Article Archive for August 2013

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Case J Arrives in Australia
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Posted in Australia, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 27 August 2013
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While CASE J (and its TWIN CASE K) were canceled and essentially merged into CASE N – CASE J did make it to Australia … “Daven N.” was at the store in Australia when they opened the case for him. Brent Mustangberger with headset x1 David Hobbscapp with head set x1 Lightning Mcqueen with racing […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Get Caught Up with One Ebay Auction
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Posted in CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 26 August 2013
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Sad but you can get caught up in collecting CARS 1 (and Toons) in one fell swoop. Okay, you do need 15 Grover Cleveland’s or 150 Benjamin’s but hey, what’s skipping one mortgage payment for complete CARS 2006 to 2011? Or if you’re a pro athlete, one wheel rim for your SUV for hundreds of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: German Promo CAR Upgrade!
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 26 August 2013
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The German Mail-away promo offer didn’t look too terribly interesting – Send in 4 UPC’s for what looked like White Walls Lightning McQueen … But it looks like they didn’t really have a photo of the final promo … it’s actually METALLIC Lightning McQueen with Bumper Stickers. (“Mit Aufklebern” that’s German for “With Sticker.”) Lightning […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Toons: Walmart-Only Toon 3-Packs (Update Variants!)
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 25 August 2013
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It looks like the last of the 4 “re-release” Toon Box Sets (Walmart Exclusives) have arrived. Thanks for the heads up on noticing they were variants, John In Mo, BMW & JestrJef. That’s another reason not to shop hungry, I snapped the bottom pic in a hurry to go eat lunch – clearly not looking […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Carrera Go! Silver Series Slot Racers
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 25 August 2013
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While the whole Silver Series Expanded Universe storyline, shorts and diecast releases seem to have been back burnered – maybe when PLANES went from a straight to home video to a theatrical release, they didn’t want another line intruding on it – but they did hint a Silver Series short would arrive around September so […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mike’s Display
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 25 August 2013
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“Mike I.” says hi and sends along photos of his collection … I also have several other customs from Willie that might interest people. I had him create Herbie the Lovebug versions of McQueen, Sally, Mia and Tia. He also created a custom Breast Cancer Awareness Sally, which is a white car with pink ribbon […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store Green Dragon Lightning McQueen
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Store on 24 August 2013
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Turns out the Green Dragon Lightning McQueen is not much a mystery – an exclusive but just in a regular box set release at the Disney store. Available online. The Gold Rip Clutchgoneski is available also now.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Gold Metallic Rip Clutchgoneski – The Series Returns?
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 24 August 2013
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There have been some mysterious Gold Metallic Rip Clutchgoneski’s pop up around the world on different auction sites … (the space between the front wheel covering and the air dam indicates it’s a Mattel mold and not a Disney store Gold Rip – plus the DS one has yellow wheel rims). While we are expecting […]

Disney CARS – Star Wars LEGO Mashup
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Star Wars, Lego on 23 August 2013
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Just a mockup but nicely done by Raphael Heusser. You can check out more photos here.  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Super, Super Chase Case 2013 – Case N
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 August 2013
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You might not be shocked to hear that Mattel Distribution does not fire on all cylinders at all times. Items in the warehouse system are sometimes tagged ON HOLD – which of course means it’s ON HOLD except for those that get shipped … other times, items will disappear from the inventory completely or to […]