Article Archive for 15 February 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CARS Shopping in Brazil
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 February 2009
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I guess we will make this international week at TakeFive 🙂 Gui, who introduced himself a few days ago is only 13 but has amassed a pretty impressive collection thousands of miles away from the nearest WM 🙂 He sends us some pics on shopping for CARS in Brazil … His local toy store,  “Meninos […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Keith Urban Says “CARS.”
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Posted in Advertising, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 February 2009
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“Country music star Keith Urban performed a surprise two-song set for reporters to kick off his day at the Daytona 500, where he was the featured artist for Sunday’s pre-race concert.” “Urban took brief questions and laughed awkwardly when asked what his favorite racing movie is. “Uhhhhh … `Cars’?” he stammered, choosing the animated movie […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Samurai60 Pay it Forward Update
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 15 February 2009
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“I don’t know what you want to do (post something or wait until I have photos from the winners) but we have sent out a rather large parcel to the winner.  The winner was Christian and Angelo of Kenosha, WI who had an apartment fire and lost a lot of toys.  Their friend Justin who […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Card & CAR Grading For Buying & Trading
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 February 2009
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Since it has come to my attention that recent trades have involved CARS & cards are not listed correctly, plus questions about yesterday’s post … here is basic primer on listing-grading your CARS & cards. EVERYONE judges everything different so there is no definitive guide that will over every detail – this is just a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Elvis RV – LIVE in Australia!
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Posted in Advertising, Australia, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 February 2009
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I guess somewhere along the line, Mattel figured out that it was a shorter boat ride from Hong Kong to Australia … as with Al Oft & The King Semi that arrived first in Australia – the ELVIS RV has left the building in HK and has arrived in Australia! Rachel (QuidCars) sends us some […]

eToys.com Now Part of ToysRUs
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 February 2009
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eToys was one of the more notable dotcom launches way back when … Company was garnering sales but they went big time in spending to build up the website so they couldn’t quite make enough money to sustain themselves. The website name (eToys.com) was scooped up by KB Toys who continued to run kbtoys.com along […]