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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Samurai60 Pay It Forward, Part II
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Posted in collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 7 February 2009
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A few months, Samurai60 was nice enough to write us and note … “I wrote a while ago about how happy I was to find a place where money wasnโ€™t the be all end all. It was absolutely refreshing to find a place where people did things to help others out and not for financial […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: NY Comic Con CARS – You Are THERE!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 February 2009
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Thanks to BigMatt56 who sent us a bevy of photos, it’s like we are there … BigMatt56, have a slice, a pastrami on rye and some Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry for us … and then for lunch … ๐Ÿ™‚ Yea, yea, it’s not ‘evil eye’ McQueen here but I’m checking for you … Coming to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target & WM Shopping Update Feb ’09
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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First, apparently it’s Bizarro Walmart all over most of America – they do NOT want us to buy things … other than the Heaven WM (All the CARS + 50% Off Ammo ๐Ÿ™‚ ). “Umgriz” sends us this photo (will the DMV let you have Umgriz? ๐Ÿ™‚ ) NOW. this is a WAYBACK machine … […]

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Sergio, Seanus, Jasnkar4ever& Allthatufear
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) ๐Ÿ™‚ SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

Boom – Boom – Boom: 6-Page Sneak Peek Preview of Upcoming CARS Comic Book!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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From Boom Studios, a New CARS comic book about how a certain “Bulldozer McQueen” became Lightning McQueen! Alan Porter, the writer of the 4-part CARS Comic #1-#4 was nice enough to answer some questions … First, tell us a little about your work bio? AJP: Publishing software executive by day – Freelance Writer & “Pop […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CSI: Piston Cup Racers Pit Row Clues
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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As if Aroldo P. of Italy hasn’t already done enough for us, he discovered a great screenshot of Pit Row that appeared in the CARS Magazine – Italian version. It is obviously shrunk down to fit our pages here but you can see it’s a puzzle for kids (cut out squares on the right) to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Report From Turkey
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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While Australia just reported in that their situation is better …, not so much in Turkey. Altan reports in he has to resort to this exotic bazaar called eBay … where everything is RARE! ๐Ÿ‘ฟ As he writes … the situation sadly sounds all too familiar … “Yes. My ebay control panel says, I spent […]

Disney Pixar CARS: WorldofCars.com Update & Codes Update
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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For those who need an introduction, on the back of the name plate “ticket” on each of the Mattel Disney Pixar diecast CARS is a number. Then go to www.WorldofCARS.com. Be sure and register first(free) and then enter codes to help you build a race car and unlock tracks to race … for now, the […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: WorldofCARS.com Update
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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The official launch now reads SUMMER 2009 … So, until then, the codes contained on the back of the “tickets” for most of the releases will work for EVERYONE. For those unaware, the codes on the back of every CARS name plate (ticket) contains a code which are worth points at worldofcars.com – for now, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mattel Financial Numbers
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 February 2009
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Mattel’s financial numbers for Q4 (the hliday quarter was released and numbers were not so good) … Overall, Mattelโ€™s profit for the quarter of $176m was 46 per cent down on the same period in 2007, and missed forecasts from Wall Street analysts. The collapse of Woolworths in the UK was one of the factors […]