – both times, CARS’ credits were still rolling … And no Tall Tales listings for the next two weeks or so … very odd. The only […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Quality, Meet Control, Control, Meet … Hey, Where Did He Go?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 April 2009
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Again, that old saying – sometimes you want to spell it all out … Factory: “We need to cut costs – you, inspector #1 … and inspector #2 and well, all you guys wearing the inspector jumpsuits, take 10 days off …” Hey, look, it’s S’not Snot Rod … It’s Snot Hank. Both are organgy […]