Articles in the Checklist Category

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: 3-Packs Now “Winner’s Circle” 3-Packs
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 October 2008
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Because of the switchover from the Gift 3-Pack Blister card design to the hanging box design, there is a slight delay in the shipments: Nothing has really changed, some of the cases beyond G has been switched around a little and there are a couple surprises BUT good surprises 🙂 CURRENTLY G CASE: No Stall, […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart Collector Day Additional Info
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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As several readers noted, Kmart is not exactly a well-oiled execution machine where they are running on all cylinders … some Kmart’s, on the ball – running on high octane … others, a bunch of monkeys banging on coconuts … so your choice is the hallways with doors – choose the right one and it’s […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The Peg Pictorial
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Financial, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 14 October 2008
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First, the best supermarket to find CARS – Fred Meyer … not only always supporting CARS but usually with a nice sale … as noted by Pete, Mattel probably gave them a deal on 2008 B Cases … a nice deal if you’re just starting out … (funny, my local TRU seems to have gotten […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Printable Holiday Shopping Guide
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 October 2008
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For those trying to sort through what’s out there, I have made you a nice October chart that should be printable – just drag off and drop into any other app. If you like, I’ll do one for November in a few weeks. Of course, this is NOT inclusive of every single store in America […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart CARS Collector Event Strategy Recap
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 October 2008
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This was in yesterday’s Kmart Sunday ad circular … as some have reported already seeing the “exclusive” Mini’s on the store shelves – it seems they are available beforehand or it’s just the Mini’s getting shelved early – it’s hard to tell – as usual. So now you have real proof to show Kmart employees […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The Wal Mart W Case-Endcap Mystery
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Posted in Advertising, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 October 2008
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In a perfect world, the Wal Mart endcap would have gone up with … 2 Oversized CASE N5531-999A & 6 Singles CASE M1054-999W … all at once on a specific day. Or 24 Oversized CARS and 108 (18 x 6) mainline CARS. This is the same world where people just buy one or at most […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: Expanded Universe-Storyteller Possible Diecast CARS
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 October 2008
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The new “World of CARS” book is a fun prequel to the movie & storyline in CARS. For those that are worried they polluted the timeline and canon stories, don’t worry – no one in Radiator Springs meets Lightning McQueen. There are actually TWO VERSIONS of the book – the regular version (shown above) $10.87 […]

Mattel Pixar CARS: Haulers CASE A & WM Endcap & Wal Mart Pallet Drop
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 October 2008
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Information continues to dribble out … The first Trucks & Trailers/Haulers CASE A has been announced. Mack is #1, Chick is #2 and Gray, the Dinoco hauler is #3 – they have their own numbering scheme … There are two of each in the Trucks & Haulers Case A. We are certain WM will be […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: TRU, N20 N2O Cola & TRU Canada
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 October 2008
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The Toys R Us Roundup for October 10, 2008. CARS are on sales at Canadian TRU’s … (thanks for the PirateDad flag semaphor). That’s $1.86 USD at today’s exchange rate not counting fees … so make that cross border run for poutine and all the Doc Hudson’s you can carry … (no online sales). Well, […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The Storyteller’s Book & Full Story …
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 10 October 2008
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Thanks to CollectorMom who found the book at Target, we know everything there is to know about this Expanded Universe line … the reason the book as not listed was that the book is called WORLD OF CARS (nothing about Storytellers) and what we thought were individual books was actually chapters with this book. So, […]