Articles in the Toys Category

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Shadow Guide & Lineup 2009
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 December 2008
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Collecting CARS is not so easy … but I think we can borrow something from tool users who create an outline on the wall … so they know exactly what tool is missing? Here is the shadow guide for collecting CARS. Note, that for CARS, you will actually need a wall about the size of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Megasize CASE D & E
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 December 2008
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I thought I had posted these but with everything going on, here they are again. CASE D should be out in a few weeks, CASE E out by early February …  the Elvis RV will be in CASE F … A couple things to note – will Chick Hicks Semi (as Mega Sized Cab is […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Confetti Chase Impound Snot Rod
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Uncategorized on 30 December 2008
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Bryan H. found this at a TRU in East Central Iowa. This appears to be first confetti blister card of Impound Snot Rod. Error? Variant? Well, impossible to call it yet. If a few turn up here and there, an error. If dozens of people report seeing it all over – then it’s a variant. […]

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Lorri, Mia, Tia & NJM, Glenn H. & Jeaks
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 December 2008
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Faux Wheel Drive
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 December 2008
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Not an official US  re-release so not on the US checklist (outside of its release in the Motor Speedway of the South set) but still fun to have an extra one … For those making sure that your Faux Wheel Drive is an official Mattel promo CAR, here is the official baggie along with the […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Fingerboard Skateboards & Soup
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 December 2008
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If you want to to collect other CARS items with wheels, the skateboard fingerboards from Imperial Toys are fun … though hard to find … This is usually available at Walgreen’s – at least before Christmas – it was priced as $5.99 (? Can’t actually remember – somewhere around there) though you could get 1 […]

Matty on FaceBook: Will You Be My? Will You Be My Friend?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 December 2008
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If you ‘friend’ Matty, you can send him an email message … I know you want to ask him if another Giganta Doll is coming … Matty’s FaceBook addy. Please ****face is not appropriate language usage.

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Sally Has the Martin Touch …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 December 2008
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Sally with Cone shows the dedication of Martin A. & his team at Mattel to getting it right. It seems simple enough – it’s an older release, just glue a traffic cone on her head and slap a new label on it … maybe other diecast companies do this or maybe even other divisions at […]

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Christine, Jammywin, Carsaddict96 & RacerGuyinSD
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 December 2008
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

TakeFive Community: Say Hello to Kevin R. Monica, PW_CC_Runner, & MEGAHEAT2008
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 December 2008
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For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]