Articles in the Film Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collect the One … Thy Name McQueen
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 March 2009
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Save a lot of wear and tear on the brain … is his name Dash or Chuck? If it’s not McQueen … me’h You have it all – you have comedy, drama and roughage … Let’s have fun with Doc, we’ll all pit together … We are the one. It’s true what they say, you […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Value of Open & The Value of Sealed
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 17 March 2009
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Kari C. asked an interesting question about what would be more valuable – CARS cards that are sealed or CARS & cards opened … and of course, the general and quickest inclination would be to answer – sealed. Which is generally correct but CARS presents an interesting and usual set of further circumstances that might […]

Choking Squirrels in the Great Depression … Um, Not a Euphemism …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Food, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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I guess that’s the scale you can use to measure the depth of our economic problems … if you’re in a tree choking a squirrel for dinner … bad times. So, if you can’t find Elvis RV, don’t ask this guy if he has one with less shelf rub … Full story HERE from the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Opening + Batmobile
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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From Southern Cal, look – it’s sunny! Look, it’s naked Ramone … yea, back in the days when cars were recognizable … the cool cat Chevy … Lenin V. is on his way to check out the new Target opening … in thsi economy, we probably won’t have that many store openings but remember to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Retiring Kind
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 16 March 2009
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For the Disney Pixar diecast CARS line, Mattel has not officially retired any CARS though there are some that have been unofficially officially retired … Generally, if a change or a fix is made, it’s unlikely to go back for another “fix” – for good or bad – but Mattel (and every other company) doesn’t […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Fixin’ For a Fixing
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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As I’ve said before, CARS is the greatest diecast line ever design & production wise. And unlike most other diecast lines, they have actually gone back and fixed certain CARS because of non-canon or production errors but MORE amazingly, they have gone back and even fixed scale issues – which is almost unheard of – […]

TakeFiveADay Elvis RV Contest: Win Crazyforcarsakajim’s Elvis RV (LAST DAY TO ENTER!)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Contests, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Crazyforcarsakajim is graciously donating an Elvis RV. Not this one – just to show you what it looks like in case you forgot. RULES: In CARS world what kind of CARS Food item would Elvis RV love? Sure, Gask-It Biscuits are nice and N20 Cola is bubbly and taste like your favorite antifreeze should 🙂 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Wally Hauler WINNER
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Congrats: jdinh131 Kalispell, Montana was the Walmart city random selected by RANDOM GENERATOR. Must be cold there, looks pretty far north. There were only a few entries that select Kalispell, Montana. I then went to the McDonald’s menu page and since sandwiches are listed first, I randomly selected it to pick one and the winner […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collectors Field Guide to Singles – Retail Exclusives: Part 7 of 10
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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The first six parts of the Collector’s Field Guide covered the single CARS on hanging blisters that were available to all authorized Mattel resellers including the main retailers, small retailers, online and other resellers. In 2007, the first exclusives were merely packaging exclusives at Target until the important Walmart 8 exclusives released in October 2007 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mainline G Case Shipping Next Week
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Leaving Mattel’s warehouse next week – so you might see it at the tail end of next week on the shelves or early the following week. NEW – Andrea & Milton. First ever CHASE CAR that is the exact same as the regular CAR release other than the packaging (presumably) – we’ll know more next […]