Of course, Disney leaves very few stones unturned in the the marketing & branding quest … these have been out a while … Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs for Boys are they are officially called. Now for a limited time, they are available with a “free” CARS storage box. Of course, if you’re confused […]

Buy 5 CARS, Get Sidewall Shine for $5 … Now shipping … Though sometimes the Mattel fulfillment warehouse pulls a funny … Heather doesn’t seem to be laughing … Though they have fessed up to the error and will be sending her the correct CARS … hopefully. Thanks for the pics, Heather …

Hey, I’m all about the gimmicky … I mean, who doesn’t want candy you can reconfigure 33 different ways? For the Octover issue, Esquire mag added an e-ink element to the front cover … E-ink in theory will be cool one day, a wafer thing sheet of an LCD like screen that can be re-fresh, […]

“The Kellogg Co., which owns the brand, is bringing them back to celebrate the cookie’s 100th anniversary. The cookies began their return to store shelves last week.” However, they are calling it a limited release, guess they are hedging their bets as to how sales will be. More reading HERE and in the NY TIMES. […]

Children’s Toy Closet is shipping out CASE T as we speak. And as with ‘Stickers’ McQueen, the ratio of ‘Stickers’ Fred is 1 to 1 and for those who’ve forgotten their 3rd grade math :-), that means of the 20 boxes they have opened, there are 20 “Fred with Bumper Stickers” as he also officially […]

Now I understand why eBay turned off the SELLER FEEDBACK spigot because of sellers like this … Humm, not exactly arriving in MINT ON CARD condition … well if you discount the: DENT IN BUBBLE CREASE ON CARD BUCKLING OF CARD DAMAGE IN CORNERS Other than that, it’s still “rare!” Gee, how could this happen […]

Those of you on the outer markers, you’re okay to go shopping but maybe get a canoe first … those of you in the pink area, get thee to New Mexico, Arizona or California … National Weather Service Live Info. National Weather Hurricane Winds Tracking Map. Weather.com Video – Leading edge is MASSIVE.

Humm, the N20 Cola plastic baggie words are all in English also … humm, what do you suppose that means? And it’s NOT a generic bag … If you look closely, you’ll see that SIDEWALL SHINE is product number N4600 and while not pictured, N20 Cola is N4601 … Humm, I say … humm, I […]

Well, maybe World of CARS will go out in one last blaze of WM glory? There is a mysterious CASE ASSORTMENT W scheduled for a week after the Kmart CARS Collector’s Day CASE. (Kmart 1054-9998, WM 1054-999W) What’s in the Wal-Mart case – no one knows? (It’s definitely marked for Wal Mart). AND this is […]

No particular reason. Pick up some fiddle-faddles, get your picture taken with a cardboard standee of Martha Stewart and oh, I don’t know, look at some CARS on a table. Edwin Kranks, Fred (re-scaled, no stickers), Shiny Wax, Sputter Stop, Transberry Juice, View Zeen & SpareMint & more will be there … Will you? UPDATE: […]