Article Archive for July 2017

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Clean Todd (Pizza Planet) + Why is He Clean?
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 26 July 2017
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Thanks for the great pics “John H.” It’s weird to see Todd all clean, he’s been beat up since Toy Story – 1995 (can you believe it?) and at that time, he was already a 17 year old pickup truck (presumed to be a Toyota HiLux pickup from 1978) …   Thanks, “John H.” for […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Random Photo Roundup
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 26 July 2017
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Toys R Us is having another sale but your choice is pretty one choice … Ian W. notes they are still shipping both versions. And “Toomsterev” got his Amazon shipment obviously packed at 4:58 PM Friday night.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: If You Like Card Variants, We’ve Got Some-Many-All
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 25 July 2017
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Thanks for the heads up, “John H.” He started the ball rolling by sending me a few pics so I took a closer look. It looks like a safe bet that most of the early production ones – in CASE A, B, and maybe Target F were with a smaller Mattel logo (Rust-eze racing Lightning […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Road Trip … Right Turn to Belgium
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 25 July 2017
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Thanks “King Andy” for the photos and heads up. The remainder Road Trip series … they took the long way … They are in Belgium (€20). These are clearly the US cards (no EU required language). Of course, looking in the background,”King Andy” has just a few CARS. 🙂 Will these show up eventually? Or […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Smokey, We Hardly Knew Ya … Smokey 3.0 Variant
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 24 July 2017
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“Toomsterev” uncovered this a few weeks back – that there was an eBay auction of a “longer bed” Smokey which of course did not make a lot of sense – poor color or wrong rims is an easy error or even limited production error but a longer truck bed? It’s not like there are a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: The Oddball “V” Case
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 24 July 2017
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CARS diecasts currently ship in cases of 24 – there are occasional Expanded Universe limited releases that ship in cases of 12 but CASE V is an oddball one of 8. This was available early on – early production code plus the warning not to shelf before 5.1.2017. I presume this was a case for […]

Disney’s 2017 D23 Expo Show Reel: Disney, Star Wars-Last Jedi & Avengers-Infinity Wars
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Posted in Disney, Disney Marvel, Disney Star Wars on 23 July 2017
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Disney D23 Expo 2017 “Live Action” Show Reel – On Stage, Cast of A WRINKLE IN TIME, MARY POPPINS, STAR WARS – LAST JEDI and the various cast members of upcoming Marvel films including BLACK PANTHER & AVENGERS – INFINITY WARS

Disney’s 2017 D23 Expo Animation Show Reel (Disney & Pixar)
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Posted in Disney Pixar on 22 July 2017
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Intro from Alan Horn & John Lasseter – on stage, Kristen Bell & Josh Gad – the upcoming short OLAF’s FROZEN ADVENTURE (in front of Pixar’s COCO this November); Also a brief glimpse of NINE Disney Princesses on stage for Wreck it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet; cast of INCREDIBLES 2 plus a song […]

Shop Mattel Upgrade – Mattel Vault Membership
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 July 2017
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ShopMattel.com looks like it’s replacing MattyCollector.com and offering membership tiers in the Mattel Vault. For CARS collectors, it seems like a pretty good deal. It looks like it’s either OR – that you cannot sign up for the SILVER and the GOLD to get the 20% coupon AND the $20 “rebate” by switching to the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Dinoco Cruz Variant + Tiny Error
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 July 2017
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It looks like Dinoco Cruz Ramirez’s back window offers up a variant version. It appears to be the same as Jackson. The earlier production ones featured a window without (a) support bar(s). Later ones feature the support bars. This may be true of Cruz Ramirez the single also? The box sets and 2-pack have the […]