Article Archive for April 2010

Disney Pixar CARS: Robert E. & Son Says Hi!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 11 April 2010
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Robert E. & son says hi! “He has 293 of them.  About 5 of them are just plastic toys.  The rest are Mattel or from Disney.  I don’t know who has the fever for the Cars more, he or I.  I stop at every Target, Walmart, Toys R Us & Kohls that I pass a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Final Lap Clearance, Clarance (Well in One Store)
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 10 April 2010
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“Nikko” stumbled upon this at a store … Don’t worry – it looks like a store generated sticker. They probably saw the only one on the shelf and found none in the stockroom so time to mark it down … The perfect Saturday post – it’s almost something but it’s ultimately nothing 🙂

Toys R Us: Buy One, Get One Free Book Sale (Ends Today)
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Posted in Retail on 10 April 2010
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Nice sale – Buy One book, Get One free at TRU Stores (ends today – Saturday) Of course, you get the lower price book free (or of course, if they are priced the same).

Hot Wheels: Larry Woods, Phil Riehlman and Wayne Scott 30-Car Box Set
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Posted in Uncategorized on 9 April 2010
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Coming in September … Full Listing … Not a Red Line Club item so all official re-sellers should be able to take your pre-orders …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Next TRU 5-Pack Box Set (UPDATE)
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 April 2010
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Well, it doesn’t have a TRU ONLY sticker but presumably so … Flo’s V8 Cafe Gift Pack. And yet, HUGE surprise – the previously unheard of “Hank Hallsum.” Well, previously unheard of in the sense that he has appeared on no previous lists, is not on the official Final Lap or Lenticular list and has […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS2: Countdown Has Begun …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 8 April 2010
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You can start the countdown clock … In 365 days – give or take a week or so, someone will round a corner to see the FIRST CARS2 CARS … yep, we are no more than 52-54 weeks away … Merchandising should start to hit in April 2011 … though it probably won’t be as […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Walmart New …
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Posted in Uncategorized on 8 April 2010
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Walmart has gotten in some new CARS “trays.” It looks like these are CASE F & G CARS … Plus it looks like CASE J has also arrived on a sidekick so look around your Walmart. Hard to say what the exact case content is as the trays and sidekicks tend to be a mix […]

Lego: They’re Magnetically Delicious
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Posted in Film, Marketing, Toys on 7 April 2010
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Of course, Lego has also made great sets and now more so than ever with branching off into different directions like the Architecture series … but one area in which they have really stepped up are the little Lego figures … (technically they’re called minifigures). (Click on TEXT LINKS or ANY GRAPHIC for Lego Store […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Beaten Like a Rented Mule, Not Bessie – Us
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 7 April 2010
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When was it exactly when you could rent a mule? The early 70’s? Before my time? I have jumped many a draw bridge in my Avis CAR but I missed the era where you could rent a mule and beat it because it wasn’t yours … Why am I bringing this up? Yes, there’s Bessie […]

Easter Is Over – All Bets & Niceties Are Off …
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Posted in Retail on 6 April 2010
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“… Seven women ended up in a brawl in the Easter basket aisle Saturday evening. Candy eggs, rabbits and Peeps flew through the air in an unlikely Easter exchange. Salisbury Police responded to the Walmart at 323 Arlington St. around 7 p.m. Saturday. The five officers separated the women into two groups — with each […]