Articles in the Film Category
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 April 2009
Stats: and 64 Comments
As noted earlier, Pit Row launchers are going to exclusive status and now we know where … When? Unknown. Maybe this Autumn? Same as Movie Moments? Since Target uses DPCI numbers and not UPC’s – until something shows up, not even Target employees know how to look up things 🙁 But the rumor is Autumn […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 April 2009
Stats: and 23 Comments
As many of you have seen this pic posted on Matty’s FaceBook page … It is A picture of the Mattel CARS San Diego Comic Con 2009 offering but it is NOT the final representation of what the exclusive Fire Engine Mater & Dalmation Mia & Tia will look like at SD Comic Con 2009. […]
Posted in Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Video on 2 April 2009
Stats: and 14 Comments
Here is Pixar’s funny little short film “For the Birds” that was included on the DVD for Monsters Inc. Enjoy!
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 April 2009
Stats: and 28 Comments
Walmart started the ball rolling on the singles, dropping them back to $2.97 … Then of all places, Kmart went even better – $2.49 … but if you thought your WM selection was not so good – say hello to November 2008 … And this morning, SlicePie reports in that Target’s are at $2.99 … […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 April 2009
Stats: and 28 Comments
Yep, the D CASE launchers are shipping next week … ♫ Hey, wait a minute, did CASE C of the launchers ship? Yep in Germany and the Philippines. So, we’re not getting Easy Idle, Fiber Fuel and Mood Springs in the US next as launchers. Nope. That’s not logical. Yep. Will we get CASE C […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 April 2009
Stats: and 12 Comments
“David V.” sends us some great April 1 “new” CARS releases … 🙂 When you just can’t decide what Fred size you feel like today … a Fred for every size … This will actually be a CHASE CAR in 2010 – Sepia tinted Fabulous Hudson Hornet (like the newspaper article McQueen reads). And I […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 April 2009
Stats: and 19 Comments
Okay, that might be a little too much hype … hey, it’s better than collecting furry mooses 🙂 (yes, I know that moose plural does not need an “s” at the end but mooses is funny to say 🙂 ). Discounted to $19.99 though no real hurry – says sale runs through May. Okay, in […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 April 2009
Stats: and 42 Comments
The oddball branch of the CARS family … no real purpose yet they seem to hang around. The Check Lane series makes sense for Hot Wheels – stores that don’t normally carry toys can put a few Hot Wheels at the checkout area as impulse buys … and since there’s no “complete” set of characters, […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 April 2009
Stats: and 29 Comments
You know CARS are just too hard to collect, I think it’s time to switch to these … Who can resist furry moose and a pig (?) eating marshmallows on a stick? No chase anteaters, no buy 5, get 1 free dingo promo to deal with. And look, a tiny tent – man, finally something […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Music, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 March 2009
Stats: and 11 Comments
Finally decided to test out the iTunes iMix feature … Here’s your 200-mile round trip soundtrack for CARS shopping … with some songs to match your mood when you find nothing in the middle three stores but then SCORE! 🙂 Click on the image or THIS TEXT LINK to launch iTunes and be taken to […]