Articles in the diecast Category
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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Here’s Micky’s prize winning Walt Disney Resort’s MINI Mickey McQueen & Minnie Sally enjoying a drive … And Frank S. won the CTC Hauler Display Drawing (Haulers & CARS not included). Congrats Micky & Frank S. ! Thanks Fiddlehead & CTC for the prizes!
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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While these revised & “new” Movie Moments seem to have arrived in Canada & parts of Europe, not much inkling they are even about to return to the US … Since there is presumably going to be card redesign as we switch to lenticulars or “drifting,” it might be safe to guess we won’t see […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 May 2009
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Brown Fury has been studying his diecast CARS and has started a nice database for us – anyone with more to add? “I got a little mag-lens happy over the weekend and found a few surprises:” Van is from Dipstick Rusty, Dusty and Mack from Our Fair City Boost from Nitropolis Fred from Hello My […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 May 2009
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Well, the CARS situation in in the UK & Europe could be better but at least it’s not Dickensian … “Rippers” sends us nice photos and a boatload of info – thanks! Story Tellers have arrived at Tesco at £3.97 each – about the same pricing in the US …I believe an exclusive also – […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 May 2009
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Not only do you get to contribute to the great CARS CARE program of getting CARS and toys to kids when they need it most … but you get a one of a kind item signed by “the coach.” The CARS are birthed at Pixar but you need the right coach to shape ’em up […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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How patient can you be? Elvis RV arrived to resellers around March 5th … On May 17, 2009, I saw the first one a shelf in NorCal … @73 Days or 10 weeks or 2 months and 12 days … Dustin Mellows arrived around December 28, 2008 to resellers … I spotted the first one […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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Here is now the FINAL and official US Case Assortment … Shipping today from CTC, thanks for the final update CTC. And yea, Mattel can change case assortments as they see fit because everything is tagged: Subject to Change.
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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Normally as we get to the end of a design motif and the great switchover takes place (Supercharged to World of CARS to Race O Rama), there are a few CARS that get left in the lurch – either shifting to the new motif or short shifted in the shift but in the case of […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 May 2009
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Either Fall or Christmas time … From the looks of it, you try and launch MINI SPINOUT (TIRES) McQUEEN out of Flo’s over Sheriff & the Impound Yard, careful of the telephone wires and into the back to Mack to escape … I presume Spinout McQueen MINI is the exclusive? Not sure if it comes […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 May 2009
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It’s unknown if the Target “classics” Race O Rama card will look like the current ones only with a ONLY AT TARGET sticker/snipe somewhere … or if it will be completely different and/or more like the lenticular design? But in any case, the last case of CARS available to us on ALL on ROR cards […]