Article Archive for January 2010

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Next Team Pit Crew & Chiefs 2010
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 13 January 2010
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The first three sets were very nice … … though with all the variants, it was hard to keep track of just how many variants there are … and of course, strangest of all, no Team Rust-eze yet and not on the list of the new ones coming list. So, no MY NAME IS NOT […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store Tokyo Mater – Next Box Set
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Posted in Retail on 13 January 2010
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“sijack1” has brought these home … Another great looking box set from The Disney Store …a lot of metal for @$15. As usual, great decal details. Tuner Mater … Front view. Nice expression and teeth … And for fun, “sijack1” has gathered up all his Mater’s … NICE! Is you is or is you not […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Always Go Shopping, You Never Know …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 January 2010
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Sure, you could be building homes for humanity, eating roast tapir or reading to a hundred children but when you have a spare minute, go shopping … you never know what you’ll find … For instance, “Nikko” found this – just think how empty and non 3D-ish your life would be without this? And not […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast Cars: Launchers Next 2010 …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 January 2010
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Coming in 2010 as Lightyear Launchers … Sparemint (or for those collecting after he discovered his Irish heritage 🙂 … Spare O Mint) is already out … no case assortments yet or what’s coming next … And of course, each available separately. AND the Pit Row Launchers are NOT DEAD and you may want to […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Team Haulers Next 2010
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 January 2010
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It’s now going to get interesting …Coming Next … Yep, Bumper Save Hauler, Bumper Save Racer & Bumper Save Pitty … Hauler & Pitty, first EVER release for Hauler and like below, hopefully a new new Pitty size … (UPDATE 🙂  ). Now, I’m not sure if the list order is a release order as […]

Disney Pixar CARS: No Doc Hudson in CARS2
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Posted in Film on 11 January 2010
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According to an interview with “Larry, the Cable Guy,” he says there is no Doc Hudson character in CARS2. Personally, I think that makes sense on several levels. It’s better as a tribute to let his character stand as a main character in CARS and not gloss over his passing by shoehorning Doc into CARS2 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Tokyo Mater Singles Names to Faces (Well, Faceplates)
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 11 January 2010
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With the Collector Booklet 2010 coming any day now, we can attach more names to more CARS coming from Tokyo Mater … There are still 3-4 CARS that are on the singles list but just names so we’re not at 100% yet … and here the megasize listed … We do not know what the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticular Singles Next 2 CASES
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 11 January 2010
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So far, the information is only available for the current lenticular singles CASE F and the forthcoming CASE G. This (mostly accurate) checklist showing the releases through CASE G is HERE. CASE F has arrived in some places but not everywhere … for those collecting them all, this is the first appearance as lenticular 2.0’s […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Coming Soon … in 2010
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 10 January 2010
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There are no pictures yet but coming soon … It looks like the mysterious and unknown Costco 9-pack from 2009 has re-surfaced and is now a Sam’s Club item … and simply listed as “Sam’s Club Multipack.” Presumably something like the one from 2007 … And since the warehouse clubs don’t carry many toys during […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticular 1.0 & Lenticular 2.0 Checklist
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 10 January 2010
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For those collecting the lenticulars, note there are two distinct releases, the Race O Rama (motif) 1.0 lenticulars that features eyes that generally have an open & closed position … Lenticular 2.0 CARS are on the blue WOC “Night Skyline” cards and generally feature eyes that move from side to side … The eye position […]