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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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As I’ve said before, CARS is the greatest diecast line ever design & production wise. And unlike most other diecast lines, they have actually gone back and fixed certain CARS because of non-canon or production errors but MORE amazingly, they have gone back and even fixed scale issues – which is almost unheard of – […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, Contests, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Crazyforcarsakajim is graciously donating an Elvis RV. Not this one – just to show you what it looks like in case you forgot. RULES: In CARS world what kind of CARS Food item would Elvis RV love? Sure, Gask-It Biscuits are nice and N20 Cola is bubbly and taste like your favorite antifreeze should 🙂 […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Congrats: jdinh131 Kalispell, Montana was the Walmart city random selected by RANDOM GENERATOR. Must be cold there, looks pretty far north. There were only a few entries that select Kalispell, Montana. I then went to the McDonald’s menu page and since sandwiches are listed first, I randomly selected it to pick one and the winner […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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The first six parts of the Collector’s Field Guide covered the single CARS on hanging blisters that were available to all authorized Mattel resellers including the main retailers, small retailers, online and other resellers. In 2007, the first exclusives were merely packaging exclusives at Target until the important Walmart 8 exclusives released in October 2007 […]
Posted in Advertising, diecast, Food, Internet, Marketing, Retail on 14 March 2009
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And you know this must be true, it’s from THE SUN as all Ukers can vouch 🙂 “CANNABALISTIC squirrels are going nuts for Walkers SQUIRREL flavoured crisps” Full story HERE …
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Leaving Mattel’s warehouse next week – so you might see it at the tail end of next week on the shelves or early the following week. NEW – Andrea & Milton. First ever CHASE CAR that is the exact same as the regular CAR release other than the packaging (presumably) – we’ll know more next […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Some people have reported that Haulers are no longer listed in the system at their Walmart – no need to panic. Walmart is making some adjustments to their UPC and store inventory database. As you know, Walmart tracks CARS by their own individual UPC and the “group” UPC and they are making changes to their […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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You had a lot of questions and we have lots of answers … some of them even pertaining to your question! 🙂 I know Mattel would never just make a case of new cars but…. why couldn’t Mattel ship a case of mostly new cars with a few McQ’s or some of the older ones […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Spotted by Mike E. Too funny! Dude! PIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mike E. for driving, photographing and texting us – you are the man! Justin couldn’t resist … making it just a little more real 🙂 Remember – BELIEVE EVERYTHING you see 🙂 Thanks Mike E. & Justin/Just3d – it is a Pixar world! 🙂 Coming in […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 March 2009
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The first go-around of the Storytellers series was a big hit … Make that a surprise hit. Well, maybe not to us 🙂 Hence, the giant gap between Release 1.0 & Release 2.0 but then again, Target doesn’t seem to mind taking down displays only to put them up again later. The new lineup is […]