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Disney CARS Comics – U.S. & International ….
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 March 2009
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Of course, there’s the great international CARS “magazine” with versions published in the UK, Italy, The Netherlands and Turkey. Altan in Turkey sends us scans of the latest, each month features a different character – Chick Hicks this month. Cover says “Piston Cup will be my my friend!” Story 1 “Second, again”, Chick Hicks misses […]

Inkjet or Laser Print Your Own Decals …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 March 2009
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After seeing Aroldo Pongetti’s Wally hauler turned into the Apple hauler, many are ready to try your hand at it … “I removed the Walmart logos on the hat and on the sides with fine sand paper, then masked the parts and repainted first with a white primer coat and second with can glossy white […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Come For the Easter Egg CARS, Stay For the McQueen Surprise
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 March 2009
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The new Target Easter Egg CARS are here … the are pretty much exactly as the previews promised and no surprise, the case assortment of 6 is there are 3 McQueens and 1 of each of the others. What is nice is that these are the first Target holiday CARS to feature “different” selections than […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: First Look – Lights, Camera … Greatness …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 March 2009
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The greatness in this line is that every CAR is equally great. In a normal situation, sure McQueen & Mater would look nice but corners would be cut for your random CAR … and we would just have to accept it or maybe even expect it …. but what makes this the greatest diecast line […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: My Name is Indigo Blu Ray McQueen … You Killed My Reputation & I …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 March 2009
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Everytime I try to walk, you pull me back in … Everytime I think I am done writing about Blu Ray McQueen, I get pulled in the black-purple gaping maw that is the Sarlacc of CARS … (aka: The Great Pit of CARStoon 🙂  ). Without going over everything again – read this POST FIRST. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Todd, Pizza Planet Truck – Brown Out
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 March 2009
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Todd, the Pizza planet truck will be here in a few months … May or June … meanwhile, there are a few who um, escaped out the factory back door … Normally, I’m not big of eBay picture graboidism but in this case, it’s all for journalism … the truth and of course, the truth […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Elvis RV – It’s the Gold Elvis Standard …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Music, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 March 2009
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50,000,000 Elvis & CAR fans say ‘thank you very much …’ One for the money … Two for the show … Three to get ready … Go cat, go … to the store shelves where you might find me … if you’re first … ‘Cause Elvis RV will be big … Huuuuggeeee … even … […]

Mattel Toy Testing: This is Serious Business …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 March 2009
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This is either Ice Sea Fishing Barbie or Accessory Too Large For My Head Barbie. Please rate for play value? Do you agree that her boots are kicky?

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Day at the Races Book – CARS2 Clues?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 March 2009
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I got a copy of the two sided Disney Press book, “Day at the Races-Night Vision” that “LiamsMom” first pointed out to us last week. It’s the story of McQueen’s new track at Radiator Springs … Fortunately, in an internal combustion engine society, you can build a race track without having to file an environmental […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: When You Click Your Heels, All your Apple Car & Apple Hauler Dreams Will Come True …
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 March 2009
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In a magical world (Earth 2.0 to be precise), all these are available … here on this Earth, sadly, not so much … yea, who would buy these? In case you missed the earlier posts, all of these are crafted by hand by Mr. Aroldo Pongetti. Check out the posts HERE, HERE & HERE. Why? […]