Articles in the diecast Category
Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 March 2009
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Walmart hasn’t much in the way of CARS in NorCal but I did find an unusual sign … In other words, do not think of displaying these other than the assigned pegs … clearly the WM collective Borg have gone off their assigned sector … now, employees will randomly set up their own display area […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 March 2009
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While there are no actual plans for a Lego CARS line (there will be Duplo line in 2010), Jay M. sent along a link to a Mack custom created by “vslcheung.” You can check out the rest of the photos HERE. Very impressive … I can barely build a set WITH instructions …
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 February 2009
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The CARS singles are known as the “mainline.” It is borrowed from the Hot Wheels line connoting that the single CARS on the blister pack is the mother trunk line of CARS, the diecast. But for new collectors or those who for some unfathomable reason were not collecting these in 2006 🙂 , it can […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 February 2009
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The Mini’s are only getting better and better … (don’t worry, No Stall only looks orange). And Mini haulers … Both of these CASES seem to be shipping … CollectorMom has already spotted CASE F (or in actuality, the remnants of CASE F …) Yes, there is a rumor the Mini’s are going exclusive but […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 February 2009
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What is CAR CARES? “This program is designed to take in donated items, new or gently used, related to the 2006 Disney/Pixar movie Cars. Those items are then taken, and put into care packages that are sent out to children 14 and younger who would benefit from such a package. We also take in monetary […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 February 2009
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And in this corner – weighing in at 4 lbs (ish) – 1:24 Ramone in the purple body & who will jack you up! And from our earlier post, 1:55 scale Ramone High ‘N Low megasized … weighing in at a few ounces … who will beat you with his purple deliciousness … As I […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 February 2009
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Here’s a portion of the TRU internal note … Will it actually launch on 3/1 – Sunday? All the info I have is this … seems pretty straightforward though since it was not “officially” announced anywhere … maybe it did get delayed? (and yes Gask-its is not spelled correctly 🙂 ). BTW, the Buy 5 […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 February 2009
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I was waiting to post until I got the mega sized mega closeups of High N’ Low Ramone … Sweet Chariot! (remember, Ramone is still the same body but raised up, he is in the megasize line to fit into the packaging … Um, I forget – why exactly do we need a plused series? […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 February 2009
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This was an obscure poster available at the time of the WM 8 pallet (October 2007) for those who can remember back that far 🙂 Most people missed it – of course, after throwing 50 CARS into their cart, they would’ve missed the nude Olympian standing by the yarn section 🙂 But thanks to eagle-eyed […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 February 2009
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There is a new two-sided CARS book from Disney Press … There were/are several of these out but this is new – with a pub date of January 13, 2009 … when you are done with one story, you flip it over to read the other story but as “Liam’sMom” notes … “This new storybook […]