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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 […]

Squirrels Enjoy Eating Squirrel Chips – That’s Squirrelly!
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Posted in Advertising, diecast, Food, Internet, Marketing, Retail on 14 March 2009
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And you know this must be true, it’s from THE SUN as all Ukers can vouch 🙂 “CANNABALISTIC squirrels are going nuts for Walkers SQUIRREL flavoured crisps” Full story HERE …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Answers to Your Questions – March 2009
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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! 🙂 I know Mattel would never just make a case of new cars but…. why couldn’t Mattel ship a case of mostly new cars with a few McQ’s or some of the older ones […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aroldo CARS2 Apple Piston Cup Racer Custom
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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 […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The New Tomica Box Set
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 11 March 2009
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The only other ongoing diecast CARS series is from Japan, from Tomica. Unlike the Mattel line which other than the love of re-re-releasing McQueen’s in each box has given us over 200 CARS – Tomica is pretty much sticking to a few dozen CARS and has been re-issuing them with different eye positions. They do […]

TakeFiveADay – MegaHeat & Wally Hauler Contest
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 March 2009
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Win a Walmart Wally Hauler from Megaheat! MegaHeat has gotten locked inside a real Wally hauler – what state will be end up in? I have a feeling he might not get out until it gets to a Walmart in _________________. He might not get much to eat except for some bitterroot which is all […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Air, Pump & McQueen + Sheriff & Mater
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 March 2009
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Not part of the 1:55 line and not metal diecast but here is the first look at the Air Power assortment … PR-Marketing is breathless … “Get ready for high-flying fun and a new way to race favorite Cars characters from the movie. Just pump the vehicle with air, push it and the air propels […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Who’s Your TJ, Who’s Your TJ?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 March 2009
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TJ has got a whole lotta junk in the trunk … Plus if you look closely, TUF GUE is back on the license … maybe he’s French Canadian – he’s a Tough “Gee” as they pronounce the name GUY in certain parts … Or maybe you must ‘Collect Them All,’ when they correct it 4 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: TJ – Now a Bigger Carbon & Metal Footprint – YES!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 March 2009
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There’s not a lot wrong with the Mattel Disney Pixar 1:55 series diecasts but there were two problemos …size wise. (Sarge non-distribution distribution is another issue). As you see here, from the film, Sarge is right sized as the WWII Army Jeeps were not big … and in the film, TJ is a the size […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic Book & Other Pixar …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 March 2009
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For those who missed the preview from a few weeks ago, Boom Studios is releasing a short series of CARS comics and some other Pixar ones. If your comic book store is large, they might be ordering these but if they’re a smaller store, they may not be getting these plus since it’s a smaller […]