Disney Pixar Cars - Mater The Greater 1:55th Scale Die Cast Toy Preview

Ladies and Gentlecars,
Welcome to our "Mater The Greater" Preview!

Cars Toons- Mater The Greater - The best free videos are right here

First, get a snack and watch the Shooooo!

What a bunch o' fun! Now, imagine taking
those cool images and turning them into three
dimensional die cast toys! Here ya go...A la Presto!

Mater The Greater and his Patriotic Pittys!

Mia and Tia are decked out wearing buck teeth and tow hooks while watching nervously as Mater The Greater Performs!

Mater The Greater got a bit singed from the
gun powder while being shot out of the cannon!

Shooot! Nothing a little bit of rubbing
compound can't clean right up!

Mater The Greater to Flight Control!

Mater The Greater is ready for take off!

Mater The Greater dons his snorkel and diving mask as he readies to jump from a tall tower into a pool!

Mater The Greater gets set to take on Carburetor Canyon!

Just about ready to light the fuse and make history!

Well, Mater The Greater will let his pal
Lightning McQueen attempt history first!

What incredible workmanship! These will be on display at the Mattel Booth at the New York City Comic-Con from February 6th through the 8th. They are Expected to be released in the Spring in the 1:55th scale! The packaging will be different from the "Mainline." I'm certainly anticipating the pictures for the rest of the Cars Toons line! How cool will the Bulldozer be from "El Materdor?!" How about the stylin' Cars from "Tokyo Mater?!!" This gives collectors something great to look forward to adding to their collection.

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Disney Pixar Cars - Cars Characters Joins the Cast of Disney on Ice

Lightning races around the rink during "Disney on Ice!"

Disney Pixar Cars characters have joined the cast of "Disney on Ice!" They open the show, and excite the crowd for the first half hour of the ice skating extravaganza! I thought those of you who love Cars and figure skating would be interested in taking your kids to see the show. Read more about "Disney on Ice" at this link...Cars on Ice

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Disney Pixar Cars - Collector Frustration and Loss of Momentum

I've always had my finger on the pulse of collecting, and am a fairly good barometer of how collectors feel. Have you been frustrated with the lack of supply of the new releases over the last few months? I know I have! For the first time in three years, my collecting has become discombobulated. I'm not even sure what I need to be up to date with my collection, and feel like I've hit a wall. I know I need Impound Snot Rod, Greta, Hank, Tumbleweed McQueen, White Walls McQueen and Race Damaged King. The problem is, who knows what's out?! Distribution is so screwed up, that some parts of the country are just getting T Cases that came out four to five months ago, while others are seeing Impound DJ! Can you relate?!

How about the economy? Are you starting to buy just one Car instead of two of each character? I've started to curtail my spending. Especially in light of the pathetic supply. We all ran around like a bunch of goofballs during Black Friday through Christmas looking for New releases and Haulers that never showed up! I don't know about you, but I'm tired and over it all! Ever visit MattyCollector.com? This is what you hear...Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp!! So, is it any surprise that Mattel comes out with a lousy earnings report? As I've said in the past, Mattel blames retailers, while the retailers blame Mattel. Passing the proverbial buck doesn't matter to customers. We want service, supply and not some artificial scarcity! Doing some stupid promotion to get us to buy up "Peg Warmers" to get a racer in a case is losing it's appeal. People ordered three to five Sidewall Shines, then only ordered one to three N2O Colas. Buying all those Cars that we don't want or need is getting old fast.

Well, I guess we'll see what happens. The Haulers are finally showing up and Dustin Mellows is making appearances. New singles are still pathetically scarce, and who knows where all the Chase Cars are. Mattel has no excuse for poor earnings. They can print money by simply getting their act together and meeting consumer demand for the hottest toy line in the world...CARS!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Piston Cups and Chase Cars

Are you dying to get your own Piston Cup? Here are a few you may have gotten by purchasing some of the many tracks or play sets. A few were also available at the Disney Store. I like the larger, detailed ones, while the smaller ones look like they came out of a cereal box. Again, a thanks to Ivette my friend from Austin for the picture!

We will soon see "Chase" Piston Cups with Lightning Mc Queen, the King and Chick Hicks! Yes, they are to be released as more of the "Chase" Cars that will be limited to 20,000 in distribution. They will have a gold gilded finish, and were first previewed at Comic-con last year. I would think they will start showing up after the impound series. To bad they won't be made of real metal. Maybe, we'll see one some day that will be part of an Exclusive set on MattyCollector.com.

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Disney Pixar Super Bowl Preview of UP

In connection with their Super Bowl ad, Disney Pixar has unveiled an Upisode called, "Adventures with Carl and Russell - Animal Calls!" I attempted to embed the clip, but it wouldn't work. Here's a screen capture.

Since, there is no Cars stuff for the Super Bowl, this was the next best thing! It is a fun little clip. Visit this link Animal Calls to see it! I'm rooting for the underdog Cardinals!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Where is the Walmart Hauler

If you're like me, you've been searching your local Walmarts for the white Walmart Hauler. Finally, the Gray Hauler, Chick Hicks Hauler and Mack Haulers have been showing up in Orlando and around the country. The question is, "Where is the Walmart Hauler?!" Again, I am endlessly dumbfounded by the lack of product in stores.

