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Posted in Advertising on 27 September 2013
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If you were thinking of buying/leasing a Nissan Versa, do it through Amazon and you get a $1,000 gift card.* I hope it arrives in frustration-free packaging. 🙂 * Gift Card redeemable for 1 Apple Car.
Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 27 September 2013
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The last of the 4 Toon Box Set “re-releases,” also has a unibody upgrade. So, while Daredevil Lightning McQueen (with Buck Teeth) along with Big Fan & Lug are all re-releases, they have never been released in a 3-pack before – so the packaging format is all new. In addition, Daredevil Lightning McQueen with Buck […]
Posted in Media on 26 September 2013
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The Probably Bad News for CARS/Toys Customers … “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting orders it places with suppliers this quarter and next to address rising inventory the company flagged in last month’s earnings report.” But also for a company that makes about $1.5 BILLION in revenue every single day of the year, they sometimes can’t […]
Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Store on 26 September 2013
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Since the Disney Store has been adding a lot of Hot Rods singles, it looks like they are carrying the theme further … The CARS Deluxe Die Cast Hot Rod Set Thanks for the heads up, “ToyFountain.” Did this older Mater Hot Rod set always have that brown Mater Hot Rod? Or is this a […]
Posted in Lego on 25 September 2013
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This set will take you a while to assemble … The Ewok Village! Comes with 16 minifigures. Set contains 1990 pieces. If you buy it from the LEGO Store directly in the next week, you get free shipping, plus a free mini VW camper. (No coupon code required, automatically included). And since the Ewok Village […]
Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 25 September 2013
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As “BMW” has chimed in and “Quercy” sends along a photo of the new 2014 cards … As you can tell, it’s essentially the 2013 cards – carrying over the same “themes” motif (changing out the background to a different speedway screenshot), and bringing back the World of CARS banner – so I guess we […]
Posted in Disney, movies on 24 September 2013
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“Finding Dory” has been delayed – moved to June 2016 – originally November 2015. The Good Dinosaur moves to November 2015 delayed from May 2014 … as a result, for the first time since 2005, there will be no Pixar film in 2014. You can read more about the reasons at the Telegraph (UK). So, […]
Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 24 September 2013
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As the toy years wind to a close – the CARS factory cases has gotten pretty weird, some great, some pretty good and some now we’re not quite sure what is accurate … (still investigating!) … but the T case is the weirdest of them all. I double checked, it is definitely the “T Case.” […]
Posted in Science on 23 September 2013
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If you ever thought, if I shrunk down to 6″ tall, I would ride around on the back of an eagle … here ya go … About the only annoying thing is it’s only about a minute long. I think I could watch about 30-minutes of this without blinking. I would also like to feel […]
Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 23 September 2013
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“John H.” sends along a nice unofficial Kmart CARS Day Silver Metallic Francesco that was never officially released. The official one is on the right. He does look nicer with the red helmet to break up the contrast of just silver. Though the final releases corrects the base plate which should be black. There’s […]




