Article Archive for November 2013

The Business End of PLANES
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Posted in Disney Planes on 30 November 2013
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From FastCompany … “Originally envisioned as a direct-to-DVD spin-off of Cars, the wildly successful Pixar franchise, Planes was never meant to be as a big summer movie. But during production, a funny thing happened. Test audiences not only liked it, they really, really liked it. And so the decision was made to switch tracks and, […]

Maybe It is a Good Idea to Graduate High School
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Posted in Internet on 30 November 2013
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Or go all the 6 years of grade school?

What Toys Are the Plan-to-Purchase Toys 2013
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 30 November 2013
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From the National Retail Federation Hot Toys Survey 2013 … for boys, CARS/PLANES makes it to the Top 15 … For boys: If you are planning on buying toys this holiday season, what is the “Hot” toy you will buy for Boys? Know 82.5% Don’t Know Yet/Haven’t Decided 17.5% Total 100.0% Of those who know: […]

Black Friday Disney Store & Amazon PLANES
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Posted in Disney Store on 29 November 2013
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Disney Store’s Black Friday … (most everything 20% off)     PLANES Blu Ray-DVD & Digital Copy is $16.99 today. It should be noted the Digital Copy (at least on iTunes is the 1080 HD version and it looks amazing). Previous digital copy movies were only SD versions but getting another HD copy for your […]

Disney PLANES: Marketing in Your Airspace
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Posted in Disney Planes on 29 November 2013
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That Disney company knows a little bit about marketing … Alaska Air PLANES plane Qantas PLANES plane You can check out the Qantas/Disney site here. You can even buy a the 767 plane (1:200 scale) as painted above. No Alaska Air CARS Land scale plane yet but you can buy some of their old timey […]

Hot Wheels New: 2 Movies + Star Wars Diecasts
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Posted in Mattel on 29 November 2013
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There are not one but two Hot Wheels movies coming, one animated and one live action. The live action one seems to make no sense but that’s never stopped anyone from making a movie. 🙂 The story centers on a washed-up Illinois State Trooper who, after a dangerous military device falls into the hands of […]

Leawo Blu Ray Player Software Winners!
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Posted in Advertising on 28 November 2013
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Congrats to 5 O’Clock Shadow and Wheelart New Zealand – CONTEST WINNERS! Shoot me an email and I’ll send you the reg codes. Thanks everyone and Leawo! Winners can download it HERE. It’s a trial version for those without reg codes.

Target Black Friday Start Today at Target.com
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Posted in Advertising on 28 November 2013
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If you don’t want to brave the 8 PM DOORS OPENING tonight or have to switch from your Thanksgiving elastic pants back to regular pants – you can actually start buying right now at Target.com for all their Black Friday offerings. They also have “Top Toy Brands,” at Buy 1, Get 1 50% Off (some […]

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Posted in Food on 28 November 2013
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Happy Thanksgiving! I’m not sure if this is bacon wrapped turkey or bacon shaped into a turkey but either way – hummmmm … bac-con. And make sure you know what you’re doing before you decide to deep fry a turkey – IO9 has rounded the “best” YouTube videos of setting things/houses/the cook on fire.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS-PLANES Diecast: Walmart’s Almost Ready
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 27 November 2013
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“John H.” spotted these in the overstock overflow section (aka: gardening) – hopefully they will make it out to your retail show floor – or you can jst help yourself as long it doesn’t snow, sleet or rain on it.       The oddball M case is a re-configured/re-packed case with 2013 Theme Cards […]