Articles in the CARS Category

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Materlover Haz Some CARS :-)
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 July 2008
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Materlover was kind enough to send us proof that we have a backup of every CARS item produced in case Disney’s salt mine storage springs a leak 🙂 If you look closely, you see that they also ate the proper amount of Pop Tarts to get the license plates … AND he bought the hardcover […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: The Mattel Collector’s Club
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV on 11 July 2008
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Yes, Mattel is launching a Collector’s Club … as Juicy Bling Barbie might say – “We’re not just for kids anymore!” I guess the days of selling Girl Scout cookies and pet grooming are so over for Barbie … (AS IF!) And so, we move onto the next phase of CARS collecting … Movie Moments […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mini Box Sets Coming …
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV on 9 July 2008
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” … Mater, Lightning McQueen, Doc, Sally, Flo and Ramone all in their original decos. Other than McQ & Flo, it’s the first appearance of all the other Mini’s “dressed” as their 1:55 scale brothers & sisters. UPDATE POST HERE.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: When You Wish Upon a Mack Star …
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 July 2008
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Sometimes your dreams do come true … Is it a dream or am I waking? Wake up! Wake up! Price – Don’t Know. Coming When – Don’t know exactly when? But in the next few months. (McQueen might just be to show scale – unknown if included but possible). For old, old, old, school CARS […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Motor Speedway of South – Second Coming?
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, Design, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 8 July 2008
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“Steve AKA: Poppa” pointed in a recent comment that the HK couple seems to be taking pre-orders for another 28-ish Motor Speedway of the South set. Most interesting. Real, Fake, Counterfeiting or Something else? As we noted in our Top 10 Rarest Post, this is an interesting new phenomenon in collecting. Back in the old […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Target Halloween 2008 & Other Mini’s
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 13 June 2008
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Looks like Target will get another holiday Mini – though not as enticing as the Easter ones with the cool paint motifs … Since none of the motif names sound Autumn or Halloween-ish, it might be safe to presume they will come with some pumpkin shaped holder instead of a paint scheme … Not everything […]

Disney Pixar CARS: McQueen’s “Japanese Cousin” Wins GT Round 3
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Disney Pixar, Film, Gadgets, Magazine, Marketing, Media, Politics, Sports, Toys, TV on 7 June 2008
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(Shhh, nobody tell Al Oft and those Lightyear Guys) Lightning McQueen #95 wins the 3rd Round of Super GT300 Series in Japan (click on the 300GT Tab) at the Fuji Speedway (all in Japanese, BTW). Official Circuit Website page for the #95 Team with driver info.* Cool – actual working headlights, I like it. Here’s […]

San Diego Comic Con: 5-Day Ticket SOLD OUT
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Film, Gadgets, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, Travel, TV on 5 June 2008
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Okay, no one panic 😯 There are plenty of 1-day tickets still available, the only ticket to sell out are the 5-day tickets which also allows you in Wednesday night for PREVIEW NIGHT (which runs 3 hours). Yes, that allows you to buy and jump the gun a little earlier than most but don’t panic. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Piston Cup Racer Checklist & What’s Next (Fall 2008 Update)
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 June 2008
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Of course, if you bought the Motor Speedway of the South set, you now have 36 Piston Cup Racers … not counting duplicates. If you’re collecting them only as they are released, you should have 14 of the Piston Cup Racers: Lightning McQueen Chick Hicks Dale Jr. Gasprin The King Leak Less Nitroade No Stall […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Peterson Museum CARS Exhibit Photos
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Computing, Disney Pixar, Film, Marketing, Media, Retail, Toys, Travel, TV on 3 June 2008
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When in LA, you can also check out the Pixar CARS Exhibit at the Petersen Auto Museum … “remclsydney” was kind enough to send us pics of his recent visit to LA and the exhibit … Too bad, you can’t pick up one of these in the gift shop. Though the airline might just charge […]