Chick Hicks seems to be the kind of CAR guy who likes having his pit crew-his gang-his posse-his yes men around … For the longest time, it was just him and his bud Bruiser … not even extra tires or an extra toolchest … but all at once, Chick Hicks Hauler, Chick Semi and Chick […]

The F CASE Mainline Singles is leaving Mattel’s warehouse in the next few days so resellers will have cases in hand to ship and some retail stores might have it as early as next week on the shelves … And after that?

If you could travel forward in time to Summer of 2009, you will find these on the shelf …* This CAR is ripped with details – can’t wait … will arrive a few cases after Elvis … it will easier to find as there’s 3 to a case – can’t find the rest of the […]

Yes, sometimes you have the bad with the good but you can’t really find … … in the same store you’d find … You have to drive at least 30 miles 🙂 … Though sometimes you can Diddly-Squat and Squat at the same store. Thanks for the rarer than Rollin’ Bowling Mater on cards CARS, […]

For those unaware, Mattel actually has 7 retail-outlet stores around the country. This is the El Segundo store – very close by to Mattel’s HQ … Mike E actually took these photos a while back and I filed them in a MISC folder and have finally uncovered them … so these first photos are from […]

Your next track playset … The loop-de-loop looks pretty cool. Perfect for placing lil’ bro’s head there to see if that might hurt if full speed RPM comes barreling through … all in the name of science, of course … Also folds up … And you can even store a few CARS … good thing […]

The first Target Easter post is here … and of course, the two CARS without an Easter egg photo next to it were two CARS already out, Charlie Checker & Shiny Wax Crew Chief but if case you want to see them nestled next to their egg house. And Charlie Checker – still cannot really […]

Three years later, Frank the Combine is finally coming home to roost. The history of frank the Combine is fraught with villainy (eBay sellers), scum of the Earth (uh, other eBay sellers) and small girls who roll the dice when it’s NOT THEIR TURN! YEA YOU! CHEATER CHEATER! Um, what was I saying again? Oh […]

Remember, if the store looks like this … Or the CARS shelf looks like this … As Caitlin-FPG always says – remember to go around way back and you call always buy the special collector’s card that is the most special of them all … Thanks Caitlin-FPG for the great art of a card and […]

The prestigious Venice Film Festival is honoring John Lasseter & Pixar with a lifetime achievement award … “Lasseter has not only contributed in a fundamental manner to bringing animation cinema to new heights as one of the great expressive forces of the new millennium, but has also become one of the symbols of the most […]