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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mini F Case & Recent Pictorial
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 March 2009
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Hitting stores as we speak … First time packaged together … Still called “Gray.” More Mini Piston Cup racers … and yep, NO STALL is more orange than red … not sure why? Was available in last case but making a return appearance here … Cute and nice! Mini King available separately. Rolling down the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: It’s The Original G Thing – Mainline Case 2009
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 March 2009
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The G Case Has Dropped … and drop it like it’s hot with McQueen’s … But there are some others … A little darker than the color on the card … and scale to Chuki … Chuki’s big CARS scene … Original Chuki to Chase Packaging Chuki … Pretty identical … First appearance of Lightning […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Samurai60 Pay It Forward II Pics
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 March 2009
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As many of you know, David Y. & family have started a CARS Pay It Forward (informal) program … as a thank you to all those that generously helped him and his kids in the hunt for CARS … In the last go around, David & his sons looked over entries to the Pay It […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Steel Cage Bin of Death (okay, CARS)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 March 2009
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Well, if you’re not too particular … or if you have kids you can hold by the ankles and lower into a bin, CARS, CARS, CARS! 🙂 That is a lot of CARS and easy to merchandise, open, dump, repeat. And two cute boys who perfectly encapsulate the situation with their expressions – joy over […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: There Be Thieves Among Us …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 March 2009
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“Josh F’ sends us this pic from a TRU … I can’t quite put my finger on it but something is different … Poor Doc – everyone else disappears in the night and is replaced by another. And everytime I’ve ever tried to return something to TRU, I get the full polygraph but Jedi mind […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Launchers Land International Runway First
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 March 2009
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Like the last Pit Race Off launchers, they have hit international first. Reader “Sylt” sends us pics from his buy at TRU in Germany … Interesting how the front is all in English … maybe since the names were not translated in the film, they are okay? The cardbacks, of course have the EU multiple […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Motor Speedway of the South New eBay Pricing Benchmark – $2,500 USD
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 March 2009
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If a shark is attacking you – grab its gills or punch it in the nose … or jab its eye … um, let us know if that works … in economic calamity times, you run to blue chip safety and apparently that would be a Motor Speedway of the South set these days. With […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Candy & Kids with Cane Sticks Do Go Together
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 March 2009
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Is it just me or does it seem wrong to beat McQueen like a Repo Man until he gives you candy? I could see beating on this dude’s masked head … Dude, you had a chance to kill Jar Jar – instead of you take out Biggs … that’s a pinata beating! This also seems […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Short Card Check Lane Surprise – Mario Andretti Red
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 March 2009
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First official US release appearance of correct red rim Mario Andretti? If you placed your wager on Check Lane series – you win! Reader “Albert Hinckley” (really Mike N.) found these at Target – thanks for the heads up and pics!

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: The Games & Stickers
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 March 2009
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Mattel has lots of other CARS things they would like you to buy … Toy Fair 2009 photos courtesy of “BigMatt56.” It’s no puzzle that CARS is popular with puzzlers … Amazon has the “second version” of this kid-sized puzzle. Of course, this screenshot is of interest to diecast collectors with the oddball white RPM […]