Articles in the TV Category

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 May 2009
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More photos rolling in of Mater Tall Tales – Rescue Squad Mater diecasts so it’s time to assemble it all together … SINGLES: Screen shots will be replace as actual diecast photos arrive … (Kori from WM8) From the quick screen time, it does not look like she is wearing a mask or nurses cap […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 May 2009
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As we all know, Nitroade is big with loads of money and can buy CARS like they were people … in fact, they even got RPM Pitty to be prominently featured showcasing their product on a WOC card … But now, they’ve gone too far … as SlicePie-Jake reports in … They have packed the […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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I’ve watched the fun setup at the stores and envied kids who got the kids-friendly train, & car moving track … When I was their age, I got a rock … and it wasn’t my rock, I borrowed it from the kid next door in the brown striped yellow shirt. But now, it looks like […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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Here’s Micky’s prize winning Walt Disney Resort’s MINI Mickey McQueen & Minnie Sally enjoying a drive … And Frank S. won the CTC Hauler Display Drawing (Haulers & CARS not included). Congrats Micky & Frank S. ! Thanks Fiddlehead & CTC for the prizes!

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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While these revised & “new” Movie Moments seem to have arrived in Canada & parts of Europe, not much inkling they are even about to return to the US … Since there is presumably going to be card redesign as we switch to lenticulars or “drifting,” it might be safe to guess we won’t see […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 May 2009
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Brown Fury has been studying his diecast CARS and has started a nice database for us – anyone with more to add? “I got a little mag-lens happy over the weekend and found a few surprises:” Van is from Dipstick Rusty, Dusty and Mack from Our Fair City Boost from Nitropolis Fred from Hello My […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 May 2009
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Well, the CARS situation in in the UK & Europe could be better but at least it’s not Dickensian … “Rippers” sends us nice photos and a boatload of info – thanks! Story Tellers have arrived at Tesco at £3.97 each – about the same pricing in the US …I believe an exclusive also – […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 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 […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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How patient can you be? Elvis RV arrived to resellers around March 5th … On May 17, 2009, I saw the first one a shelf in NorCal … @73 Days or 10 weeks or 2 months and 12 days … Dustin Mellows arrived around December 28, 2008 to resellers … I spotted the first one […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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Here is now the FINAL and official US Case Assortment … Shipping today from CTC, thanks for the final update CTC. And yea, Mattel can change case assortments as they see fit because everything is tagged: Subject to Change.