Article Archive for 6 May 2009

Disney Pixar CARS: The Fake Factory Is Ready With Their Fake Gooogly Eyed CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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Great gooooggly mooogly … The lost CARS 1.5 film where they take on ninjas at the temple … playset nice … CARS … it’s nice that clay and squirrel droppings can be molded … I made some customs, you like them? I molded these using nothing more than clay & stale bread! $14.99 each or […]

eBay Canada: Now Helping You in Utah
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 6 May 2009
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eBay Canada is closing up their customer service department in Canada (please make your own joke here). “While it is a difficult decision to close our Vancouver facility, we believe that consolidating our North America customer service operations will help accelerate our efforts to continually exceed buyer and seller expectations,” said Chad O’Meara, vice-president of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticulars Googly-Eyed Case Assortments + First Card Design
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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The new card design. It’s actually a very nice looking card – a nice change of pace and looks classy. Again, I have nothing against the lenticulars either in principle or for CARS, I just think it’s risky on many levels, including financial to roll up one line in the middle with no concrete plans […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The MattyCollector.com Confusion
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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Mattel is NOT discontinuing the 1:55 series single CARS. Canceling CASE J is nothing new. Other than 2006, I do not believe they have gone more than 6 months without canceling a case here or there. Some of that is when there is a change in the group of people who make case assortment decisions, […]