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Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: A Trip to the $.99 Store

Okay, technically the $.99 Store is the $.99.99 Store now – I kid you not. They needed to raise prices and couldn’t figure out how to do it until some lawyer jumped in … of course, they round to $1 … though technically, does this mean some other lawyer is going to file a class action lawsuit? Though I suppose they round up taxes so …

Anyway, as a marketer, it’s fun to stop in and check out what products have failed to make the regular price cut and have been shuffled off to the mortal coil called the $.99 Store …

And of course, there are plenty of CARS items – not really noteworthy – stuff you’ve seen like pencils, pens, notebooks, mini puzzles but um, a stapler?

stapler

Sorry for the shabby shot but in case you need a CARS stapler and you don’t want to pay more than $1 (you can also pick up some Laker pencil sharpeners) … Yep, it’s the Supercharged one – I was hoping for the Race O Rama red stapler … maybe next year.

But there was something CARS interesting – more sandwich bags and not just of McQueen but …

bags

Collect them all!

And surprisingly, not just artwork on the outside packaging but individual bags to match the box so if you got the Sally one, you get just Sally bags … see top.

mater-bag

And Mater! There was not a McQueen one open … out of the 15 boxes there, about 10 were Sally, the pegwarmer of sandwich bags ;-(

And of course, if you favor some other Disney licensing …

disney-other

Of course, you will find many interesting things at the $.99 Store …

Yea, a fine tribute to one of NASCAR’s greats and his son …

floss

Of course, you can go over to the food area before running some Dale Jr. waxy string through your teeth – and find even wackier things.

Now, I like scallaps as much as the next person but I kind of prefer my scallops on a plate – I prefer to eat my molluks not from a pouch but maybe that’s just me …

scallops

Same with sea creatures. I’ll pretty much eat anything not still moving … but are we so short on time we are pouching everything? Or should they at least class it up & tape a spoon to the side of this? I really hate people walking down the street eating octopi out of a pouch – they never see where they’re going – bumping into me and spilling Bearnaise sauce on Zegna suit …

octipi

Here’s my questions regarding this.

spam

Are we really so bad off now that people can only afford a slice at a time Spam?

Are we so bad off that people cannot afford a knife to slice off some spam to carry away?

Are there dozens of other Spam flavors that they need to label it “Classic” so we’re not confused as to what’s what? Oh, this is Hollandaise sauce Spam, I wanted Classic Spam …

(cue SPAM song)

Though I suppose this is perfect for people who want something with not much Spam in it.

cup-o-noodle

Did you know there was a Premium Cup O Noodle? It’s a great deal for ‘premium,’ $.39 so I bought one … I haven’t tried it yet, my yacht is getting a new helipad so when I dock in Monte Carlo, I’ll let you know just how premium it is.

frosted-flakes

I guess ‘Frosted Flakes’ is a useable non-trademarked non-copyrighted phrase? I guess you’re okay as long as you don’t put a tiger on the box?

smarties

And if you’ve ever wanted to eat Smarties but was confounded by the double twist wrap or like beer in a clear bottle, believed UV rays would ruin its flavor in its clear wrapper – now Smarties in a pouch! Was last year the of food in a pouch and most failed? Maybe this generation cannot open a pouch? The other thing is there seems to be only two smarties in each pouch – which seems to be twice the paper of a regular Smarties roll … either this is intended for people who would be tempted too much by an entire Smarties roll so two in a difficult to open pouch is better? Or for really, really cheap Halloween candy … those kids don’t deserve an entire roll! When I was a kid, we were given sugar beets & mallow stalks to make our own candy – no way am I giving kids more than 2 Smarties!

syrup
Yum, authentic Maple flavor sugar goo …

And of course, why our economy had to collapse … this needs a carrying case?

twinkie

Time to nap.

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