Articles in the diecast Category

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 25 December 2008
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I hope everyone had a fun Christmas and there were peals of laughter, crazy running around the tree and screams of delight … and hope your kids did the same 🙂 Thanks for my fun gifts and after a day’s break from the maddening crowd, it’s time to get back out there … I’m not […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 December 2008
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Merry & Happy Christmas all! Thanks for joining us here at Take5 and thanks for being a great group! Thanks again for other present. We’re going to take the rest of the day off and we won’t post again until tomorrow – so enjoy your holiday with friends, family, loved ones and relatives (which may […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 December 2008
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Thanks ALL for my great present that arrived this morning! Hey, why is the laptop on the roof? SQUIRREL! Perfect! 🙂 “Started by PistonDad, it took a committee to bring this off – headed up by NascarBronco, PistonDad, PirateDad, Mary & SlicePie … and the rest – FuturePixarGoddess, acuransx, collectormom, mia tia and njm, Flik’s […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 December 2008
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You have a LONG wait and I was going to hold off until I got final confirmation but since others are running the list without details, here ya go. But we can take some guesses … CASE F is scheduled for the first week in the new year – January, 2009. CASE G is February, […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 23 December 2008
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Trev, the Carry Case Train is in the house. Nice Open packaging. Like others, “lock” under the front name panel. Gray latch unlocks right and left side doors. Paper placeholder pics … Looks huge – um not really … though of course, not really in scale … All aboard that’s going aboard … Hello America, […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 23 December 2008
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Okay, UKers would probably prefer CARS stock on the shelf versus a real nice newsletter but here ya go … The UK Buy 6 CARS, get Faux Wheel Drive promotions runs until the end of January so you still have some time. Thanks for the heads up Jonathan S.

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 December 2008
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Aroldo Pongetti says Merry Christmas to everyone here! Remember that some stores are now open 24-hours until December 24th. And if you’re buying online, don’t forget to click OVERNIGHT SHIPPING so you will get it on the 24th … LAST DAY TODAY for online shopping! You’ve procrastinated long enough. 🙂 Happy hunting!

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 December 2008
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If anyone has not noticed, we added a new CARS SPOTTING FORUM page so if you spot something interesting and there’s no appropriate post handy – feel free to give us the scoop on what you’re finding. I see a few of you have already spotted it and started to fill it in. It would […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 December 2008
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From the Business Standard: “Leading toy manufacturer, Mattel India has launched the Disney Pixar Cars range for Christmas in India. The Pixar Car range features 14 models based on the characters from the movie like Lightning McQueen, Sally, Mater, the Tow Truck and Doc Hudson amongst others and will be available at a price of […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 December 2008
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Have you all completed your Mater customs from tutorial #1? You must be ready for tutorial #2 … All you need is some resin material, plastic pipe and soldered brass rod. (I say that like I know what I’m talking about and not just copied from his email) 😆 Then make magic. In no time […]