Articles in the comics Category

San Diego Comic Con Update Where Lines Are Like Taxes – Inevitable and Forever
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Posted in CARS, comics, Disney Pixar, iPhone, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 24 July 2009
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Metroxing emailed me a quick snapshot while standing in queue (for our Brit friends) at the San Diego Comic Con as seen here: As it turns out, this is only the Fast Pass line.  For those that have not been there, you race upstairs to Autograph Area 8 and get your Fast Pass, you are […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: San Diego Comic Con – Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 May 2009
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While we have not gotten all the official details just yet … on a certain Sunday in July (July 26 to be precise) … if you love CARS and like TakeFiveADay … I would say you want you might want to wander off the show floor and head to one of the meeting rooms where […]

San Diego Comic Con: It’s Getting Kind of Hectic … & Selling Out
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 12 May 2009
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Better hurry if you’ve been asleep at the switch … Tickets for SDCC 2009. (or click on graphic above). BTW, if you haven’t seen the Star Trek movie – I give it 4 Mini-Skirted Red um, skirts … an excellent reboot … nothing further, no spoilers 🙂 Available at Amazon. Or read the graphic novel […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic HERE
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, Design, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 7 April 2009
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The CARS comic book has been released … There are two covers. McQueen explains to Darrell Cartrip how he came to be Lightning McQueen … (guess the use GOODLIGHT tires on the lower circuit? Or our blimp collection is incompete) 🙂 We also meet Mack who was actually delivering other goods … Cue the Beatles […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CARS Comic Foil Variant Cover
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 March 2009
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If you’re going to to the Seattle “Emerald City’ Comic Con in a few weeks (4/4 & 4/5), there will be a limited to 500 copies edition of CARS #1. McQueen will be red foil. It looks like it will $20 – the regular CARS comic should be out by April 4th and available at […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: San Diego Comic Con 4-Day Pass Sold Out
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 March 2009
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Hard to believe – with over 4 months to go, already sold out … Comic Con website and all the registration info you will need. Remember if you live in the SD area, you can also volunteer a day and get a free ticket for another day. While most of you have been to toy […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic Book & Other Pixar …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 9 March 2009
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For those who missed the preview from a few weeks ago, Boom Studios is releasing a short series of CARS comics and some other Pixar ones. If your comic book store is large, they might be ordering these but if they’re a smaller store, they may not be getting these plus since it’s a smaller […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Walmart & WonderCon
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 March 2009
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Walmart hasn’t much in the way of CARS in NorCal but I did find an unusual sign … In other words, do not think of displaying these other than the assigned pegs … clearly the WM collective Borg have gone off their assigned sector … now, employees will randomly set up their own display area […]

Boom – Boom – Boom: 6-Page Sneak Peek Preview of Upcoming CARS Comic Book!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, comics, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 5 February 2009
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From Boom Studios, a New CARS comic book about how a certain “Bulldozer McQueen” became Lightning McQueen! Alan Porter, the writer of the 4-part CARS Comic #1-#4 was nice enough to answer some questions … First, tell us a little about your work bio? AJP: Publishing software executive by day – Freelance Writer & “Pop […]

Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS: The UK Poster & Promotions
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Posted in Advertising, CARS, collecting, comics, diecast, Financial, Magazine, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 October 2008
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Jon in the UK was kind enough to send us a scan of the new poster from the UK CARS magazine – along with the latest UK promotional offer of BUY 6, send in UPC’s and get a free CAR: Or log onto www.carstoys.co.uk for more details – though strangely, nothing is up yet, guess […]