Articles in the diecast Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Hauler E Case Arriving Next Week
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 May 2009
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Should land next Tuesday/Wednesday to resellers who Direct Imported them … If you’re still looking for Leak Less, Jerry Recycled or Octane Gain, Amazon has them back on their direct ship list.

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Spin the Pricing Wheel – Where Does It Land?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 May 2009
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In the SF Bay Area, pricing from the singles range from $2.97 to $3.59 but seem to be pre-emptively creeping up as wholesale costs have gone up for the new lenticular cases … $3.47 as Josh sends in from Oregon … Chuki Mama’s Target is now at $3.49 … though Movie Moments are now $6.99 […]

Disney Pixar CARS: The Fake Factory Is Ready With Their Fake Gooogly Eyed CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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Great gooooggly mooogly … The lost CARS 1.5 film where they take on ninjas at the temple … playset nice … CARS … it’s nice that clay and squirrel droppings can be molded … I made some customs, you like them? I molded these using nothing more than clay & stale bread! $14.99 each or […]

eBay Canada: Now Helping You in Utah
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 6 May 2009
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eBay Canada is closing up their customer service department in Canada (please make your own joke here). β€œWhile it is a difficult decision to close our Vancouver facility, we believe that consolidating our North America customer service operations will help accelerate our efforts to continually exceed buyer and seller expectations,” said Chad O’Meara, vice-president of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticulars Googly-Eyed Case Assortments + First Card Design
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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The new card design. It’s actually a very nice looking card – a nice change of pace and looks classy. Again, I have nothing against the lenticulars either in principle or for CARS, I just think it’s risky on many levels, including financial to roll up one line in the middle with no concrete plans […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The MattyCollector.com Confusion
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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Mattel is NOT discontinuing the 1:55 series single CARS. Canceling CASE J is nothing new. Other than 2006, I do not believe they have gone more than 6 months without canceling a case here or there. Some of that is when there is a change in the group of people who make case assortment decisions, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Chase But Not Chase, Chaste
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 May 2009
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Josh F. sends us this pic from Oregon … Humm, not much chasing on the Chase CAR … And did the price increase already hit? Though no sales tax in Oregon …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: On the Shelf & In Our Hearts
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 May 2009
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Some photos of CARS on the shelf … Alas, they are not Tar McQueen, Bug Mouth McQueen, or even Radiator Springs McQueen … Sure, pluck these off the shelf … these are like pegwarmers πŸ™‚ Amazing detailing … for those quibble there’s too much “dirt” on the camper shell … yea, that’s the reason to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Matty’s Flyer Missing Something …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 May 2009
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I could swear this is missing something … What was it? What was it … I know it’s on the tip of my tongue … From Collector_Mom who ordered the 7-foot Gleek … (just kidding! πŸ™‚ ) from Matty and this little flyer ad is very telling in what’s not even considered part of Matty […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: J-Case, You’re Dead to Me
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 May 2009
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H is the end … The current H Singles Mainline Case is the last one for Series M1054-999 … for 2009 … for non-exclusive non-lenticular CARS. So, the bad news is Vitoline Pitty and Mini will not be available until Kmart CARS Day 2 on June 20, 2009 … and no extra Todd, Pizza Planet […]