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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Disney Pixar Cars - Alternator Valley Trading Post Coming Soon!

I've had a number of readers ask if I'd start a Trading Area. I am willing to do so since the site has a diverse global readership, and can help people get more of what they want. It will strictly be a "Trading Post." No selling will be allowed. I will be awarding a special "Key to the Post" to traders I know are good people. Others can attain this designation through nomination and proof of being an honest and reliable trader. Details and Rules will posted once the "Alternator Valley Trading Post" is launched in the next week! If you have any thoughts or ideas to make the "Trading Post" more of what you want, feel free to post comments.

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Disney Pixar Cars 2009 Calender

It might be made of paper, two-dimensional, and only good for sixteen months, but the 2009 Cars Calender delivers! I figured many of you would be interested in it and like to get one for your house. My 2008 calender hangs in my office and adds colorful fun to my day! The 2009 calender picks up where 2008 ends with great stills from the film. Each month focuses on a specific character and gives you a bio on them. You learn a bit more about that character and things you may not know about them. I got mine at Walmart for the bargain price of just $4.97! I'm sure I'll be getting the Cars Calender for years to come!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Waiting for Oversized and Storytellers to Appear

I still have yet to see a single Oversized Car appear in Orlando. Just one Target had a shipment of Storytellers, and they were effectively gone in a day. I keep calling and visiting Walmart, Target and Toys R Us and nothing, nada, zilch!! Less than two months until Jolly Saint Nick visits, and there's been nothing for us hungry shoppers to spend our dough on! So, we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Darth Mater Selling Price A Disappointment!

I talked to a good friend from Mattel this morning and was told that Darth Mater sold for a paltry $10,000! I am certainly shocked, amazed and disappointed! This was one of the most unique pieces I've ever seen. Where were the heavy hitters? Why didn't Lucas or Lasseter bid on it?

If you were fortunate enough to see Darth in person like I did, you'd have been amazed at the quality, workmanship, and creativity behind the one-of-a-kind collectible! Hell, if I had ten grand, I would have gladly paid it to get Darth Mater! I can tell you this much...Collectors want a small version of him. I've said that Mattel should absolutely make a version for MattyCollector.com within the next year! If they don't, they'll miss the boat. Collectors love this costumed version of Mater.

I feel the amount he sold for could almost be deemed insulting. It had to be a shock to the Children Affected by Aids Foundation as well. They were really counting on these bids to help the organization financially. Well, as the saying goes, "Wait until next year!"

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Disney Pixar Cars - N2O Cola Update

As I wrote in my last entry about the N2O Cola promotion, Mattel has updated their site and you can now find these pics of the Car on display. The interesting thing is that the acrylic case has the Cars logo on the front, as opposed to Sidewall Shine where the logo is on the back of the case. I don't know if this was done on purpose, or is a simple mistake. I guess we'll find out when we get the Car. If you don't like it that way, just simply turn the top around and it will then be on the back. Again, visit this link to complete your order for your N2O Cola Car! N2O Cola Promotion

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Disney Pixar Cars - Expect More Kmart Cars Collectors Events

I talked to one of my contacts at Mattel, and was told Kmart did incredible numbers on October 18th's Collectors Day. From what I was told, I'd expect to see more Cars Collectors Events at Kmart in the future. Kmart has long done Hot Wheels Collectors Events with Mattel. They tend to have one every three to four months. As a matter of fact, they are having another Hot Wheels Collectors Event on November 8, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. That is less than two months since the last one they just did on September 20th. So, maybe we'll see another Cars Collectors Event at Kmart in February or March. Would you like to be able to get four or five New Cars released in one fell swoop again? Heck! I say yessirree!

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San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Countdown

News is slow on the Cars front, so I was thinking about the next thing that has me jazzed, and it is going back to Comic-Con in 2009! It will be the 40th Anniversary of the leading comics and popular arts convention! Mattel is going to have some wonderful stuff for you Cars collectors! I have a few friends who will hopefully attend for the first time, and I'm looking forward to them being there with me. Any excuse to visit Cali is a good one for me! You'll notice I put a Countdown Clock on the site. It is set to countdown to Preview Night on July 22, 2009! It is just under 40 weeks until the 40th convention! I'll certainly keep you all abreast of Comic-Con news, especially concerning Disney Pixar's Cars. Are you going to attend? Don't think about. DO IT! Registration is open at this link Comic-Con 2009!

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Disney Pixar Cars - N2O Cola Promotion Revs UP!

Gentle Collectors, start your engines and get ready to race off to Toys R Us! The race "Officially" starts on October 26, 2008 and runs from 10/26/08 - 12/31/08! Just like the recent Sidewall Shine promotion, you simply purchase 5 single pack Cars character vehicles and send in the required items to get an N2O Cola Car! There's now a list of the 97 different UPC Codes of the Cars you can buy to fulfill the purchase requirement. Click on the picture to see the full size image so you can read the UPC Codes. The same web site used for the Sidewall Shine promotion is where you'll visit to complete your order. Click here N2O Cola Promotion to fill out your order. The picture has yet to be changed out, but will likely show N2O Cola in a display case by October 26th.

Did you get the chance to get Sidewall Shine? I'm certainly going to buy a few more stocking stuffers so I can get a few N2O's! The Cars and the display are superb! If you have yet to get one, you are missing out! A lot of people are gonna get Cars for Christmas and like it! I can also guarantee you that I have all 97 Cars that correspond to the UPC Codes! Do you? That's a lotta Cars, and there's a lotsa more coming! Mama Mia!

Imagine if these suckers were a scale of 1:10, instead of the 1:55th scale? You'd literally have to build a room onto your house! Add in the haulers, the city props and all the characters. It would be cool though!

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