Article Archive for November 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Black Friday Mack with Bumper Save!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 November 2008
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It’s all true – everything you’ve heard is true! Brandon of the CARS Drive-In Gallery was nice enough to send along a pic … It’s all true! Yesterday in my Black Friday post, I figured they just randomly slapped together a photo but I guess I should have realized that since they did not disclaimer […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: BLACK FRIDAY 2008
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 November 2008
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Once upon a time, the day after Thanksgiving was so named because retailers began to turn a profit for the year with the amount of stuff they would sell in the next 5 weeks … that is not really the case anymore but it sounds IMPOSING – BLACK … FRI-DAY! Still not as good as […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The DNA of CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 November 2008
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For those who have not seen it, ScoobyDoo (not the real one, our friend here at the site) points out that YouTube has it online … not sure how long it will stay up but here is the inspiration for John and the gang at Pixar … that if you put the eyes on the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Oversized-Mega Sized Update & Completists
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 November 2008
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CASE B of the OVERSIZED have not been easy to find: Because … a) WM is holding back for Black Friday and the “Blitz” Week After … b) There is a general quarantine due to the glue issue … We have out top bears working on it – top bears. It’s rare to see the […]

No Disney Pixar Diecast CARS Christmas: Backup Plan – Rudy Can’t Fail & Woodstock
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 November 2008
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Since this will be the last Christmas without real CARS seasonal CARS (no, mock ornaments and mock bulbs do not count), and since the Christmas tree fire incident of 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and the squirrel incidents of 2004 & 2006 – I think this year, I’ll go with a flying reindeer, and a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Can’t Hide From CARS Collectors
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 November 2008
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In today’s times, Samuel, Mark P & JestrJef only needed a few hours to conquer the new Lewis territory … and as far as we can tell, wiped out all the new launchers 🙂 We saw, we drove, we dialed and we have launchers! “Samuel R.” who alerted us to the find – had 10 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Toys R Us, Where the Other One?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 November 2008
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Don’t forget, TRU (Toys R Us) like last year – in some stores – they will be setting up a SECOND CARS sections near the front of the store somewhere so look and or ask if there is another Disney Pixar CARS diecast section – it may not be readily apparent. At this store, it’s […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Holiday “Bulbs” Are Out
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 November 2008
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They actually look nicer than the photos originally supplied by Mattel … The only color “bulbs” appear to be blue & green … However, as interesting as they look, they have no functionality outside of them remaining sealed … because the bulb shapes are the blisters so when you open them, they remain attached to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS & Other Diecast Cars: Small Collection
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 November 2008
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If it’s not mostly silver with a yellow and red flame jobby, DO NOT WANT. Yep, collection mostly done 🙂 Did Darrell Cartrip actually drive a silver chrome NASCAR car with red & yellow flames?

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Launchers at Lewis Drugs, The New Walmart
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 November 2008
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This is how it begins. The cutting slash of retail capitalism … Woolworth’s replaced a million five-n’-dimes, Kmart crushed Woolworth’s, and Walmart took down Kmart … Monty Wards was replaced by Sears and Target has knocked down Sears … and so it goes … and now, Lewis Drugs has struck the first blow against Walmart […]