Article Archive for 22 March 2012

Old School Vintage US Travel Posters – WPA Era
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Posted in Advertising on 22 March 2012
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Fun look back at Mental Floss … most also available at Amazon.

100 Years of the Chevrolet Logo …
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Posted in Advertising on 22 March 2012
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Via MiliaBlog. BTW, The 1969 Camaro won for best Chevy of all time. Though Chevy kind of stacked the deck by not including a bunch of other choices in their brackets.

Converse Chuck Taylor & Dr. Seuss Sneakers
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Posted in Design on 22 March 2012
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If they’re Chuck Taylor’s, you gotta call them sneakers … Too nice to wear? Some actually available in adult sizes … Available at Converse directly or at Amazon (for a few bucks less).

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: Retail Situation … I Have a Theory …
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 22 March 2012
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Why are there no new diecasts on the pegs? Here’s my theory. Mattel’s Q1 runs from January 15 to April 15 and clearly they did not ship many CARS or CARS 2 product last year (2011) in this time period. In fact, they shipped practically nothing – and retailers pretty much ordered nothing in anticipation […]