Articles in the Film Category

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 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Storyteller’s Bubba Will be HUGE … In More Ways Than One …
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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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When will the next Storytellers release arrive? In a few months? Bubba will be HUGE in many ways … Appropriately scaled of course … And of course, chock full of metal goodness 🙂 Bubba might have to be megasized? Or packed with Ligui? (since there’s no megasize for the Storytellers series listed but maybe there […]

Disney Pixar CARS: When in Kansas, Say Hi To Tow Tater ..
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 February 2009
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From a feature in TampaBayOnline … about a Pixar CARS Route 66 inspired restaurant. “When the Pixar folks were doing research for “Cars,” they took a trip down Route 66, Renee said. As they passed through Kansas, they spotted the old truck with its boom up, and a tree growing through its middle. Just like […]

TakeFiveADay: MegaHeat Contest #2 (CLUESou!)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 February 2009
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Thanks to MegaHeat’s non clue clues … everyone is scattered everywhere … so you have 36 hours to submit an entry where the weather is much warmer … hint, hint, hint … Meanwhile, BostonScoot will provide travelers aid from one end with his newly restored …1963 Vespa Puma 200 ..old frame with newer 200 cc […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collectors Field Guide to the Singles – Supercharged: Parts 3 & 4 of 10
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 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 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Hauler Distribution Changes & Half Starts
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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From the BEGINNING of distribution of the Haulers, there has been changes all along the way. You can click through to read each post along the way or the summary here. OCTOBER 2008 CASE A of the Haulers was going to be a FIRST TO SHIP to Walmart ONLY. November 2008 In November, this is […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: First Look – No Stall Hauler
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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Here’s a first look at the No Stall Hauler … since our list extends through CASE F only … with NO No Stall listed … looks like we will seeing No Stall Hauler in late summer? And presumably he’ll be available as a No Stall Semi (Cab only) in the Megasize line?

Disney Pixar CARS: Scariest Pirate CAR Ever- El Diablo McQueen
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 February 2009
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A few days ago, Altan in Turkey spotted this Pirate Mater Deadnought … And we thought that was the pinnacle of ‘dead in the water,’ and in theory, it would be hard for Disney to claim that this a Mater as you could claim it’s a singing dancing brown tow truck with random spray paint […]