Disney Pixar Cars - Matty May Meet a Mob

The San Diego Comic-Con is just over four months away. Mattel will once again be a major exhibitor and offer a great Cars Exclusive! Thousands will attend. Many will be angry Cars fans who will want to kick Matty upside his big head. Why? Because at last year's Comic-Con, Mattel unveiled MattyCollector.com and claimed, "Here you will find the latest release information, sneak peek pics, official news, product archives (aka a glimpse at my personal Mattel toy collection) and of course MATTY’S STORE where you can buy exclusive products unavailable anywhere else." I was told MattyCollector was going to release one Cars exclusive about every other month. Eight months have passed, and not one single Cars exclusive has been released.

I advise Matty to watch his back if he shows up at Comic-Con. It may even be wise for him to have the Toy Guru and the Gleek by his side as his bodyguards. Matty has simply not produced for Cars collectors. He hasn't kept his promises like a slimey politician who'll say anything to get elected! He's lost credibility and shouldn't get a bonus from Mattel, he should get that smirk off his big goofy face, and he should run like hell when the angry mob spots him!

I can see him facing the angry townsfolk of Alternator Valley as they chase him down with pitchforks and torches like poor old Frankenstein! They'll pursue him through the aisles of Comic-Con. As they chase him past Hasbro's booth, they'll pillage all their displays and shanghai their followers. They'll stop by Disney's booth and borrow Captain Jack's crew for reinforcements. They'll kick over the refreshment stand because the food is overpriced and tastes like crap.


Finally, they'll chase Matty to the top of the convention center like the Frankenstein Monster! Attendees won't know if he's just a weirdo dressed up to enter the "Costume Ball," or it is a publicity stunt to promote the convention! Hopefully, they won't torch the place like the townsfolk did to the windmill that poor ole Frankie met his fate in! We may be angry as hell, but we're really a fun-loving group with hearts as big as Matty's oversized head!


We can dream, can't we? We can't really run around Comic-con and beat up on a stupid corporate cartoon guy! But hell, who says you can't run around with torches and pitchforks and pillage Hasbro's booth!!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Distribution is All Greek to Me

Alternator Valley has readers in Greece, and I believe a total of 80 countries around the world. We have all been frustrated and baffled by Mattel's poor distribution of the Cars die cast toy line. Today, I had to laugh when my friend Ivette told me she bought a Leakless Launcher that was packaged in GREEK!! What was funnier was where she bought it. She didn't buy it in Greece. She didn't find it in Italy, Bulgaria, or Turkey. She found it at a Walmart in Austin, Texas!! How funny is that?! So, I had her take some pictures so you could all take a look and get a good laugh! Take a look at these...

I wonder if the translation is the same or different


The back is full of Greek and other languages


You can't read the bottom too well

I haven't heard of any other Cars being found in the United States in other languages. Have you found anything funny like this? Let us know! Oh, and please pass the Grape Leaves.

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Disney Pixar Cars - Over Sized, Mega Sized, What's, What?

What's bigger...Super Sized? Mega Sized? Over Sized? Value Sized? Up Sized? Holey Cow, stop, stop, my head hurts! If you haven't noticed, Mattel has released the "Mainline" die cast Cars, then Over sized Cars, and now Mega Sized Cars. What is the difference between an Over Sized and a Mega Sized Car? Which is larger?

I naturally think a Mega Sized Car is bigger than an Over Sized Car. Mega connotes very huge! In fact, it is 10 to the power of 6, which means one million. Over Sized means...being of more than standard or ordinary size. My logic is correct, but in the world of toys and packaging, my assumption is wrong. The Over Sized is larger than the Mega Sized. Does this make sense?!

I had a little talk with Mr Cars himself, Martin Arriola. Martin told me that Marketing makes the calls that Packaging's copywriter follows for package design and copy. He also mentioned that Design is responsible for the product and giving Marketing an accurate description asap. Then, Packaging can start their process. In this case, maybe they never saw the prototypes. Maybe they don't know the difference between Mega and Over Sized! Maybe they missed the memo.

