Articles in the Retail Category
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 16 December 2009
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Like the old saying goes, you never just have two hamsters … On Planet eBay, can you hear 40,000 sellers cry out in anguish? 🙂 The running of the furry hamsters might be over … And just when I bought a container ship of the Punjabi Cage Death Match playset … passing through the grid […]
Posted in Retail on 15 December 2009
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Not sure how many are left on the shelves … And yes, they are larger than the Mattel scale but they are nice and nicely detailed … Lightning McQueen in his bullfighting montera (did you know that’s what the hat is called?) If not, once again, you are smarter for having read TakeFive 🙂 Waiting […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 14 December 2009
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This is the NEAR final card design for the Final Lap series with ONE CRUCIAL element changed-erased. Why is the removal of ONLY AT TARGET element significant? It means that other retailers/other resellers can sell Final Lap CARS if Mattel decides to without making any card changes … at the drop of the hat. The […]
Posted in iPhone, Retail on 13 December 2009
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If you are weighing whether to get an iPhone or an iPod Touch (or commonly called the iTouch), here the main differences. They look essentially the same, the iTouch is slightly less thick. The iTouch has all the features of the iPhone except it has no built in microphone, no video camera, no photo camera, […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 11 December 2009
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Since there’s some confusion about the books of CARS, let’s start from the start. There is no official novelization of the movie for teens or adults, there are-were some for kids that encapsulate the story of CARS, the 2006 film but for adults, here are the official, blessed, sanctioned or in effect, the short list […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 11 December 2009
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From the WORLD OF CARS Expanded Universe Book … It’s BUBBA! He comes in the 2-pack with Brand New Mater and he’s as big as he should be … How big is he? Um, about 40 Guido’s? Or a better perspective as to why even at twice the cost Guido, he might be worth it […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 10 December 2009
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Target: Of course, no price match as Target is the only place selling the set of hauler, piston cup race car & pitty. Okay, not specifically CARS related but in theory, .you could project CARS from your iPod … pretty cool. At TRU, the Mater Super Stunt Playset is on sale along with Mater Tall […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 9 December 2009
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Target is a nice place to shop. The stores are bright, clean and you rarely have to wait very long in line. Most of their employees seem eager to help. They even have scanners set up so you can actually search not only the store inventory but where it in the store and if they […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 7 December 2009
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When in Canada in the next few days, be sure and stop by Canadian Tires who are having a 50% off sale on the giant CARS box set … $24.99 Canadian (@ $23.59 USD is not a terrible deal for 10 random Supercharged-WOC Card CARS) … from our original post and pics from “PirateDad,” it’s […]
Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 7 December 2009
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“CrushnRush” asks an intriguing question – for the seemingly small Final Lap distribution numbers, from what we have seen on the shelves, don’t ALL Final Lap CARS qualify as “Chase” CARS? So far, it’s not far off base. The simple math is there are @1,700 Target stores … since there are 4 Dexter Hoover’s in […]