Article Archive for March 2011

Disney Pixar CARS 2: The International Movie Trailer – Different Scenes
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 14 March 2011
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The international version of trailer #3 is slightly different and features some additional CARS not shown in the US trailer or they are more prominently featured. More European-France scenes … but, of course. (notice the street runoff tunnel is a car grill in the back?) And of course, two iconic French Citroen cars – the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: Toy Fair Lightning McQueen Contest Ends Today!
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 13 March 2011
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Last day-hours to enter our contest. YOU MUST enter in the comments of THE ORIGINAL POST. Do NOT enter here! In addition, if you fill out out our survey and include your name and TakeFive login name on the final page, you will get 5 additional entries automatically. If you are going to fill out […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: The “Fantastic” Plastic CARS …
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Posted in diecast, Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 13 March 2011
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This is one reason not to get carried away by buying CARS before they actually get released because you have to separate out the seed from the banana … For instance, “G Rebel Yell” sent along these interesting photos of an all plastic Francesco Bernoulli … I know some of you “Fillmore’s” out there are […]

Walmart Announces ‘Pick Up Today’ Option … Will Text You …
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Posted in Retail on 12 March 2011
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Walmart announces new ‘pick up today‘ option … Right now, there are not a lot of items available for pickup today – mostly electronics and appliances but maybe in a few months when they said they are scaling up to 40,000 items, they are going to add toys … maybe a certain toy line … […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lightning Fast Speedway Back – For Completists
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 March 2011
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The (step on) Lightning Fast Speedway has returned … Completists, take note – not for track or packaging but the diecast. It is the ONLY place to get a diecast 2-piece classic Lightning McQueen – non-moving eyes version. Of course, Lightning is available as a 2-piece (front face plate separate piece) as a lenticular. Also […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: CARS 2 Track Sets & Box Art
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 12 March 2011
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Needless to say for a new movie launch, there will be a massive amount of track sets released for CARS 2. Since the movie involves a lot of racing – there does not seem to be any playsets but mostly all track sets. They will be designated between “low priced,” (under $15), mid priced (under […]

54 Breakfast Cereals Lost in Time … Serious Sugar High
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Posted in Advertising, Food on 11 March 2011
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Via Urlesque, a roundup of 54 cereals lost to the ages … either short life pop culture or the fact they were probably 48% corn syrup, 52% high fructose corn syrup and 4% “cereal.” Of course there are the old stand-bys – C3PO Cereal, Mr. T … Hulk Hogan … um, do I really want […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: John Lasseter Talks Birth of CARS 2 Storyline
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 11 March 2011
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There are a couple Lego CARS photos at the end … … plus a new Pixar Hawaiian shirt. 🙂

Internet Great – Every NBA Slam Dunk Competition Dunk …
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Posted in Sports, TV on 10 March 2011
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The internet is great. If you’ve ever thought … I would like to see the scores of EVERY NBA Slam Dunk Competitor from 1984 to 2011 shown in an easy to see grid plus a link to every freakin’ dunk on YouTube … now much would you pay? How’s about free? Yep, it’s all true. […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Barry Diesel On Sale – April 15, 2011
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 10 March 2011
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Barry Diesel will be released on April 15, 2011 … On MattyCollector.com of all places – HE LIVES! Be here on Friday, April 15th at 9 a.m. (PST) … Including … There’s no pricing or limit info on the MattyCollector CARS page yet. There’s no photo up yet but here’s what he looks like … […]