Article Archive for December 2009
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 December 2009
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Finally here. What a long, long wait. But worth it! It’s a solid CAR SUV. Though he’s just a rent a cop, does he enjoy the dough-nuts? Hope he has cop tires, cop suspension and cop shocks. But the other task at hand, now that Richard Clayton is finally out – we can do the […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 9 December 2009
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Target is a nice place to shop. The stores are bright, clean and you rarely have to wait very long in line. Most of their employees seem eager to help. They even have scanners set up so you can actually search not only the store inventory but where it in the store and if they […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 December 2009
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Lenticular 1.0 look like this: The eyes generally open & close. Lenticular 2.0 (aka: Lenticular “Night Skyline Card) look like this: They generally feature eyes that go side to side. Here is the checklist of what has bee released so far in Lenticular 1.0 & Lenticular 2.0 plus the Final Lap CARS. The CARS names […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 8 December 2009
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They are now coming fast & furious – 3 new haulers in 2 weeks and Mood Springs is right around the corner … The new Night Skyine motif. CASE L comes with 2 Macks and 2 HTB Hauler (all in the new Night Skyline motif). “Slider, nice to see you off your pedestal!” “Yea, I […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 8 December 2009
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If you guessed “BonTon Department Stores” December 7, 2009 as to when they will arrive – you win! “rpag” was nice enough to send us these pics he found in PA. BonTon does have a website but not available online. Looks nice … Yes, these are ALL lenticulars but note the apparent cost savings and […]
Posted in Disney Pixar, TV on 7 December 2009
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ABC is airing a new original Disney Animation special exec produced by John Lasseter … airing tomorrow night, TUESDAY, December 8, 2009. Prep & Landing is the story of two elves who are Santa’s advance team in prepping houses for the arrival of the Big Red one. Dave Foley is one of the elves and […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 7 December 2009
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When in Canada in the next few days, be sure and stop by Canadian Tires who are having a 50% off sale on the giant CARS box set … $24.99 Canadian (@ $23.59 USD is not a terrible deal for 10 random Supercharged-WOC Card CARS) … from our original post and pics from “PirateDad,” it’s […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 7 December 2009
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“CrushnRush” asks an intriguing question – for the seemingly small Final Lap distribution numbers, from what we have seen on the shelves, don’t ALL Final Lap CARS qualify as “Chase” CARS? So far, it’s not far off base. The simple math is there are @1,700 Target stores … since there are 4 Dexter Hoover’s in […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 6 December 2009
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As you know, Jason P. is not only a great customizer … … but has been very generous in giving a free Custom CAR through two Create-Your-Own-Custom Contests! Winners gave included the one-in-this world FABULOUS HUDSON HORNET PITTY! And the latest custom winner – Hello Kitty Lightning McQueen! Jason is not only a great artist […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 6 December 2009
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So, you better not pout, you better not shout swear words, I’m telling you why … cause Target has one DPCI number … The one DPCI for a sundry of things works fine if it’s all for red, white and blue plates … all will work on the 4th of July … but order this […]