Articles in the Toys Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CHASE Errors or Variants? (UPDATED Update)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 November 2008
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IMPOUND BOOST Sir Cueball (aka: Jeff G) or is that Mr. Sir Cueball is the second to write in but first to send along an interesting photo … Spot the anomaly with Chase Impound Boost? Yes, CHASE cars are supposed to have the confetti blister. I do not believe Mattel is phasing it out but […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Mythical Black Friday Pallet
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 November 2008
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A few dozen people around the country have reported actually seeing the near mythical pallet. Does your store have it? Does your store have it in the back? Does your store have it in the back and can’t get to it? Does your store think it doesn’t have the room? Does your store think it […]

Toys R Us Loyalty Card
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 November 2008
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While not the greatest reward program ever, it is something – For EVERY $150 of TRU merchandise you buy between now and December 24, 2008 – get $5 in TRU gift cards (for every $150 in purchases) plus a better deal for parents of diaper age kids – buy 9 Pampers Value Boxes, get 10th […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Black Hole Friday
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 November 2008
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I read all your comments before heading out at 8:30 AM – there wasn’t much I was looking for and even if I didn’t get, it wasn’t going to be a tragedy so I wasn’t in any particular hurry. There were tons of people streaming out of WM – laden with carts – I was […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Sarge – Late & Too Big …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 November 2008
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Since most everyone will be gone and hunting in stores today, it seems fitting to do a post on one two CARS that are not available in the stores 🙁 Sarge & TJ … but more importantly, Sarge … First, no I do not know when he is coming back but everytime I ask, the […]

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Posted in Toys on 27 November 2008
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No other post today – will be eating and watching football. Be sure and check our last few posts for checklists and other Black Friday items. See ya’ll in the trenches tomorrow but I will NOT be up at 4 AM so have at it. 🙂 Email us with pics (and your finds at metroxing […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Hauling Greatness – Gray Dinoco & Chick Hicks Hauler
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 November 2008
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Part I to this post is HERE – covering Mack & Hauler … Part II here covers the other two haulers are part of CASE A … with the other HAULERS coming fast & furious either at the tail end of 2008 or early 2009 … If anything, these are even nicer and a nicer […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mack the Hauler – Mackie is back in Town
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 November 2008
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First, appreciate that it’s even made and that this is the first of 36 🙂 Next, appreciate that it was not slapped together. The easy way out would’ve been to just slap some stickers on a generic truck trailer they have laying around and call it a CARS hauler. Instead, there are a variety of […]

Walmart Ready for Black Friday – Just Not CARS Ready …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 November 2008
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Took a quick tour of my two WM’s – one had a garden section full of covered pallets though now drenched in rain … the other? Well, they are ready for a Black Friday – just not one that excites me very much …

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: CASE B Mainline Singles – Some Quirky Things …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 November 2008
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CASE B should be on the WM pallet and hitting all the other stores … some interesting things to note about the case … you can see some packaging cost cutting areas (the card stock is definitely thinner (NascarBronco is in the printing business says it looks it has gone from 18 point stock to […]