Articles in the Film Category

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 December 2008
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Coming in early January. Mega Sized CASE D … a nice catchup case for many … Now, officially to avoid confusion, the CABS ONLY are called Semi’s so this is “Chick Semi.” Of course, what’s interesting is the first photos released shows three major differences between this “Chick Semi” and the Chick Hick Haulers cab. […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 December 2008
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He’s done it again! A few days, we showed the great Apple customs by Aroldo Pongetti just so you get a future glimpse of what a Mattel Pixar CARS diecast setup would look like … but of course, he didn’t rest after he did those amazing customs … Lightning McQueen Pit Row! And note, Mack […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 December 2008
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Some of the real car ads for CARS … Some pics courtesy of BostonScoot (thanks!) Sheriff Doc Flo Ramone Fillmore Lizzie (very modern NSFW – ‘companion’ and two women kissing each other – whoa, 1924 were those crazy bathtub gin days, right? 🙂 ) Tex Dinoco Dusty Rust-Eze Trev From Luca, Luigi’s mom says hi! […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 December 2008
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For some things, “less is more,” but for diecast CARS, it’s the opposite, “The more details, the more sales.” Recently, Philippe B. took all these photos of some of his Ramone’s to note all the detailing … Of course, beyond the obvious different paint schemes, the rims are all different – gold, gold with silver […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 December 2008
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Sergio E. says Merry Christmas everyone! I keep looking for these but haven’t found any – Amazon claims Target has them – anyone seen them? Thanks for sharing your tree pics Sergio!

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 December 2008
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Keep in mind they just finished these a month ago so it will take a while to sculpt, get approvals, create molds, make them and ship them to us … so don’t start holding your breath just yet, we still have 6 months but clear out your shelves, convert your gold hoard to cash … […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 December 2008
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Coming in January – maybe mid month? So, if the last days of 2008 were not productive for the CARS hunt, hope 2009 is better.

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 December 2008
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Commencing countdown, engines on … Today is probably your last day to get ground shipping to your house … So, take your protein pills and commence your online clicks … If you want your village to look as nice as Lorri R’s … (though if you’re one of those grumpy bah humbug Grinches, look away […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 December 2008
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Well, no sign of what’s going with Movie Moments at our French store, Tarjay 🙂 Anyway have access to take a peek and let us know when the Target Movie Moments are arriving? Here are some nice pics from Dave of the MM’s in France … (or known in France as ‘Scenes Du Film.”)

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 December 2008
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Sure, there is the giant sign out front that reads Walmart or Walmart SuperCenter and so forth but for CARS buyers, there are three different designations that you will need to identify what kind of Walmart you are in … (and thank you Caitlin/FPG for the perfect renditions of the “different” WM logos … 🙂 […]