Articles in the collecting Category

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 November 2008
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LATE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER: On the WM DECEMBER pallet drop-cube will be the first appearance of the HAULERS series. No word on an exact date but my guess is that don’t be surprised to see it on “Black Friday,” November 27, 2008 and no later than December 8th for WM stores getting the pallets … and yes, […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 November 2008
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Well, if your Target has any left – singles are $4.79 and 3-packs are $11.99. Sale runs until 11/8.

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 November 2008
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This Post is Now Updated – 2009 UPDATE is HERE. These are the new Movie Moments that will be out soon … sometime in the near future … anyday now … or as soon as Target shelves them? For all we know, they could be sitting in the backroom … But what’s interesting is on […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 November 2008
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Sure, Darth Vader can offer you a candy caning light saber and Boba Fett, feared bounty hunter has decorated his gun with Christmas lights … but nothing from the Radiator Springs gang? Sure, we have a lot of CARS to buy this season but who doesn’t want Mia & Tia painted like a candy cane? […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 November 2008
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Since we are at another card design transition, on-card or completist collectors have questions about the transition again so here’s a brief recap of U.S. releases during the transitions period … and I’ll cover the Canadian cards at a later post. In the summer of 2007, the Sarge recall hit – just as case T […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 1 November 2008
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Samurai60 posted this in the TRADING FORUM but I thought this deserved full space in case anyone missed it … after selecting the winner, if the winner would like to send us a photo, we’d be happy to run it – thanks Samuari 60! Pay It Forward: I wrote a while ago about how happy […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 October 2008
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While I am not accredited, I am qualified to be certified so I am certifiable, I am in no way qualified to answer the implications of the WORLD of CARS so I will only charge you $24.99 an answer … CARS takes place where there are no apparent signs of humanoids but clearly it is […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 October 2008
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They may have gotten off the wrong foot with this line with some not-very interesting choices at launch but they are making up for it … Good luck resisting the Mack Mini Trailer … About 4″ long – with working tailgate … Does NOT come with Lightning McQueen but pictured here together … The rest […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 October 2008
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Yes, they are still coming but with Wal Mart hoarding the first case, the timetable has been changed around a little … so WM looks like they will getting the haulers in December for their pallet. The number being bandied about is 48 per pallet – not sure if it will be evenly divided or […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Toys, TV on 30 October 2008
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A tale that will make you tuck your tailpipe … A CARS scary story … make sure the kids are in bed and most but all but the stoutest adults … carsmama will make you cry like a mama’s baby 🙂