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San Diego Comic Con – The Other Exclusives …
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 5 July 2009
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What will you buy after buying 24 SDCC Rescue Squad Mater’s? And since the only thing we’ll have left over by the end of the show will be coins, might as well get this 8″ bank … Or if you prefer a smaller scale Stay Puft Marshmellow dude … MiniMates – about 2″ tall. The […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: SDCC Mater By the Numbers
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 4 July 2009
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The San Diego Comic Con Geek Logistics post. The master carton of SDCC Rescue Squad Mater & The Dalmatian Mia-Tia contains 8 of them. “PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT COMIC-CON Products will be sold starting preview night. Customer service and safety is our number one priority, so we’ll have a separate booth run by our Toy Club […]

Win Some Mattel Disney Pixar Kmart Diecast CARS From Fiddleheads in Maine
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 3 July 2009
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There’s a headline you don’t see everyday! I was going to try and work the words “coon cat” in there but too long already 🙂 “Fiddleheads in Maine” has thoughtfully decided to donate 6 CARS from her Kmart Days collection for another contest! Since we are about to celebrate Independence Day … your contest entry […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Chief, I Pity the Non-Pitty Collector
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 3 July 2009
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Well, the great Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS Box Set lull is going to be over by this Fall & Christmas … Say hello to the latest – greatest – newest Bo Diddley-icious addition to the CARS lineup … “Crew Chief’s and Pitty’s” Box Sets. Yes, that’s right – it took this forever and a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Piston Cup Racers – Drink the 4-Pack
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 2 July 2009
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Coming this holiday season, more CARS to buy … There are three 4-packs of Piston Cup racers coming … And yes, now that they are calling him Spare O Mint, I’ll list him as such … Maybe they will fix Vitoline’s mustache … and Rev N Go is also scheduled as a launcher so we’ll […]

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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 2 July 2009
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Well, for those eagerly awaiting your mini Piston Cup AND the actual return of SARGE! Case B of the Lenticulars are leaving Mattel’s warehouse … Yea, hate to pile on but why aren’t there 9 Sarge’s and 1 McQueen? Just to be clear – lenticulars are the new mainline so available everywhere now – especially […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart CARS Collecting – The Hard 9
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 1 July 2009
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Anyone can just walk into a store or click BUY IT NOW … How about 9 the HARD WAY … That’s right. 9 RIGHT CARS. 9 WRONG NAMEPLATES. You want easy? Go back to sorting dynamite in a blasting cap factory on the high seas. 3 down, 6 to go, who’s in? Thanks for the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers Update 2009
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Posted in check list, diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 1 July 2009
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The whole Hauler distribution plan is its own weird universe. To save money, Mattel offers them as Direct Import which the large retailers won’t do because they have to arrange and pay for their own shipping so the large retailers just wait until it shows up at Mattel’s warehouse – hence the long time gap. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: We Have Seen the Errors of Your CARS Production Ways
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 30 June 2009
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You say potato, I say po-tot-toe You say error, I say variant … let’s call the whole eBay thing off … Blue – Green, whatev. Easy Idle, Vitoline – whatev. Thanks for the photo Kevin NascarBroncosFan. I’m telling, I am NOT Bumper Save … we look nothing alike! No Stall – about to stall … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: It’s a Hum Dinger – It’s Hummer Sven
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 30 June 2009
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The long wait is over … He is bigger than life … And wide too … He is oversized AND mega sized. Hey tiny … You’re no Hummer … What are you the H8.25? I’ve got insects in my hair bigger than you … My hair will pump you up. Das Booty. Get out of […]