Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Tongue McQueen Not Licked Yet (+eBay Followup)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 January 2009
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This is what the 3-CAR GIFT PACK with Finish Line McQueen should look like … However, it seems that “danversMABlowhard” has found 3 or 4 of these cases with Tongue McQueen instead. As a cynic, I’m 89% convinced it’s a tampering and replace but what do you think – relatively easy to slice open, unwire, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Mack Scale of It
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 January 2009
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For some reason, people think the Mack Hauler is too small. He’s not as large as he could be but he’s not too small – there is a difference. As you can see, he is visually appropriate in comparison to McQueen … This photo is shot with the camera placed directly in front of the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The WM & TRU (Intended) Reset
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 January 2009
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Well, these are reset & restocked … Toys? Um, not so much … And if you spot these at TRU, that means they have finished taking inventory and the reset should take places in days or a few weeks at most … in theory, of course … in practice, your guess is as good as […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers, Some Things to Consider
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 January 2009
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Haulers. Don’t take them for granted. If you want them – buy them. Do not wait for another day because they may not be around for long. They are as rare as gems created by earth crushing forces and fires of a thousand white hot suns … To us, they sparkle like the gems that […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Business End of the Haulers & Case Assortments
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 January 2009
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Our favorite toymaker, Martin A. can attest. He slides down the Mattel pole with his design team to the basement where the chocolate river goes past the truffle bushes and he meets the magical supermodel elves, and before they even have to speak*, they present them with dozens of beautiful diecasts made from ever lasting […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Impound Lightning McQueen – The Chase to Europe
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 January 2009
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Looks like that 20,000 production number was just for the US … Impound Lightning McQueen and the first CHASE CAR (in a multitude of languages has arrived in Europe). And of course, the question is – will the European CHASE CARS also lose their confetti? Can you say THE CHASE IS ON in Flemish? Thanks […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Chase Confetti Tossed
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 8 January 2009
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Without going into too much detail, the word is that confetti on the Chase blisters is no more. This was not a cost savings measure – more of a creative look & feel decision … So, in the midst of the change, some Boost and some Snot Rod’s seem to have escaped the factory wearing […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Red Rims Mario Andretti in the Maison
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 January 2009
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As we learned a few days ago, Mario Andretti with the correct red rims has arrived in France … Here he is out of his plastic prison next to old/variant Mario Andretti Not sure why it took a year … But one more error fixed. So he should start showing all over Europe very soon? […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers & Team Haulers … Er, Collect Them All!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 January 2009
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If the Haulers are nice as is … They are triple H as nice with a Piston Cup Racer & a Pitty! Nice. Hella nice. Hella, hella nice. These sets work on a lot of levels. Of course, once you have the haulers done – might as well re-pack them in some way and this […]

CARS Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales Now on Disney.com
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 January 2009
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The first three CARS Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales are available for instant watching at Disney.com but not Tokyo Drift … probably have to wait until BOLT ends its theatrical run … It’s nice – they are available for viewing in three sizes, “small,” … Large and FULL SCREEN viewing options (not show here). The three […]