Articles in the Design Category

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The Cards of World of CARS
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, Design, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting on 20 October 2008
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While the card design changes again this autumn, for the third year in a row for those keeping track, the World of CARS banner actually continues as the umbrella name. The new singles mainline is now called WORLD OF CARS: RACE O RAMA …
And now as the last WORLD OF CARS cards (without the Race [...]

CAAF Dream Halloween October 25, 2008 - Mattel & Darth Mater
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, Design, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, TV, Toys, collecting, diecast on 16 October 2008
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Every Halloween, Mattel creates special one of a kind items to benefit CAAF, the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation for their auction event & fundraiser - Dream Halloween.
Of course, last year, for CARS fans, this was the item that really caught their attention …

Ultimately won by the President of TRU for @$13,000 …
This year, of [...]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Another 1:1 Scale CAR to Add …
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Design, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting, diecast on 14 October 2008
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Hey, what’s that in the road?

OMG!
Veer off! Veer off!

Nothing to see folks, just Frank the Combine enjoying an SUV for lunch …

Frank the Combine also enjoying a leisurely drive in the country … wide load anyone?
Thanks PirateDad … another 1:1 scale CAR to add to his collection …
Our last post on FRANK.

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: World of CARS LIVE & Active!
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Design, Disney Pixar, Film, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, Video Games, collecting, diecast on 4 October 2008
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While the main site - presumably the one where you build a real community is not up & running until ought ‘09 … you can enter the code on the back of the TICKETS inside your WOC:Race O Rama CARS to “race on the test track.”
So, if you have some Race O Rama CARS open, [...]

FPG Has Some Better Ideas For Holiday CARS … (Now Complete!)
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Design, Film, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV on 3 October 2008
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Just like the days of yore, Lightning McQueen has been a part of the holidays since like forever …

Perhaps we more than a mock ornament or a mock light …

Holiday McQueen with EXCLUSIVE Ramone mini ornaments only at Target.
Holiday McQueen comes with Blue Lightning Ramone ornaments at Wal Mart.
TRU gets McQueen with Wedding Day Flo [...]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: A World Hello!
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, Computing, Design, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting, diecast on 2 October 2008
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Hello. こんにちは Hallo. Haileo. 你好 Bonjour. Hoi. Buon Giorno. Hei. γεια σου
Hej. Hola. Oi & Czesc!
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Thanks for reading and happy collecting!

CARS 2 … Yep, Coming EARLY - Summer 2011 and not 2012
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, Design, Disney Pixar, Film, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting on 24 September 2008
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CARS 2 has been moved back to 2011.
Of course, for us, that means one LESS year of padding out CARS diecast releases since after we start seeing CARS 2 trailers in 2010, they will start launching “preview” CARS 2 CARS in different case assortments as a tease and buzz builder and by April 2011, we [...]