Article Archive for June 2012

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: German Buy 4, Get Metallic Chrome McQueen
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 24 June 2012
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“Dolly P.” sends along this offer in Germany … Buy 4 Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, send in your UPC’s and get a free (Kmart Days) Chrome Metallic Lightning McQueen … It’s nice as you don’t need receipts or even to cover return postage – free is really free … As Dolly P translates for us […]

If You Have Too Much Money, or Free Time – We Can Kidnap You For Only 900€
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Posted in Travel on 23 June 2012
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If you’re in France and you’re bored of the usual tourist things, instead of buying a giant wheel of cheese for 900€, Ultime Realite will happily give you the ultimate tourist thrill – they will kidnap you! Wait, what? ” … one goal: to merge with your character and immerse yourself in an adventure that you […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Kabuto is Not Flame On
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 June 2012
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The international cases are different than the US case assortments … Kabuto is out … as “Dolly P.” sends us this pic from Germany. He looks the same as the Kabuto from the Toon’s series … but if you missed out, you will get a chance to get him fairly soon as a CARS 2 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Kmart Chrome CARS + Variants
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 June 2012
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The recent Kmart CARS Day #8 offering were Silver Metallic CARS. Probably Ransburg but since Mattel is no longer using the phrase, Ransburg, we’ll just call ’em Metallic. (At one point, they also called them Zamak but that appears to the raw metal body polished with a clearcoat … so maybe that Kmart CARS Day […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Ultimate Chase “Flash” – The Math & Numbers
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 22 June 2012
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The first Ultimate Chase is out … and people have questions. Yes, there are Swedish words on the front & the back of the card. I presume it’s to convey that you had to hunt the world over to find him … and you found him in Al’s Leksak Ladugården just outside of Stockholm. Turn […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2: Ultimate Chase Jan Flash is Here – In a Ratio of …
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 June 2012
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The first ULTIMATE CHASE is here … Yes, it’s in Swedish. It is Supervanlig! (YES, this is the US card). And yes, the ratio appears to be 1:1 – so if ordered a case G, unless they fouled up the packing, you get the ULTIMATE CHASE “Flash” in every case. So, how many Flash’s are […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Single CASE F Update – Mr. Otis Regrets
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 June 2012
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Yes, in theory there is a CASE F listing but Mattel’s Warehouse shows ZERO in stock and ZERO coming. In effect, not coming soon. It was an oddly configured case and probably configured when there was other 2-packs and Movie Moments coming but now that Movie Moments are on the back burner and 3-packs canceled, […]

Disney Pixar Monsters University: New Teaser Trailer
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Posted in Advertising, Disney, Disney Pixar on 21 June 2012
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Kind of hard to go wrong with Billy Crystal and john Goodman. 🙂

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Counterfeits, Bootlegs, Fakes, Waste and Factory Unauthorized
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 June 2012
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While we know what the world’s second oldest profession is, counterfeiter or scammer is probably about 13th so it’s probably literally older than time itself. “This is the finest flint on the continent! It cuts, it stabs, it scraps fatty tissue from bearskin like there’s no tomorrow in Pangaea! Trust me! I swear it to […]

Underwater Millennium Falcon USO Either Rock or Mushroom … Er, Okay
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Posted in Uncategorized on 20 June 2012
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The unidentified circular object that has held the world in a viral grip for a year probably isn’t an alien spacecraft after all. Artist with wild imagination & overly dramatic music rendition that would almost stand up in a court … 🙂 If you want to believe the Falcon is resting at the bottom of […]