Article Archive for January 2014

Battery Powered GIF Fun
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Posted in Art on 31 January 2014
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Have a fun weekend – hope it’s not cold and you’re not snowbound (and down).

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Riplash Racers
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 31 January 2014
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The age-old ripstick technology has been upgraded to the 21 century – it’s not a corkscrew and you can launch more than one vehicle at a time. Called “Riplash Racers,” this is the big playset for it – Rip Start Challenge Loop. This is the plastic Lightning McQueen you get with the set. The vehicles […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: The Secret to Doubling Sales
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 30 January 2014
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As “Momoe” has discovered, at CVS, you can double sales by just doubling the price … well, technically, it’s about 250% of wholesale … The CVS price tag “YOU PAY …” would be more effective if they listed a much larger price like $19.99 and then “YOU PAY” but without it, it simply sounds like […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Hydro Deluxe Mack & Red Arrive
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 30 January 2014
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The Hydro line goes Deluxe. These are the only two listed – thanks for the nice photos, “John H.” “Mariela M.” sends us this pic of them on the shelves at the Mattel Store (meaning regular retailers didn’t order enough …) … and from this photo, it doesn’t look like there will be a shortage […]

Mattel Disney PLANES: Playsets (Might Not Fly Off the Shelf)
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Posted in Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Planes on 29 January 2014
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As some of you may have noticed, a whole slew of PLANES random playsets have been released. While these now fall under the Action Shifters lineup, they don’t really differ much from the last series of PLANES playsets. You get a plastic PLANE and a guide rail to slide the PLANE along it. In theory, […]

Disney CARS Magazine No More
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS on 29 January 2014
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“Quercy” sends along a note he received … Basically saying the CARS magazine is no longer published and for you to select another magazine. Thanks for the heads up, “Quercy.”  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Action Shifters Stuck in Gear?
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Posted in Uncategorized on 28 January 2014
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As you may have noticed, a whole slew of playsets have just been released – it is strange that they did not arrive before the holiday selling season but arriving now? The Action Shifters are a strange line extension – as Mattel has always tried to supplement the metal diecast with a plastic line about […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mack Transporter Vinyl Version
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 28 January 2014
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A lot of CARS make the prototype stage but then disappear before an actual release. It’s rare when something actually makes it into a box and then does not appear at retail – clearly a bunch were produced for a final signoff before full production begins. Mack transporter with a vinyl “tarp.” No, it’s not […]

Disney Pixar Star Wars?
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Star Wars on 27 January 2014
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Latin Review is reporting that Pixar will join the Disney family in creating a “Pixar” Star Wars project … what it actually will be is not revealed … Illustration by James Hance.  

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Carla with Flames
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 27 January 2014
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Thanks John H. for sending along photos of “Carla with Flames.” Not a CHASE so it’ll be back again later in the year. Carla is a unibody now but because the decorative wrap does not over the front and the metal color is not a match, Carla the unibody is actually worse looking than the […]