Articles in the Film Category
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Some people have reported that Haulers are no longer listed in the system at their Walmart – no need to panic. Walmart is making some adjustments to their UPC and store inventory database. As you know, Walmart tracks CARS by their own individual UPC and the “group” UPC and they are making changes to their […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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You had a lot of questions and we have lots of answers … some of them even pertaining to your question! ๐ I know Mattel would never just make a case of new cars butโฆ. why couldnโt Mattel ship a case of mostly new cars with a few McQโs or some of the older ones […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 March 2009
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Spotted by Mike E. Too funny! Dude! PIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Mike E. for driving, photographing and texting us – you are the man! Justin couldn’t resist … making it just a little more real ๐ Remember – BELIEVE EVERYTHING you see ๐ Thanks Mike E. & Justin/Just3d – it is a Pixar world! ๐ Coming in […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 March 2009
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The first go-around of the Storytellers series was a big hit … Make that a surprise hit. Well, maybe not to us ๐ Hence, the giant gap between Release 1.0 & Release 2.0 but then again, Target doesn’t seem to mind taking down displays only to put them up again later. The new lineup is […]
Posted in Disney Pixar, Film, movies on 13 March 2009
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Pixar’s next movie, UP, will also have one of their incredible shorts preceeding it called, PARTLY CLOUDY.ย Rumor has it that PARTLY CLOUDY is ‘an up-in-the-skies fable about how storks and cloud people work together to deliver babies of all shapes, sizes and species’. From the AWN website: “Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 March 2009
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Where’s your precious RPM Hauler now? Yea, I said it – it’s just me – RPM Semi … yea, where’s your precious hauler? No where to be found. We’re the smiling bunch! We’ll cheer up any and every proper completist … we’re megasize with action, baby! Besides, my case pack comes with classy friends … […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 March 2009
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Of course, CARS will easily take over one room that’s unguarded … spouse is away for an hour ๐ Photo courtesy of NCC-2000 … but now, you can have it “professional.” Okay, in this case, you actually have to buy a house and then Disney will spiff it up one or more of the room […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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There have been reports that the Team Haulers labels are being pulled from the shelves but don’t worry – they are only going away temporarily. Once again, the sales of the Team Haulers were a surprise so now, they are going back to “make more.” (that’s technical speak in manufacturing ๐ ). There is a […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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JPK of Chicago happened to be in Finland the other day so he ditched his meeting and went in search of CARS … (okay, I may have embellished a little ๐ ). He writes: “I had to go to Helsinki, Finland last week on business. ย Whenever and wherever I travel, I am always keeping an […]
Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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Of course, the official Apple logo is not a flat gray anymore but a beveled gray … So Aroldo has updated his Apple Piston Cup Racer to be compliant – ready for CARS 2. For typeface geeks, the “84” looks like it’s the Myriad Pro Black SemiExtended font. Myriad Pro is the quasi official current […]