Articles in the Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Category

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 2 July 2009
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Well, for those eagerly awaiting your mini Piston Cup AND the actual return of SARGE! Case B of the Lenticulars are leaving Mattel’s warehouse … Yea, hate to pile on but why aren’t there 9 Sarge’s and 1 McQueen? Just to be clear – lenticulars are the new mainline so available everywhere now – especially […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 1 July 2009
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Anyone can just walk into a store or click BUY IT NOW … How about 9 the HARD WAY … That’s right. 9 RIGHT CARS. 9 WRONG NAMEPLATES. You want easy? Go back to sorting dynamite in a blasting cap factory on the high seas. 3 down, 6 to go, who’s in? Thanks for the […]

Posted in check list, diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 1 July 2009
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The whole Hauler distribution plan is its own weird universe. To save money, Mattel offers them as Direct Import which the large retailers won’t do because they have to arrange and pay for their own shipping so the large retailers just wait until it shows up at Mattel’s warehouse – hence the long time gap. […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 30 June 2009
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You say potato, I say po-tot-toe You say error, I say variant … let’s call the whole eBay thing off … Blue – Green, whatev. Easy Idle, Vitoline – whatev. Thanks for the photo Kevin NascarBroncosFan. I’m telling, I am NOT Bumper Save … we look nothing alike! No Stall – about to stall … […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 30 June 2009
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The long wait is over … He is bigger than life … And wide too … He is oversized AND mega sized. Hey tiny … You’re no Hummer … What are you the H8.25? I’ve got insects in my hair bigger than you … My hair will pump you up. Das Booty. Get out of […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 29 June 2009
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Megasize CASE K has arrived and first out of the box, No Stall Semi … Er, Collect Them All … I think there’s another new CAR in the box but he seems to be in makeup so check back later π Meanwhile, Megasize CASE L has been canceled and the next case will be CASE […]

Posted in Internet, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 29 June 2009
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We are at: http://twitter.com/takefiveaday Right now, it’s just essentially a glorified RSS feed π But in a few weeks at SDCC, we hope to be tweeting on a regular basis from SDCC. Be sure to follow us if you’re going to SDCC so we can follow you …

Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 29 June 2009
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This post is mostly a repeat of an earlier post but now with new photos that were shown off at the Atlanta Diecast Show: The first go-around of the Storytellers series was a big hit … Make that a surprise hit. Well, maybe not to us π Hence, the giant gap between Release 1.0 & […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 28 June 2009
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I guess Aroldo was sitting around and was bored of looking at his masterpiece π So, he updated his Apple hauler – of course, the Apple race team is going to take more than one truck to the race … Mac iCar will arrive in his swanky trailer that will have all the latest Apple […]

Posted in Film, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 28 June 2009
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The Pixar “Incredibles” release contained the CARS “preview trailer” on the DVD. On the surface of it, it seems quite non-canonical with “McQueen” sporting a Corrosion Seal sponsor and wearing the #57 … Plus a lot of oddball sponsors: Papa Riveraβs Low Fat Lard (Blue CAR) (Thanks, “BMW”) Corrosion Seal #57 (Red CAR) Jumbo Pretzels […]