Articles in the TV Category

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Sergio, Seanus, Jasnkar4ever& Allthatufear
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

Boom – Boom – Boom: 6-Page Sneak Peek Preview of Upcoming CARS Comic Book!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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From Boom Studios, a New CARS comic book about how a certain “Bulldozer McQueen” became Lightning McQueen! Alan Porter, the writer of the 4-part CARS Comic #1-#4 was nice enough to answer some questions … First, tell us a little about your work bio? AJP: Publishing software executive by day – Freelance Writer & “Pop […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CSI: Piston Cup Racers Pit Row Clues
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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As if Aroldo P. of Italy hasn’t already done enough for us, he discovered a great screenshot of Pit Row that appeared in the CARS Magazine – Italian version. It is obviously shrunk down to fit our pages here but you can see it’s a puzzle for kids (cut out squares on the right) to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Report From Turkey
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 February 2009
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While Australia just reported in that their situation is better …, not so much in Turkey. Altan reports in he has to resort to this exotic bazaar called eBay … where everything is RARE! 👿 As he writes … the situation sadly sounds all too familiar … “Yes. My ebay control panel says, I spent […]

Disney Pixar CARS: WorldofCars.com Update & Codes Update
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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For those who need an introduction, on the back of the name plate “ticket” on each of the Mattel Disney Pixar diecast CARS is a number. Then go to www.WorldofCARS.com. Be sure and register first(free) and then enter codes to help you build a race car and unlock tracks to race … for now, the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aussies in the CARS House … Plus New Stuff!
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 February 2009
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Aussies are a tough lot … “An Australian surfer punched a 16-foot shark in the head as he rescued his 13-year-old cousin who had been bitten on the leg and dragged beneath the water.” (Yahoo News) So, when they were mentioned earlier in year there were not many CARS to buy, that probably meant they […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Retailing … 2009
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 February 2009
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As we know, times are tough and from yesterday we saw the financial numbers from Mattel … But who’s dropping the ball here? Mattel or Target? Yea, I know the Team Haulers will eventually be back on the shelves at Target … but meanwhile, it’s a COMPLETE SELLOUT across the US, any left on the […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: WorldofCARS.com Update
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 3 February 2009
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The official launch now reads SUMMER 2009 … So, until then, the codes contained on the back of the “tickets” for most of the releases will work for EVERYONE. For those unaware, the codes on the back of every CARS name plate (ticket) contains a code which are worth points at worldofcars.com – for now, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mattel Financial Numbers
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 February 2009
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Mattel’s financial numbers for Q4 (the hliday quarter was released and numbers were not so good) … Overall, Mattel’s profit for the quarter of $176m was 46 per cent down on the same period in 2007, and missed forecasts from Wall Street analysts. The collapse of Woolworths in the UK was one of the factors […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Matty Could Use Your Help …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 February 2009
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If your a friend of Matty on Facebook … He might send you a survey … Thanks for the heads up PirateDad …