Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 January 2009
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I guess I vaguely recalled seeing a Mater a long time ago but forgot about them but in case you want fairly large sized standees of the CARS townies … here ya go … Mater is @55 inches x 41 inches or about 4′ 6″ (wide) by 3.4″ (tall) – most of the others differ […]
Posted in Advertising, Film, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 25 January 2009
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I guess kids will like this … Yep … It’s what you think it is and it’s real … from Bemis. If you live in Sheboygan Falls, you can go directly to their showroom. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t really like racing around my bathroom or having to race to my bathroom … […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media, Retail, Toys, TV on 11 November 2008
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If you blog or spend time on the little thing called FaceBook or MySpace, you can now add a widget of OUR RECENT POSTS to see what we’re up to … Just follow the LINK TO OUR PAGE HERE. It’s pretty straightforward to add to FaceBook, MySpace, Blogger, etc, etc … You even have size […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Checklist, collecting, Disney Pixar, Marketing, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 October 2008
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While you’re waiting in line for Target, or Wal-Mart to open, here’s some pellet nutrition for you … they’re only like 35 calories each … I think the problem is of course when you eat 100 at a time … “Jorge” was kind enough to send us some pics … I believe these came out […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Toys, TV on 27 September 2008
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Paul Newman passed away earlier today at the age of 83. He did everything with ease, grace and lived the way he wanted to. When he started out, of course, they just wanted him to be a movie idol but he took the route he wanted – taking on “unlikeable” character & roles and doing […]
Posted in CARS, Design, diecast, Disney Pixar, Film, Toys, TV on 24 September 2008
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All around the world, you know what this means! CELEBRATION time! “J” is having a birthday … humm, I wonder what the theme will be … Hey, all I got for my brthday was a twinkie with a candle in it! Man, that’s a serious amount of cupcakes … that would’ve taken me a good […]
Posted in Advertising, CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Marketing, Retail, TV on 13 September 2008
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Of course, Disney leaves very few stones unturned in the the marketing & branding quest … these have been out a while … Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs for Boys are they are officially called. Now for a limited time, they are available with a “free” CARS storage box. Of course, if you’re confused […]
Posted in CARS, Disney Pixar, Film, Food, Retail on 1 September 2008
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This CARS thing might just catch on – as one of our readers pointed out, there’s this place that will sell you something called a cake pan where apparently you put ingredients into this thing, bake it and then decorate it – interesting … what will they think of next? Chop down my own tree, […]




