Articles in the Film Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Sven Must Be Found!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 January 2009
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If you could travel forward in time to Summer of 2009, you will find these on the shelf …* This CAR is ripped with details – can’t wait … will arrive a few cases after Elvis … it will easier to find as there’s 3 to a case – can’t find the rest of the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Caitlin-FPG Also Says to Look For …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Yes, sometimes you have the bad with the good but you can’t really find … … in the same store you’d find … You have to drive at least 30 miles 🙂 … Though sometimes you can Diddly-Squat and Squat at the same store. Thanks for the rarer than Rollin’ Bowling Mater on cards CARS, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Piston Cup Starter Set
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Your next track playset … The loop-de-loop looks pretty cool. Perfect for placing lil’ bro’s head there to see if that might hurt if full speed RPM comes barreling through … all in the name of science, of course … Also folds up … And you can even store a few CARS … good thing […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Easter Eggs – Other Photos
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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The first Target Easter post is here … and of course, the two CARS without an Easter egg photo next to it were two CARS already out, Charlie Checker & Shiny Wax Crew Chief but if case you want to see them nestled next to their egg house. And Charlie Checker – still cannot really […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Frank the Combine – Homeward Bound
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 27 January 2009
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Three years later, Frank the Combine is finally coming home to roost. The history of frank the Combine is fraught with villainy (eBay sellers), scum of the Earth (uh, other eBay sellers) and small girls who roll the dice when it’s NOT THEIR TURN! YEA YOU! CHEATER CHEATER! Um, what was I saying again? Oh […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Caitlin-FPG Says the Shelves are Never Truely Empty …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Remember, if the store looks like this … Or the CARS shelf looks like this … As Caitlin-FPG always says – remember to go around way back and you call always buy the special collector’s card that is the most special of them all … Thanks Caitlin-FPG for the great art of a card and […]

Venice Film Festival to Award Lifetime Achievement to John Lasseter & Pixar
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 January 2009
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The prestigious Venice Film Festival is honoring John Lasseter & Pixar with a lifetime achievement award … “Lasseter has not only contributed in a fundamental manner to bringing animation cinema to new heights as one of the great expressive forces of the new millennium, but has also become one of the symbols of the most […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Glue Fix – It Ain’t Pretty But It Is Round
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 January 2009
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“Short Card” Lane Mates now featuring one (or two) totally free round transparent stickers as a glue booster. Chuki_Mama spotted these at a Target … There is one directly under the WOC’s logo and another on Sally (Orange Arrow). You know, the old saying, if the glue does not stick, put a clear sticker on […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Stand Up For CARS – Collect Them All
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 January 2009
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I guess I vaguely recalled seeing a Mater a long time ago but forgot about them but in case you want fairly large sized standees of the CARS townies … here ya go … Mater is @55 inches x 41 inches or about 4′ 6″ (wide) by 3.4″ (tall) – most of the others differ […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Showgirls 3-Pack – Now I’m Convinced!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 January 2009
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For all those who thought – Showgirls, sure – but who wants another McQueen? First, notice the nice chrome on the Showgirls … nice upgrade there … Of course, like you really needed a extra nice quality reason to buy these … did you also take a closer look at McQueen? It’s “I’m Passing YOU […]