Articles in the CARS Category
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 October 2008
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Remember, all that plasma, spleen and second kidney are just taking up space in your body – convert it to cash and then more CARS! For long-time collector openers, this might not be the most enticing case ever released but for MOCers (MINT ON CARDers) completists, this case, like CASE A should all be on […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 October 2008
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Three on the list of Haulers/Truck & Trailers coming but not shown at Comic Con … Other Comic Con Pics … And the WM Trailer/Hauler – comes with three pallets of Rust-Eze 🙂 Packaging Pics Here.
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 September 2008
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Normally, for a lot of diecast collectors, you have to look overseas to find masterful sculpts, attention to detail, quality molds and dedication to quality – for us in the US, Mattel’s CARS hits all the right quality notes … so for once, we don’t have to collect an overseas line to get the “best” […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 September 2008
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Fiddlehead of Maine actually notes that Kmart.com is selling the Hot Wheels Event Day Hot Wheels by the box … humm, interesting… (CLICK ON GRAPHIC to go to Kmart.com & that HW Case page). And no, I have no idea if this means the CARS Collectors Days CASE M1054-9998 will be available on their website […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Toys, TV on 27 September 2008
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Paul Newman passed away earlier today at the age of 83. He did everything with ease, grace and lived the way he wanted to. When he started out, of course, they just wanted him to be a movie idol but he took the route he wanted – taking on “unlikeable” character & roles and doing […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Design, Disney Pixar, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 September 2008
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CARS 2 has been moved back to 2011. Of course, for us, that means one LESS year of padding out CARS diecast releases since after we start seeing CARS 2 trailers in 2010, they will start launching “preview” CARS 2 CARS in different case assortments as a tease and buzz builder and by April 2011, […]
Posted in CARS, Design, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Toys, TV on 24 September 2008
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All around the world, you know what this means! CELEBRATION time! “J” is having a birthday … humm, I wonder what the theme will be … Hey, all I got for my brthday was a twinkie with a candle in it! Man, that’s a serious amount of cupcakes … that would’ve taken me a good […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 September 2008
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Traver and his staff of Children’s Toy Closet will at the Detroit City Hot Wheels Club Show this Sunday, September 21, 2008 from 10 AM to 3 PM (early bird entry & extra fee is at 9 AM). He will have CARS, Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightning and he will be dressed as the Children’s Toy […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Gadgets, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 19 September 2008
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Finally, a solution that we can all get behind … the Fisher-Price Power Wheels Lightning McQueen … SWWWWEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!! Battery Powered to save the environment! No Dinoco Gas needed here, thank you very much. Shifter – all the settings anyone needs – fast, twice as fast and reverse*. okay, in this case – fast means 2.5 […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Financial, Food, Marketing, Retail, TV on 17 September 2008
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“SlicePie” found a few more items for the CARS bomb shelter … Are these actually McQueen shaped Spaghetti-O’s? I haven’t eaten Spaghetti-O’s in a while but I’m guessing we have the technology to make them in other than o-shapes? I spoke too soon, the answer is yes! Uh, ChickHicks? McQueen? Wingo! And Graham “Snacks” which […]