Articles in the Gadgets Category

Disney Pixar CARS: Global Warming Averted!
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Gadgets, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 19 September 2008
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Finally, a solution that we can all get behind … the Fisher-Price Power Wheels Lightning McQueen …
SWWWWEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!!

Battery Powered to save the environment!
No Dinoco Gas needed here, thank you very much.

Shifter - all the settings anyone needs - fast, twice as fast and reverse*.
okay, in this case - fast means 2.5 MPH and twice as fast [...]

Esquire E-Ink Cover: 21st Century 0, Recycling Police 1
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Magazine, Marketing, Retail on 12 September 2008
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Hey, I’m all about the gimmicky … I mean, who doesn’t want candy you can reconfigure 33 different ways?

For the Octover issue, Esquire mag added an e-ink element to the front cover …
E-ink in theory will be cool one day, a wafer thing sheet of an LCD like screen that can be re-fresh, updated and [...]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The State of the Retail Buying State
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting on 27 August 2008
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While the calendar year has a few more months to run (119 shopping days until you know what day) … the CARS year is just about over. In the next week or so, CASE T should ship and 2008 by the CARS Calendar will have come to a close. As part of the ancient ritual, [...]

The New 1:1 Scale Pitty
By metroxing
Posted in CARS, Gadgets, Toys on 23 August 2008
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“PirateDad” says anyone can collect the Mattel Disney Pixar Pitty’s - only a real pirate collects 1:1 scale Pitty’s. Here’s his “Stacy” and “Trunk Fresh’s Pitty.”

Or alternative caption, “PirateDad” typical CARS collector readies his backup forklift to bring in this months shipments of singles, 3-packs, movie moments, value packs, playsets, box sets, exclusives. [...]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Kobalt “Carrying Case”
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Gadgets, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting on 19 August 2008
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Now that we have a couple hundred loose CARS, playsets and trailers coming - we really need something to carry it all around - and of course, we want wheels so it’s mobile …
I think this 53″ Kobalt tool chest might fit the bill, I think the MSOS set might even fit in the top [...]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Gift 3-Pack Assortments (Fall 2008 Update)
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, Checklist, Computing, Film, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, TV, Toys, collecting on 15 August 2008
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With Movie Moments moving to Target, it looks like the 3-packs will absorb some of the CARS scheduled for Movie Moments. So while it won’t be exclusively racers, pit crew & crew chiefs going forward - it does still have a Piston Cup leaning … What hasn’t changed, Cases D, E, F & G. They [...]