When you compare, you see that Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp (Over Sized), is pretty close in size to Dustin Mellows (Mega Sized). Before seeing the two in person, I expected Dustin Mellows to be much larger in size. So, you'd think that Dustin would be Over Sized and Al would be Mega Sized. Guess it is better to just say they are BIG! It worked for Tom Hanks!! ;-) I think I'll go to Mc Donalds and get a Super Sized fry. Wait, they did away with that. Instead, I'll go to Chick Fil A and get an Up Sized Sweet Iced Tea!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Calling on Delaware & North Dakota

Just two states have yet to have be accounted for in our list of readers...Delaware and North Dakota! I'm putting out the call, the smoke signal, the Morse Code, the bouy, the shout out for a Cars fan from these two remaining states to be accounted for in our tracking! Do you know any Cars fans from these last two stragglers? If so, please zip them off an e-mail and ask them to checkout "Alternator Valley!" I'll see from their IP address where they hail from and update our list pronto!

Maybe Sweet Polly Purebred can sing, "Where, oh where has my unaccounted states gone?" It works for Underdog! Then a hero from Delaware and North Dakota can do a virtual swoop into Alternator Valley and save us from Incompletion! Simon Bar Sinister will be foiled again! But wait, what the hell does he have to do with this? Nothing! Yet, he could have made some whacked out super ray thingy that has blocked transmissions from these two elusive states! So, YES! He must be foiled again! Then, and only then, will we hear from Cars nuts from these two states and reach Completion!! Ta Dah!

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Cars 2 taking the Old Route 66 to Theatres

Speculation about a Cars sequel has been laid to rest. Pixar announced their slate of films for the next four years. The last to be mentioned was Cars 2. I posted a poll as to which sequel would be announced first, and the majority of you were correct by choosing Cars! I really believe this is due to the overwhelming success of the die cast toy line, and the fact that the film is truly beloved by the public. I think the press wanted to knock Pixar off the mountain, as the "King of the Hill" when the film came out in 2006. You could feel the world seemingly wanting the movie to fail in some way, and that people were hyper-critical about the film when it wasn't warranted. All I've seen since it came out on DVD is that this movie is becoming entrenched as a super fan favorite! I know I love the film. I've watched it over and over far more than some of the other wonderful Pixar films.

So, does this mean I have to go on a toy quest for the next 6 to 8 years?! Heck, we fans will be the sole cause for keeping Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys and Ebay in the "Black!" You think your house is full of toys and getting out of hand, have you seen John Lasseter's office?! John will have to ask for a new 10,000 square foot office with display shelves, an extra assistant to keep his collection dusted, and a guard to keep people from swiping things!! That's why the movie is coming out in four years instead of two! To give them enough time to build him that new office with all the accoutrements! ;-)

Just think...I'll have another 6 to 8 years to write my blog, we can all run around like a bunch of nuts looking for toys, and we can keep Larry the Cable Guy from falling into oblivion! I can't wait! Can you?

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Do You Have Gold Mia and Tia FEVER?!

You're driving around running errands, and suddenly you decide to make a "Pit Stop" and run into a Wal-Mart to see if there are some "Gold Mias and Tias" in the Toy Department. You're kind of over the insanity of going into stores all the time to try to track down the Newest Cars Die-Cast Toys you want. You're always a few toys behind in trying to get caught up with your collection. And, even though you figure you'll just waste time walking to the back of the store only to turn around and walk out empty handed, you go on in. You walk with purpose and a hurried pace, because just in case there's something good in there, you've got to get there before another crazed collector! You get to the aisle of familiar red packaging. No one is there! You flip through row after row of the cute little Cars. You accidently knock them off the pegs as you try to see if there are any you don't have. Suddenly, six deep on the last row, you spy a Pit Crew Member Guido! You don't have that one yet! You grab at him gingerly so you don't damage the backer card, then you feel as excited as if you struck gold! You feel like Daffy Duck in "Ali Baba Bunny" when he screams, "It's mine, ya understand? Mine, MINE, all MINE!, get back in there!, down down down!, go go go!, mine mine mine! YAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" No gold Mias and Tias on this fine day, but you still struck gold in that thar store! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Cars collectors with Gold Mia & Tia Fever should consider the benefits of CA (Not California, but Cars Anonymous). It is a Twelve Tread program designed to wean humans off the paint fumes of Cars collecting. Check your local tire dealer for locations nearest you. ;-)

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