Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 May 2009
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Yes, some of these photos are of a dubious origins – hinckey is the theme today … 🙂 Not of dubious photo origins – you know what the San Diego Comic Con Red Ransburg Rescue Squad Mater will look like … Here is what the “normal” Megasize Rescue Squad Mater will look like … (looks […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 3 May 2009
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For eagle-eye observers of CARS, the film – may have noticed that RPM’s Crew Chief doesn’t get much Sun … Why isn’t he wearing the proper coat of yellow? Allergic reaction? They just switched colors and he was just too busy? The regular crew chief had an internal combustion problem so the assistant took over? […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 May 2009
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And now the real Chuki … Thanks Josh F. for finding the “Nissan March.” And while this is a Suzuki below … it is definitely “chukized.” And of course … the CARS Chuki … Of course, next year we’ll be seeing a lot of Chuki’s … Too many to count 🙂
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 2 May 2009
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If you love them, set them FREEEEEEE …. Josh brgr2313 was kind enough to take some great shots … See, it can pay off to live a block away from the Mattel warehouse 🙂 Yep, Frank is definitely MEGASIZED – no doubt about it. Who’s still protesting the lull? Anyone? Anyone? 🙂 Megasized – from […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 May 2009
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It’s been a long wait with a lot of fakes, feints, and even some fainting but Frank is almost nearly here … it’s arriving in the warehouse early next week but there have been one change to CASE H … Sven was swapped out for this red dude above. I think everyone can live with […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 1 May 2009
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So, the revised CASE H now looks like this. Not a spectacular improvement but an extra Patti in the case trumps the Ferrari F430 in just an Italian chase packaging anyway. The oddity is that of course, the rule was that once a CAR was released as a CHASE CAR, it would NEVER return as […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 April 2009
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The Check Lane short card series is checking out. 2 and out. They are still available in the warehouse but now listed as discontinued so at some point going forward, you still might see them at Kmart – maybe the sales rep will offer them a deal to clean out the warehouse or perhaps it […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 30 April 2009
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It’s June 20, 2009. There will be more details as we get closer but on the morning of Saturday, June 20, 2009 – thousands of Kmart’s around the country will get this EXCLUSIVE case: You will each get to draw a number and then you go in the order of the number you selected. You […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 April 2009
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Apparently TRU is going to be the world’s largest 7-11.* “On Wednesday, Toys “R” Us will announce the opening in 260 of its 585 stores a new convenience section called the “R” Market, which will offer an assortment of consumables and household items such as cereal, macaroni and cheese, canned food, granola bars, cleaning supplies, […]
Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 29 April 2009
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Todd, the Pizza Planet Truck and Patti have arrived safety and will be leaving the Mattel warehouses by late this week or early next … Some of you did say you were quitting, right? 🙂 I’m sure now they’ll be plenty on the shelves of these two CARS for the rest of us then … […]




