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Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic Book Issue #2
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Issue #2 of CARS: The Rookie comic is out. It’s a 4-part series on how Lightning “Bulldozer” McQueen landed the gig as a Rust Eze driver … Our Q&A with Alan Porter, the writer is HERE (along with a preview of issue #1). Mack as the Eggman is shown in this post from issue 31. […]

SOLD OUT"> SOLD OUT" class="title">San Diego Comic Con 2009 SOLD OUT
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Amazing. I hope that everyone who wanted tickets got one. It has NEVER sold out this early, last year was a sellout but I think the final tickets did not sell out until a couple weeks before the show opened but 2009 – 8 weeks away?!  Wow. For those not going to SDCC – we […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Canada TRU CARS Sale
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 May 2009
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Well, whatever you can find on the shelf for CARS – 25% OFF! Some exceptions apply – not good on singles or MegaBloks. (In Canadian dollars, of course). Though they have the new Mack TV in stock – couldn’t find on US TRU … Which we covered earlier – while not exactly the best TV […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Next Mini Motion Motorized Trailers
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 May 2009
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No case assortment info but these are the next three Mini Motion Motorized Trailers only one of which is truly new: First appearance of Mini Chick in Chick green. Dinoco McQueen has been available for a while – though now upgraded to painted eyes (and of course, trailer in Dinoco blue is new)  🙂 Mater […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart CARS Day 2 – Nearly Everything You Need to Know
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 May 2009
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Unbelievably, the first CARS Day went well for 99% of CARS collectors. It wasn’t absolutely perfect but it was pretty close … Now, it’s time to do it again. First, for newbies, what is it? As noted above, on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 11 AM your local time at PARTICIPATING Kmart’s – they will […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: San Diego Comic Con – Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 May 2009
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While we have not gotten all the official details just yet … on a certain Sunday in July (July 26 to be precise) … if you love CARS and like TakeFiveADay … I would say you want you might want to wander off the show floor and head to one of the meeting rooms where […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticular FINAL Card Design
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 May 2009
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When the “Race O Rama” cards first appeared, it was hard to tell if we should call them World of CARS: Race O Rama or just plain Race O Rama … but now, it looks like we’re back to calling this series World of CARS: Race O Rama (October 2008 to May 2009) and World […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Day the Earth Stood Blimp Still
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 May 2009
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Run for your lives! The Blimps Cyborgs are attacking … RUN! Well, maybe not run … maybe walk briskly! Humm, there’s something wrong with this B case … 180 Blimps, that’s not right! I was shorted 5 Al Oft Blimps … oh man, now my world domination plan on hoarding all the Al Oft’s will […]

Disney Pixar CARS: 20 Years of Pixar Now in Monterrey, Mexico
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 May 2009
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The “20 Year of Pixar” exhibit has moved to Monterrey, Mexico … Rick S. sends along pics of his visit. Mater is Huge! Is this the variant? And a surprise visit from Radiator Springs McQueen. Hey, that’s not Ransburg Red! Rick S. & sons – true fans – Ka-Chow! Thanks for the great pics. I […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Sale
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 May 2009
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Hopefully, this sale at Target is a shelf cleaning one because they want to stock a bunch ‘o new stuff … or at least we can wish it were so. Of course, the Movie Moment “clearance-like” sale price hopefully will mean we will FINALLY get some new Movie Moments … What’s coming-returning for Movie Moments […]