Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Trunk Fresh is Freshly Crunked
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 24 May 2009
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Trunk Fresh is pulling in … Trunk Fresh “Smell Just Like Fresh Diesel Oil!” “Get Your Junk in Your Trunk Fresh!” “Fresh Up Your Trunk!” “After You Trunk Fresh, They’ll Wanna Tailgate With YOU!” “The Load You Drop Will Be Fresh!” “The Pause That Refreshes!” “As Fresh Going In As Coming Out!” “The Freshmaker!” “Also […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Overspray McQueen – The Red You Don’t Want
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 23 May 2009
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While we actually covered this way, way, way back in November 2008, since they are still popping up and confusing people, it’s time to get the red out. For some reason no one noticed that Radiator Springs & Cruisin’ McQueen after getting their Ransburg spray  – instead moving on the assembly line to a far, […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Sears Reports Profit – How Does It Affect Me, CARS Buyer
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 May 2009
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On the pages of TakeFiveADay, we look at the world through a simple viewpoint – how does it affect me, CARS Buyer extraordinaré? Asteroid coming towards us? NOT before I get Bessie, you stupid chunk of space rock … Earthquake in LA? Are the ports closed? Global warming … Is the rise in humidity going […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Rescue Squad Mater – The Nearly Complete Visual Roll Call
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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 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Massive Nitroade Conspiracy
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 22 May 2009
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As we all know, Nitroade is big with loads of money and can buy CARS like they were people … in fact, they even got RPM Pitty to be prominently featured showcasing their product on a WOC card … But now, they’ve gone too far … as SlicePie-Jake reports in … They have packed the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Movie Moments REVISED – Clearance Coming?
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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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While these revised & “new” Movie Moments seem to have arrived in Canada & parts of Europe, not much inkling they are even about to return to the US … Since there is presumably going to be card redesign as we switch to lenticulars or “drifting,” it might be safe to guess we won’t see […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Wait State
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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How patient can you be? Elvis RV arrived to resellers around March 5th … On May 17, 2009, I saw the first one a shelf in NorCal … @73 Days or 10 weeks or 2 months and 12 days … Dustin Mellows arrived around December 28, 2008 to resellers … I spotted the first one […]

REVISED AGAIN"> REVISED AGAIN" class="title">Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: 3-Pack D Case REVISED AGAIN
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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Here is now the FINAL and official US Case Assortment … Shipping today from CTC, thanks for the final update CTC. And yea, Mattel can change case assortments as they see fit because everything is tagged: Subject to Change.

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Singles Not Going Steady
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 May 2009
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Normally as we get to the end of a design motif and the great switchover takes place (Supercharged to World of CARS to Race O Rama), there are a few CARS that get left in the lurch – either shifting to the new motif or short shifted in the shift but in the case of […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: New Cardbacks For the Last Current ROR Design?
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 May 2009
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It’s unknown if the Target “classics” Race O Rama card will look like the current ones only with a ONLY AT TARGET sticker/snipe somewhere … or if it will be completely different and/or more like the lenticular design? But in any case, the last case of CARS available to us on ALL on ROR cards […]