Article Archive for April 2011

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: GeoTrax Jeff Gorvette, Max Schnell & Shu
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 14 April 2011
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“Compassinfo” has nice pics of the new GeoTrax CARS 2 CARS coming … I like the new design – I always thought the last series was a little too narrow looking … but these look nicer … Thanks, “Compassinfo!” Our post the other day has links to our previous GeoTrax posts for those interested in […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: Red Is First of the Last
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 14 April 2011
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While Red is one of the first releases for CARS 2, he’s really the first of the last CARS 1 CARS … as he’s finally after 5 years, right sized … Boy is my face red, New Red & Old Red. We can rebuild you. We can make you bigger than life. Hey, I see […]

Now You Know: What is a Rear Differential on a Car and Why Do We Need One?
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Posted in Design on 13 April 2011
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It’s from 1937 but in 9 minutes, you’ll understand it as plain as day … This is exactly how everyone should explain everything … Note, there is about a 2-minute motorcycle stunt show that seems to make no sense but slowly reveals why they started that way … I think I could fix a car […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: 3-Packs & Buying CARS 2 Matrix Grid V2
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Posted in check list, Checklist, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 13 April 2011
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For a while there, 3-packs were listed as a KM exclusive but it’s now available to all non-big retailers so as of now, it looks like you won’t be able to find them at WM, Target, TRU or Kmart but at all other resellers including most likely, online sellers – the biggest example – Amazon. […]

Disney Pixar CARS 2: Marvel Disney Pixar CARS Comics Magazine Pre-Order
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Posted in comics, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 12 April 2011
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A few months back, we reported that the CARS Comics were moving from Boom Studios to Marvel – not a huge shocker since Disney bought Marvel. The new comics and magazine are up for pre -order … first the magazine … “Each issue of the magazine contains 96 full color pages of content, including a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 2: Target “Purge” of CARS
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 12 April 2011
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“BMW” sends along a photo that might explain why Target stores around the country seem to be ignoring a fairly obvious snipe on the boxes of CARS 2 products … It looks like on the bottom of these boxes, there is an internal sticker … Did they mean to place a “PURGE” notice for CARS […]

Enjoying A Snack With Cars
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Posted in Food, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 11 April 2011
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One of the little Tizmanian’s was enjoying a snack recently when I noticed her companions. Who do you guys share a snack with? This is one of the reasons I love this diecast line of toys.  At the root level, this is why.  I have my own selfish adult reasons but at the core if […]

Passover Coca Cola: How to Spot the “Chase” Versions
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Posted in Food on 11 April 2011
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John H. was kind enough to finally explain the Passover Coca Cola thing but also how to spot it in your supermarket … “Most of the year Coca Cola is Kosher and can be consumed with a Kosher meal, but ever since the major US bottlers switched to high fructose corn syrup as a sugar […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Fill Your Casa House Castle Dwelling CARS Cave
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Posted in Advertising, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 11 April 2011
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I was cruising through the Walmart links for CARS to see if there’s anything new  – yea, of course, there are the obvious toys you know, bedspreads, shoes but man, there are a LOT of CARS merchandise … Cars Paintable Wallpaper Pre-pasted, Peelable, Durable – Can be painted numerous times – Hides minor wall imperfections […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: GeoTrax Fillmore’s Tent is Here …
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 11 April 2011
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It’s very nice looking … “Spin the gas pump to see it ‘full’ and ’empty’ AND Fillmore says phrases from the movie.” Nice, I didn’t know the GeoTrax CARS “talked.” Very cool. Right now, it looks like it’s only available at Walmart.com but it looks like there’s free ship to store so that’s nice. Of […]