Article Archive for August 2009

Disney, Pixar Shopping + Other Shopping Roundup
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Posted in Toys on 9 August 2009
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Just got this in today’s Sunday paper … toys are back at Sears … While you’re at the mall, have you got any money or space left? … Don’t forget to add these to your shopping list … When you’re at the Disney Store, they finally have a talking Dug now … You can also […]

Pay It Forward III: For The Kids
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 9 August 2009
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Thanks Samurai60 Family (David,  Ethan & Kieran for helping out … in their latest PAY IT FORWARD effort (original entry rules here) … as always, it’s really for the kids … Alexis and Anthony got a nice surprise! Nice paper! CARS! All Openers … Nice Flik, PT Flea & Lil Torquey Piston … Let’s see […]

TakeFiveADay Racing Team: Don’t Pity Us No ‘Mo – We Are a Go! Go! Go! Go!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 9 August 2009
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Thanks to Nathaniel Binns, the Take Five A Day Race Team is not just sitting around eating Tony’s Frozen Corn Dogs or Papa Rivera’s Low Fat Lard. We are now fully staffed are rarin’ to go. As McQueen learned, hard to race without a Pit Crew 🙂 You need a nimble guy … And you need […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Stores Shopping
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Posted in Retail, Toys on 8 August 2009
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It doesn’t look like every-many Disney stores have gotten in the giant Frank – or has not put out the giant Frank so call or ask for it by name or UPC (see below). Here’s the UPC (thanks, Dan!) And not available on DisneyStore.com just yet. However, you can buy the cool Mack TV that […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Frank As Big As I Can Get Him …
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Posted in Toys, Uncategorized on 8 August 2009
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The Disney Store finally comes through … It’s a shot across the bow of Mattel … 🙂 Please thank “Nikko” for these great pictures. And I mean pictures. I kept peppering him with requests 🙂 … Can you send one where the moonbeam is coming off the South? Do you have tiny blades of grass […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Matty Mail & All the Mail That’s Almost Fit to Mail …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 7 August 2009
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Matty delivers … Each Rescue Squad Mater nicely wrapped … yes, there was packing material so all safe and snug … John in MO came home to something completely different. John definitely has mail. What the holy hand grenade is that? Run for your lives, it’s spring loaded. It’s from Eye Queda – cover your […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Easy GeoCaching to GeoTrax CARS (Bring Cash) + Aiden Mom’s Setup
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Posted in Toys on 7 August 2009
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Now that these have hit the shelves (thanks Mike E. & Popeye for the Target pics …), it seems many of you missed the original GeoTrax post and recap so here’s your updated checklist. If I wasn’t already collecting Steinway pianos, ICBM missiles and Mattel 1:55 Disney Pixar CARS (now that really fills up a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Matty SDCC Rescue Squad Mater’s Shipping …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 7 August 2009
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Hope your international and domestic ordered Rescue Squad Mater’s are winging their way to you … Shipping confirmation email notices are going out …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Nitroade – 99% Pure & Hauler Friends to Drink In
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 7 August 2009
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Nitroade Hauler is back in black … Basic black and nitro flames, never out of style … It burns baby, it burns … The Nitroade Team … A hauler’s life is a hard one – Pack it up and tear it down, they’re the first to come and the last to leave … Working for […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Pit Row Launchers Next …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 6 August 2009
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The rumor is that these are going exclusive and it looks like Target. So, what’s next? So based on the photo from Comic Con … we can guess that Tow Cap & Tach-o-Mint will if not in CASE E, then be available very soon after – probably not until the real 2010 … note, the […]