Articles in the Mattel Category

Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments Featuring Disney Pixar Cars Luigi and Guido
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 7 January 2009
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Over the years I have received some fun ornaments from Mrs. Tizmanian that have fueled my passion for comic books, scifi, and other fun stuff such as Batman on the Batcycle, Superman flying over Daily Planet, and a little lunch box replica that came with the thermos such as Super Friends featuring Batgirl, The Flash, […]

TakeFiveAday December Contest Winners
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Posted in CARS, Contests, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 10 December 2008
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The December contest produced some really nice entries across the board.  Here are our four winners: An HHR submitted by Supergrassgirl. A wood skinned lambo submitted by h1topper. A unique tank submitted by Gervart. A nice bluesmobile submitted by Jarrod. Submissions came from across the U.S., the UK, Australia, and France!  Well done folks!  We […]

For Mattel Haters: There’s Something In My Eye ….
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Posted in Mattel on 20 November 2008
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Mattel Kmart Hot Wheels Event – Maine
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel, Retail, Toys on 20 September 2008
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Here’s the scoop from a Fiddlehead in Maine about how the Hot Wheels event this morning at Kmart … if it goes as smoothly for CARS, there will be much rejoicing … The KM Event went a little differently for us because there were more cases than people. I arrived 15 minutes before 9am and […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: Online World Coming … “World of Cars.com”
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, Design, Disney Pixar, Film, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Mattel, Toys, TV, Video Games on 15 September 2008
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From Last March … “Disney Eyes More Online Investment The Walt Disney Co. will invest more in online games and virtual worlds following the success of sites with themes based on Disney Fairies and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” In 2008, the company will launch an online game site based on the Disney/Pixar film “Cars,” Disney […]

Contest Winner … It’s Contestant Number …
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 15 September 2008
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WINNER … Contestant #2! The simple entry wins! “Baby Jace has a special place waiting on Lightning Storm McQueen Under the watchful eye of all his friends The special place will never end.” Here’s Jace ready to gnaw and drool on some CARS 🙂 Congrats! NOTE FROM JOHN … “Yes, Jace and I would like […]

Lego My Death Star: I Have a Better One …
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Posted in collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 August 2008
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The first Lego Death Star* was decent but at $270 for essentially a couple thousand gray pieces was not particularly exciting … And they realized that we wanted more so finally, they have delivered a Death Star you want … You get ALL the best Death Star scenes …“including the Death Star control room, rotating […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: The Motor Speedway Number Letter
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Posted in Advertising, Checklist, collecting, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 27 July 2008
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After Comic Con, May 2008 feels like a year ago … the Hot Wheels Red Line Club has finally scrapped together an envelope and some hologram stickers to complete the Motor Speedway set. As some of you might recall, they pointed out the set would be number 1 of 1,000 and then forgot to sticker […]