Article Archive for 27 January 2009

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Caitlin-FPG Also Says to Look For …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Yes, sometimes you have the bad with the good but you can’t really find … … in the same store you’d find … You have to drive at least 30 miles 🙂 … Though sometimes you can Diddly-Squat and Squat at the same store. Thanks for the rarer than Rollin’ Bowling Mater on cards CARS, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Mattel Retail Outlet Stores
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Posted in collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 27 January 2009
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For those unaware, Mattel actually has 7 retail-outlet stores around the country. This is the El Segundo store – very close by to Mattel’s HQ … Mike E actually took these photos a while back and I filed them in a MISC folder and have finally uncovered them … so these first photos are from […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Piston Cup Starter Set
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Your next track playset … The loop-de-loop looks pretty cool. Perfect for placing lil’ bro’s head there to see if that might hurt if full speed RPM comes barreling through … all in the name of science, of course … Also folds up … And you can even store a few CARS … good thing […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Target Easter Eggs – Other Photos
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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The first Target Easter post is here … and of course, the two CARS without an Easter egg photo next to it were two CARS already out, Charlie Checker & Shiny Wax Crew Chief but if case you want to see them nestled next to their egg house. And Charlie Checker – still cannot really […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Frank the Combine – Homeward Bound
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 27 January 2009
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Three years later, Frank the Combine is finally coming home to roost. The history of frank the Combine is fraught with villainy (eBay sellers), scum of the Earth (uh, other eBay sellers) and small girls who roll the dice when it’s NOT THEIR TURN! YEA YOU! CHEATER CHEATER! Um, what was I saying again? Oh […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Caitlin-FPG Says the Shelves are Never Truely Empty …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 January 2009
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Remember, if the store looks like this … Or the CARS shelf looks like this … As Caitlin-FPG always says – remember to go around way back and you call always buy the special collector’s card that is the most special of them all … Thanks Caitlin-FPG for the great art of a card and […]