Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Team Haulers Coming Back …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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There have been reports that the Team Haulers labels are being pulled from the shelves but don’t worry – they are only going away temporarily. Once again, the sales of the Team Haulers were a surprise so now, they are going back to “make more.” (that’s technical speak in manufacturing 🙂 ). There is a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Hello From Helsinki, Finland
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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JPK of Chicago happened to be in Finland the other day so he ditched his meeting and went in search of CARS … (okay, I may have embellished a little 🙂 ). He writes: “I had to go to Helsinki, Finland last week on business.  Whenever and wherever I travel, I am always keeping an […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aroldo CARS2 Apple Piston Cup Racer Custom
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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Of course, the official Apple logo is not a flat gray anymore but a beveled gray … So Aroldo has updated his Apple Piston Cup Racer to be compliant – ready for CARS 2. For typeface geeks, the “84” looks like it’s the Myriad Pro Black SemiExtended font. Myriad Pro is the quasi official current […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Just A Mystery To Me …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 March 2009
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I vaguely recall seeing photos of these back on eBay in 2006 and maybe 2007 – as priced zoomed, people were buying them everywhere and trying to sell them. The backs are definitely international cards and it seems safe to guess they were early ones – as Mattel just scrambled to get them out … […]