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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Spare Mint or Spare O Mint
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 12 May 2009
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Do you have a mint to spare? For the variant o mint? Spare us some Variant Mint? What was once Spare Mint is now? O, Spare us! We once had names and apparently now taken over by the Tach-O-Mint corporation? … Or it’s a Scottish ancestry thing? Thanks for spotting the name change, MackDaddy or […]

San Diego Comic Con: It’s Getting Kind of Hectic … & Selling Out
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 May 2009
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Better hurry if you’ve been asleep at the switch … Tickets for SDCC 2009. (or click on graphic above). BTW, if you haven’t seen the Star Trek movie – I give it 4 Mini-Skirted Red um, skirts … an excellent reboot … nothing further, no spoilers 🙂 Available at Amazon. Or read the graphic novel […]

TakeFiveADay Disney MINI Contest Winner!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 11 May 2009
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It’s Micky! Literally! Micky wins! (naturally, with a name like Micky! 🙂   ). To win the Exclusive Mickey Lightning McQueen & Minnie Sally Disney resort playmat generously donated by Fiddlehead of Maine, you had to regale us with your Disneyland/World/Resort story … of the best stories, Fiddlehead selected the best of the best and because […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: 3-Pack D Case Shipped But CHANGES?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 May 2009
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“Marcus G.” seems to have gotten the first case and it looks like Mattel has moved Chick Hick Mia & Tia to CASE D and presumably moved the Showgirls to CASE E? The new CASE D as opened by Marcus G. And he sends along some nice photos … With Chick #86 stickers … Second […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Next Collector Guide & CAR …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 May 2009
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The next Mattel CARS Collector Guide & CAR coming this year end? Yep, Dragon Lightning McQueen. Look for it with the 2010 Collector Guide booklet around the end of this year, 2009. (sorry for the original poorly worded sentence 🙂  ).

John Lasseter Says ‘More CARS’ and Drink Up!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Food, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 May 2009
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In the Hollywood Reporter story on the new Pixar Animation Studio-Vancouver, (Quote from Pixar GM Jim Morris) “We have a somewhat unfulfilled demand,” he said. “We wanted to do various things with ‘Toy Story’ to keep the characters alive. People like to see them somewhat regularly.” He pointed to Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Encore! Encore! Playsets! Encore!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 May 2009
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Our old friends have returned wearing new clothes … boxes … Interesting they don’t point out in large letters that Mater is not included … maybe on the back? Luigi’s box does point that not are vehicles not included but ‘subject to availability’ though of course, Guido should be easy to find at TRU.  🙂 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: San Diego Comic Con Rescue Ransburg Mater Box – VIDEO!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 May 2009
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Here is a quick look video at the LED flames in action. I repeated the sequence a few times … it normally lights up for about 10 seconds. Great and classy display along with three amazing looking CARS. Just great! Still photos in this post.

Disney Pixar Films: Opening Shorts Studio in Vancouver (Canada)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 May 2009
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Want to live in one of the great cities of North America? Work for some company named Pixar? AND they will even pay you? 🙂 “The company uses short films as springboards for its feature animations, and that will be the role of the Vancouver studio. A Pixar short takes six to 12 months to […]

CARS CARES Auction #2: Signed Martin Arriola Faux Wheel Drive!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 May 2009
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Not only do you get to contribute to the great CARS CARE program of getting CARS and toys to kids when they need it most … but you get a one of a kind item signed by “the coach.” The CARS are birthed at Pixar but you need the right coach to shape ’em up […]