Articles in the diecast Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lights, Cameras … Showgirls!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 February 2009
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You’ve already seen the photos but now in higher res and as big as life … (well, life on a 1:55 scale 🙂  ). And of course, this page template is only so many pixels wide … no panorama 🙁 And of course, the newly minted expression Lightning McQueen … All coming soon (2 weeks?) […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Jerry Recycled Has Changed …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 February 2009
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This is a proto pic from last year’s SDCC of Jerry Recycled … It was a little esthetically & reality-logistics-wise really odd for a truck to actually open like that since the container shell would essentially drag along the ground and be easy to damage … Amy/Bravo1616 noticed that the RELEASED version of Jerry Recycled […]

MegaHeat Contest WINNERS!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 February 2009
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Since MegaHeat drove his contest off of Route 66 and off a redstone cliff 🙂 We had to re-jigger the contest so anyone who left a comment that started with the words, MEGAHEAT IS IN … was entered in the contest. To be impartial, Tizmanian did all the hard work and then electronically randomly selected […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater Tall Tales – Rescue Squad Mater Diecast CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 February 2009
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The gilded Golden Age of CARS is growing and glowing … The “Rescue Squad Mater” CARS will be on deck first. No definite date yet but the CARS & cases are being assembled … Collect Them All! Will update when release dates are firmer but clear some more shelf space …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The John Lasseter Signature Series CARS (Maybe)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 February 2009
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I have held off posting on the John Lasseter Signature Series CARS to come because there’s conflicting info and evidence but since the photos are up … you might as well look at them and we can fill in blanks later … This will be a 1:55 series that will be available on MattyCollectible.com – […]

TakeFiveADay – Dip in the FLIKR Pool II
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 February 2009
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Since the last trip to the Take Five FLIKR Pool, a bunch more have signed up to show off their CARS and even better, cute kids enjoying CARS 🙂 So, let’s take a look at what the latest FLIKR Pool joinees have been up to … Micky Micky was in the last roundup but his […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Frank, Painted, Stepping Out and Ready to Crush You Up!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 February 2009
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Frank was just a dream. Frank was just a plastic nubbin. Frank was a larger plastic nubbin. Frank was naked … Frank is painted and almost ready for action … He doesn’t look quite so pretty in pink … But I’m not telling him that … Frank Tippin’ Frank is rarin’ to go … All’s […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: On The (Carrying) Case
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 February 2009
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Need a quick carrying case getaway with your CARS? MiaSenorita offers up a solution: “Ok, so some of you might not be as excited about this because you don’t open yours… but for those of us that have kids I found this case at WalMart today (No, I did not find any new cars).  It […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Elvis RV World Tour To Hit USA Next Week … + the G to the Megasized …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 February 2009
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As many of you know, Elvis RV has already visited our Aussie friends … Oi, Oi, Oi? Is that right? Maybe it helps to have a few foamy ones before shouting that? 🙂 I’m sure back in 2006, we were all thinking the same thing – man, that Elvis RV CAR will be sweet to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Pirate Cars CARS Have Hit US Shores …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 February 2009
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At first glance, it’s plausible that they were some cake topper CARS toys or something … But then I looked at the packaging at ‘normal’ size, it’s time to call in the trademark & counterfeit police :-/ First big clue – read the blurb under “TOP” While it’s an interesting philosophical conundrum … as an […]