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Pixar is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Cars with an exciting new documentary-style YouTube series inspired by the real-life Route 66. During a special presentation at the Walt Disney Family Museum, Cars Creative Director Jay Ward revealed that Pixar recently traveled the entire length of Historic Route 66 to film a new series. Rather than focusing only on the movie, the project explores the real people, places, and stories that inspired Radiator Springs and helped shap

Ka-Chow! To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cars, Disney and Pixar are hosting a very special event. D23, the Official Disney Fan Club, is teaming up with Street Food Cinema to present an exclusive outdoor screening of the beloved Pixar classic on August 1, 2026, at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. Fans will have the chance to experience the original 2006 film on the big screen once again, revisiting Lightning McQueen, Mater, Sally, Doc Hudson, and the

If you've been on the lookout for this beautiful metallic release, I have some good news for my fellow collectors here in France: it is finally starting to hit the shelves at King Jouet stores. Before we get to the car itself, let's talk about how these are shipping. Mattel released a special assortment box dedicated specifically to this model, which contains exactly 8 pieces. Here are the shipping boxes fresh off the pallet: For the variant hunters and box-code enthusiasts o

Back in February, reliable source @misterdocket dropped some incredibly exciting news for the die-cast community: Mattel was gearing up for an official collaboration between Disney Pixar’s Cars and Formula 1. It sounded like a brilliant move, echoing the successful crossover lines they previously did with NASCAR. At the time, the only clue we had was a product listing spotted on Icecat. The listing teased an upcoming 3-pack featuring Lightning McQueen, Francesco Bernoulli and

What an incredible turnout for our re-launch celebration contest! First and foremost, a massive THANK YOU to everyone who participated. It was an absolute blast reading through all your comments. From the OG collectors who have been here since 2006, to stories about hunting down grails, to families passing down the passion to the next generation—it reminds us why this community is so special. As promised in the rules, we went through all the entries, we ran them through a ran