
Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 July 2009
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Of course, your CARS list tops at just over 100 items right now for the next 4 months 🙂 … and Mater Tall Tales is one box on the chart … but it’s really more like a cavalcade or hail of CARS … in the sense that you will be pelted and beaten down until […]

Posted in diecast, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 25 June 2009
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Finally, a new playset! CANNONBALL! One for the money, two for the show … + “Cannon” launcher (that is canon). + Plastic Ring of Fire … Nice. I wonder who designs this stuff? It’s really nice. Cute, functional and cool – plus it works. Must be some genius guy 🙂 Everything you see here! “Helmet” […]

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 […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 11 June 2009
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Here are the details for the distribution & sales of San Diego Comic Con Rescue Mater & Dalmatian Mia & Tia. It is $30 USD each and at San Diego Comic Con July 22 to July 26, there is a buying limit of six. “PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT COMIC-CON Products will be sold starting preview night. […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 11 June 2009
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Not quite FINAL FINAL yet … Apparently the CAR on the blister will actually face to our right or in the direction of the name-plate arrow. Also not final because of course, this is Radiator Springs McQueen with wrong nameplate. And another little tidbit … under the T5 watermark above is the ONLY AT TARGET […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV, Video Games on 7 June 2009
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From THQ, a new CARS racing game, “Cars Race-O-Rama,” is coming this October … High bandwidth trailer … From the Press Release: “In Cars Race-O-Rama, players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama Exhibition. Players will encounter 12 new […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 6 June 2009
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JestrJef says … “We were watching Sandlot on ABC Family HD and a commercial came on for Finding Nemo tonight at 8 pm eastern. No biggie, right? Well it also said that a Mater’s tall Tales short would be shown as well. It did not say if it would be at the begining or the […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 4 June 2009
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Are you +8 in the Mia Tia Collection … For now? Of course, some nurses, some dalmatians, some senoritas and geisha’s coming … Not to mention some waitresses with trays … Heelllooo ladies!

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 May 2009
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More photos rolling in of Mater Tall Tales – Rescue Squad Mater diecasts so it’s time to assemble it all together … SINGLES: Screen shots will be replace as actual diecast photos arrive … (Kori from WM8) From the quick screen time, it does not look like she is wearing a mask or nurses cap […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 13 May 2009
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Some official non-hinckey photos … In other words, will you bow before the power of Mater Tall Tales? It will crush your resistance like Thor’s hammer on a watermelon … ma-hahaha mawaahahahaha … And yes, this is the “non-Ransburg” Mater … in other words, the ‘common’ one … who’s your daddy now? And while NOT […]