Articles in the Toys Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticulars Only at WM For Now …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 June 2009
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It might be time to drag out the gorilla photo but it may be someone at the Mattel warehouse to blame … RE-ENACTMENT “Hey, I’m here to fill the lenticular orders for everyone around the country, why is it empty here?” “I sent the whole thing to Walmart.” “The whole thing??!” “Was that wrong? Should […]

Disney Pixar CARS & Disney Pixar UP – Every Easter Egg
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 June 2009
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Slashfilm.com has thoughtfully rounded every Easter Egg in every Pixar film … SPOILER ALERT! This is the first appearance of a Pizza planet truck though clearly not Todd … this looks more like some panel truck plus he’s not all rusted ๐Ÿ™‚ Apparently. Todd appears later in the film also. BTW, an Easter Egg is […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Lenticulars Have Landed! (+ 2 Chase)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 May 2009
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Caitlin-FPG seems to have found the first Lenticular CARS in the US! (She’s in the Houston area). The good news is that CHASE Salutin’ Sarge and CHASE Ferrariย  F430 have kept their “Race O Rama” motif to complete our collection and ONLY the Lenticular CARS get the new design (see below). Here’s lenticular Sally and […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart CARS Day Case Pre-Sale “Email Me” Up
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 May 2009
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SOLD OUT! (for now?) – See link for updated info. Thanks to the eagle-eyes of NascarBroncoFan, it’s all true and very real. Kmart CARS Day II CARS are listed for “email notification.” Click on the graphic or the link to go to Kmart.com. Click on “EMAIL ME WHEN IT’S AVAILABLE” and they will send you […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Trunk Fresh in France
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Nice display … nice assortment. Well, other than the guy who peeled off one side to see if there was any candy hidden inside or an Apple car ๐Ÿ™‚

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Land of the Lost – McQueen 1:24 (UPDATED)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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The real Land of the Lost movie is starring Lightning McQueen 1:24 who seems to have fallen into a 1:12 scale hole somewhere. No one claims to know the whereabouts or what’s happening. The original plan was that there would be two versions. Matty would sell a version with real synthetic rubber tires and alternative […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic Book Issue #2
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Issue #2 of CARS: The Rookie comic is out. It’s a 4-part series on how Lightning “Bulldozer” McQueen landed the gig as a Rust Eze driver … Our Q&A with Alan Porter, the writer is HERE (along with a preview of issue #1). Mack as the Eggman is shown in this post from issue 31. […]

SOLD OUT"> SOLD OUT" class="title">San Diego Comic Con 2009 SOLD OUT
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Amazing. I hope that everyone who wanted tickets got one. It has NEVER sold out this early, last year was a sellout but I think the final tickets did not sell out until a couple weeks before the show opened but 2009 – 8 weeks away?!ย  Wow. For those not going to SDCC – we […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Canada TRU CARS Sale
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 May 2009
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Well, whatever you can find on the shelf for CARS – 25% OFF! Some exceptions apply – not good on singles or MegaBloks. (In Canadian dollars, of course). Though they have the new Mack TV in stock – couldn’t find on US TRU … Which we covered earlier – while not exactly the best TV […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Next Mini Motion Motorized Trailers
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 May 2009
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No case assortment info but these are the next three Mini Motion Motorized Trailers only one of which is truly new: First appearance of Mini Chick in Chick green. Dinoco McQueen has been available for a while – though now upgraded to painted eyes (and of course, trailer in Dinoco blue is new)ย  ๐Ÿ™‚ Mater […]