Articles in the Film Category

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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Go big or don’t go at all … And now, finally a CARS TV worthy of being a CARS TV … It’s a 19″ 1280 x 800 DVD/CD combo player with remote control (no pictures) + headphone jack … but best of all, it has a VGA port so you can get rid of that […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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Why are Walmart’s selling $5.97 Megasize CARS for $3? Maybe their inventory shows too many unsold even though the bulk of their stock seems to be the backroom somewhere? So, if you’re lucky to find the Megasize you want, they will ring up as $3 UNTIL 2.2.2009 meaning the price of $3 is good until […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 January 2009
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They have arrived in Le Walmart Du Canada … makes WM sound all classy, doesn’t it? 🙂 (If you know French, please do not correct my French as I’m an American and in Marketing. Marketing rules trump logic, proper grammar and we make our own rules including punctuation, eh?) However, graphic designs and especially graphic […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 January 2009
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Cars4Lars won the contest to spot the difference in the Race and Chase Box set – correctly guessing that Lightning McQueen now has a Rust-Eze decal on his spoiler … And the second contest was a random entry in the COMMENTS section. There were 84 comments that made the midnight deadline and the random winner […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 19 January 2009
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Mini Mack – Camo (aka: Sarge Boot Camp Mack) actually has a working trailer hitch hole and can cart off his “normal” Mack trailer! Double duty! Nice! Ten-hut! Thanks for the great pics, “Slam.” Of course, maybe this is a new thing – they realized that offering a semi without a hitch hole is like […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 January 2009
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Of course, they go by different names from flea markets to swap meets to toy club events to collectibles shows to toy shows to comic cons – they are gatherings of dealers with merchandise ranging from old school tin toy collectibles to of course, Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS. In most cases, there’s often no way […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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Many of you have noticed a sale or clearance on the Storytellers series at Target. (Here in NorCal, not many to clearance and most only at 30% off) – why the clearance if more are coming in @8-10 weeks? It mght be because they re-designing the cards (as has been hinted) and clearly, they are […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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Ho … humm, yea, yea, the “new” Target 4-pack … seen it … been there … OR HAVE YOU? 🙂 Yea, spot what’s DIFFERENT and win a prize … This time, it’s FIRST in the comments with the CORRECT answer wins … Good luck! I’ll check back in a couple hours, I’m sure you’ll get […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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LAST DAY TODAY! ChildrensToyCloset is offering a presale sale for CASE D of the Haulers. It’s a pretty nice case … And um, good luck finding Jerry Recycled on the shelf at any price let alone this sale price of $90 for a case of 6 Haulers. For those who missed out, all haulers are […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 January 2009
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Walmart “Reset.” Mainline – remnants from 2008 CASE T put out two weeks ago. Oversized – nothing. Megasized – nada. Haulers – nope. Tracks & playsets? – Nope Mini’s – a few Mini Playsets – Empty Mini 6-packs – Non Existent. Shake ‘n Go’s? – No. Yep, two rugs and two Walkin’ Talkin’ CARS … […]