Yesterday, a friend went into a Walmart and told me it was well stocked with Haulers and Oversized Cars. I went to that same store today, and the shelves were literally bare! This is the norm for Disney Pixar's Cars. New stock is sold in hours and is lucky to last a day. Who is making the stupid decisions that keep the store shelves empty? You have the "Hottest" toy line in the world and don't come close to meeting consumer/collector demand! I've complained about this to every entity involved with Cars for the last two years. I've told Mattel this, Disney this, Walmart this, Target this, Toys R Us this, and other collectors this.

I've been told that part of keeping the line going strong entails a strategy of keeping the product scarce. I think it is only a useful marketing strategy to a point. If people feel you are artificially keeping supply scarce to create demand, you do nothing but upset collectors, lose credibility and ultimately damage sales. The Haulers and Oversized should have been stocked in abundance during November and December. Instead, even though Walmart advertised the Oversized for $5.00 in their Black Friday circular, most stores never had them! Additionally, the Haulers never showed up until the last week or so. So, again I ask, "Where is the Walmart Hauler?"

I guess the only thing to do is "Fahgettaboudit!" Then like Presto does magic (Pixar reference for you fans), the Walmart Hauler will appear when you least expect it! Tah-Dah!!

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Disney Pixar Cars - To Attend Comic-Con, or Not Attend...This is the Question

If you haven't been to the San Diego Comic-Con and you want to see Movie/TV Stars, weirdos, buy the hottest collectibles and enjoy the finest SoCal weather, then you should make a point of attending this year in July!

How do you decide if you want to attend the New York City Comic-Con? That's easy!! Do you want to freeze your butt off? I grew up in Boston and moved to Florida to escape the cold, so heck no! Is there going to be an exclusive Cars die cast being sold? Nope, and I'd probably just buy it on Ebay if there was one. Are there any huge stars making an appearance that you'd just have to see or die? Nope, not a single one! So, the answer is clear and simple...I'm skipping!

Remember, I reported that Mattel's Comic-Con Exclusive for this year will be Fire Engine Mater with Mia and Tia as Dalmatians (Check archives from 1/18/09)! This is the best picture you'll see until I get the real stuff from Mattel. By attending you get to pay retail, and you'll also get to preview all the upcoming releases that will be on display at the Mattel booth! July in San Diego delivers the finest weather you could want! Additionally, if you want to see Movie/TV Stars, you'll get them in abundance at the San Diego Comic-Con! Last year I saw Lucy Lawless, the cast of the Sara Connor Chronicles, Director Mc G and the cast of Terminator 4, and Director of The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont! I missed Kiefer Sutherland, Hugh Jackman, Keanu Reeves and more! These are reasons to attend the San Diego Comic-Con! Believe me, you won't be dissapointed!

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Disney Pixar Cars - The NEW Mack Track Challenge Playset

It is time to see another NEW Cars item way before it comes out! Here's another item direct from the Mattel "Design Center!" It is expected to come out in the Fall and retail for $40.00...Mack Track Challenge will allow you to play with Lightning as if he were Evil Knievel. Maybe he can jump Snake Spring Canyon here in Alternator Valley.

Lightning Does His Best Evil Knievel

Yippee! Looks like fun to me!

So, is all this plastic contributing to the high price of gas? Is Lightning going to jump through Mack during the Global Race? That would be a cool stunt! I can't wait to see what kind of playsets come out once Cars 2 comes out in 2011.

NEW Cryptic Shout Outs! Hi Emeryville, do you have an office at Pixar?!

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Disney Pixar Cars - Second and Third Level Characters are Key to Cars Success

Imagine if you could only collect the original twelve Cars characters and that was it. You would have completed your collection two years ago and would have gone on to something else. But here we are into the third year since Cars was released and collectors are hungrier than ever for the next NEW character!

What has made this line so successful is that John Lasseter wants us to have the entire cast of characters. How great is it that you can get characters such as Van, Yeti, and even Marco the Jet! To the reader who asked me if Mrs. Van (a.k.a Mini) would be available...I was told absolutely yes! Martin called her Mrs. Van, but what the hell does he know! I was told when all is said and done, that over 400 Cars characters will have been done in the 1:55th die cast "Mainline!" That is incredible and wonderful.

With all this happy stuff, I want to point out some things that make collecting a drag. It is when a company releases too many of the "Main" characters. Haven't we all said, "Not another McQueen!" I know I just can't take it when Disney runs a popular character into the ground. This is very evident with Disney pin trading. They'd release Tinker Bell angry, sitting, pouting, looking pretty, over the shoulder, blah, blah, blah...until you got so sick of Tinker Bell you wanted to vomit pixie dust! Let's hope Mattel doesn't make us want to puke up pistons and distributor caps.

Tell me you can't wait for Elvis?!! How about Sven the Governator?!! Who'd like a die cast Frank?!! Gimme a T! Gimme an O! Gimme a D! Gimme another D! Who does it Speeeeeell?! TODD, TODD, TODD! Who isn't waiting for Mr. Pizza Planet himself? I know a guy in Emeryville who probably has a few prototypes sitting in his office!

Man! Jay Limo is coming! Can't wait for Big Al! You are even gonna get the Spark Plug Aliens!!! Yessirree! This is the reason Cars is going to be hot for another five or six years! Great art, turned into great toys, done in high quality die cast. Martin, you and your team better take your vitamins and do your exercise in that Mattel gym. You got a lot of work to do my friend.

Coming Tomorrow: Photos of more New stuff!

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