Articles in the CARS Category
Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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Normally, a report entitled as such would cost $50k not including expenses (since I only drink Coke with cane sugar and eat pastrami from New York City …) … But for this holday season, as no one has any money left over (hey, AIG, I waited all night for my ‘special massage,’ I finally gave […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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Do I have an employment questions about Kmart? “How strong would you say the toy manager’s office door is to you know, like a hard shove?” “Can I just work this Saturday from 8 AM to 11 AM?” “What is the employee discount this Saturday?” “Can I log onto eBay on this terminal?” “If I […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, Design, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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Hey, what’s that in the road? OMG! Veer off! Veer off! Nothing to see folks, just Frank the Combine enjoying an SUV for lunch … Frank the Combine also enjoying a leisurely drive in the country … wide load anyone? Thanks PirateDad … another 1:1 scale CAR to add to his collection … 🙂 Our […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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First, the best supermarket to find CARS – Fred Meyer … not only always supporting CARS but usually with a nice sale … as noted by Pete, Mattel probably gave them a deal on 2008 B Cases … a nice deal if you’re just starting out … (funny, my local TRU seems to have gotten […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 October 2008
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For those trying to sort through what’s out there, I have made you a nice October chart that should be printable – just drag off and drop into any other app. If you like, I’ll do one for November in a few weeks. Of course, this is NOT inclusive of every single store in America […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 October 2008
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This was in yesterday’s Kmart Sunday ad circular … as some have reported already seeing the “exclusive” Mini’s on the store shelves – it seems they are available beforehand or it’s just the Mini’s getting shelved early – it’s hard to tell – as usual. So now you have real proof to show Kmart employees […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 October 2008
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The new “World of CARS” book is a fun prequel to the movie & storyline in CARS. For those that are worried they polluted the timeline and canon stories, don’t worry – no one in Radiator Springs meets Lightning McQueen. There are actually TWO VERSIONS of the book – the regular version (shown above) $10.87 […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 October 2008
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Information continues to dribble out … The first Trucks & Trailers/Haulers CASE A has been announced. Mack is #1, Chick is #2 and Gray, the Dinoco hauler is #3 – they have their own numbering scheme … There are two of each in the Trucks & Haulers Case A. We are certain WM will be […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 October 2008
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The Toys R Us Roundup for October 10, 2008. CARS are on sales at Canadian TRU’s … (thanks for the PirateDad flag semaphor). That’s $1.86 USD at today’s exchange rate not counting fees … so make that cross border run for poutine and all the Doc Hudson’s you can carry … (no online sales). Well, […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 October 2008
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Thanks to CollectorMom who found the book at Target, we know everything there is to know about this Expanded Universe line … the reason the book as not listed was that the book is called WORLD OF CARS (nothing about Storytellers) and what we thought were individual books was actually chapters with this book. So, […]