
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 March 2009
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This was Bruiser when he first made an appearance as a WM8 CAR … Or close up … Brown Eyed Guy. Many, many, many, many months later he finally returned to the US market as part of the 3-pack … One eye color change. He’s now blue eyes Bruiser … no a huge deal right? […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 March 2009
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The GOOD NEWS is Patti and Todd the Pizza Planet Truck are coming in CASE H. The not so good news? You did ask for more Lightning McQueen’s, right? And there is a blank space at the end because the listing reads Impound McQueen (CHASE) which is presumably not correct as Chase CARS are only […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 28 March 2009
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Hitting stores as we speak … First time packaged together … Still called “Gray.” More Mini Piston Cup racers … and yep, NO STALL is more orange than red … not sure why? Was available in last case but making a return appearance here … Cute and nice! Mini King available separately. Rolling down the […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 27 March 2009
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If a shark is attacking you – grab its gills or punch it in the nose … or jab its eye … um, let us know if that works … in economic calamity times, you run to blue chip safety and apparently that would be a Motor Speedway of the South set these days. With […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 March 2009
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The gang that can’t drive straight … it’s 3-cylinders of all out racing … Or is it PSI? Once around the track or 75-minutes, whichever comes first … Pitty Trash Talking “I will jack you up.” “Put a fork in him, he’s done.” “He’s just all hydraulics.” “I’ve seen bigger forks at the dinner table.” […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 17 March 2009
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Turns out I was wrong to mock the round clear stickers that appeared on the singles cards that tended to pop open … I jsut noticed today they are the same stickers holding together the Motor Speedway of the South top display portion … Good enough for MSOS? Good enough for Check Lane Sally … […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 26 February 2009
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Time to drag out your MSOS set out or open the cover to take a look … Variant within the MSOS set? Brandon of the great CARS Drive in Gallery sends us these very interesting pics … Underneath, is your pouty-aggro Dale Jr. with WHITE SIGNATURE © 2007 Dale Jr? Mine from the MSOS set […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 8 February 2009
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Danny left this in the COMMENTS section of the Motor Speedway of the South post (from months ago) so I thought a wider audience might appreciate it … Take it away, Danny … Good Evening of the 5th of February, 2009 to yooz “guys”. I have been looking for current info about the “Cars” lineup. […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 31 January 2009
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Since our post ran so long ago, many people have forgotten about it or have never seen it before. We have an EDITGRID spreadsheet database of the production dates on the bottom of official Speedway sets. You can find it HERE. Right now, there are about numbers for about 20 sets – please add yours […]

Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 December 2008
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We were holding off on the updated checklist since we weren’t sure exactly when the Wheelers were coming out. But even though the Wheeler ‘launchers’ won’t be out until late Spring 2009, we put them on the list so you can keep track in case you want to make long term plans. Of course, if […]