Disney Pixar CARS: Tomica, The Other CARS To Collect Check List
By metroxing
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 September 2008
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Normally, for a lot of diecast collectors, you have to look overseas to find masterful sculpts, attention to detail, quality molds and dedication to quality – for us in the US, Mattel’s CARS hits all the right quality notes … so for once, we don’t have to collect an overseas line to get the “best” […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Piston Cup Racer Hauler Packaging Photos (Updated! More!)
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Posted in Advertising, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 September 2008
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Anyone want to see photos of the haulers in packaging? An interesting thing really – they actually look nicer than the brief appearance of the haulers in the film … I like the transparent packaging that they started with the Race & Chase set … And I’m not planning on buying more than 1 … […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Available at Mervyn’s & Long’s Drugs
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 September 2008
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I think the last time I was in a Mervyn’s was in 2006 because I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another that they had CARS … back in day when you had to wonder if all the 12 or 16 CARS featured on the back […]