Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Great SDCC News – Buying Limits Not So Limited
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Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 25 June 2009
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Major update – thanks Tom D. for pointing this out. There is NO LONGER a limit of 6 per day but 6 PER line visit so if you don’t mind doing the Disneyland lining up over & over & over again – buy as many as you freakin’ want! “PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT COMIC-CON Products will […]

Disney Pixar CARS & Disney Pixar UP – Every Easter Egg
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 June 2009
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Slashfilm.com has thoughtfully rounded every Easter Egg in every Pixar film … SPOILER ALERT! This is the first appearance of a Pizza planet truck though clearly not Todd … this looks more like some panel truck plus he’s not all rusted 🙂 Apparently. Todd appears later in the film also. BTW, an Easter Egg is […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Boom Studios CARS Comic Book Issue #2
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 May 2009
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Issue #2 of CARS: The Rookie comic is out. It’s a 4-part series on how Lightning “Bulldozer” McQueen landed the gig as a Rust Eze driver … Our Q&A with Alan Porter, the writer is HERE (along with a preview of issue #1). Mack as the Eggman is shown in this post from issue 31. […]

Mattel Fisher Price Disney Pixar CARS: GeoTrax Are GeoCool! GeoTrax Visual Checklist!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 21 May 2009
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I’ve watched the fun setup at the stores and envied kids who got the kids-friendly train, & car moving track … When I was their age, I got a rock … and it wasn’t my rock, I borrowed it from the kid next door in the brown striped yellow shirt. But now, it looks like […]

Disney Pixar CARS: The Fake Factory Is Ready With Their Fake Gooogly Eyed CARS
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 May 2009
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Great gooooggly mooogly … The lost CARS 1.5 film where they take on ninjas at the temple … playset nice … CARS … it’s nice that clay and squirrel droppings can be molded … I made some customs, you like them? I molded these using nothing more than clay & stale bread! $14.99 each or […]

Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Hinckey & Fake
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 May 2009
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And the close out our day of hinckey, some serious bonafide hinckey … these could not be more fake if they were stamped with the words FAAAKKKEEE!!!!!!!! Pics supplied by “Leofti,” doesn’t look so bad until you actually look at it and it’s mostly in English but it’s totally true what they say, “Blue is […]

Disney Pixar CARS: CARS 2 Coming June 24, 2011
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 April 2009
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There were some questions whether CARS 2 is confirmed for 2011 and not 2012 as originally first announced. Yes, 2011. More specifically June 24, 2011. In Disney 3D. Via the Hollywood Reporter: “‘Cars 2’ racing to theaters in 2011 September 24, 2008 – Pixar is pushing the pedal to the metal on its sequel “Cars […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: What Kind of Car is Lightning McQueen?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 April 2009
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Of course, the simplistic answer is to say the 1968 Corvette … But keep in mind, the ’68 Corvette design did not appear out of the blue … you could go back a little with the round slope rise over the front ‘wheel well’ design-look … some obvious examples in sports and race cars? The […]

Disney Pixar CARS: You are a Toy Figurine! You Are Not a CAR!
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 April 2009
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Available in the UK – The figurine box set is not bad – £15 to get a over-view of most of the iconic Pixar characters … But selling the individual figurine CARS (that have NO rolling wheels) is a bit shabby – especially at £2.97 or about $4.40! What’s the point of a toy car […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Stickler for Stickers of Stickers McQueen?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Film, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 April 2009
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Stickler for Stickers of Stickers McQueen? Then stick around! Also a UK item (Disney int’l is BUSY!), there is a new CARS sticker album book. Fill your album book up with CARS stickers … There are 190 stickers including 36 special foil and 10 PVC stickers and a 32 page sticker album with a pull […]