The first poster included with the first release of CARS under the RACE O RAMA motif & design was this one-sided poster: It was replaced by this two-sided version for most of the Race O Rama series. This poster is of course, folded under the mainline singles CAR so it’s on the “grass.” Now, poster#3 […]

After a long air flight, you do need some Trunk Fresh … Will you be needing the XXXXL size or will the M do for ya? 🙂 Their slogan, “The bigger your junk, the ‘mo fresh for your trunk!” 🙂 CTC is offering the case on sale for $85 – now shipping …

Some official non-hinckey photos … In other words, will you bow before the power of Mater Tall Tales? It will crush your resistance like Thor’s hammer on a watermelon … ma-hahaha mawaahahahaha … And yes, this is the “non-Ransburg” Mater … in other words, the ‘common’ one … who’s your daddy now? And while NOT […]

The lenticulars are coming … and as noted before, I have nothing against lenticular in general or when applied to CARS – I only question the way they are being distributed but some look very nice straight from Mattel’s photo studio. Of course, to no surprise, it’s not easy to photograph them – how is […]

Before beginning this post, you can also read the Red Ransburg post as some of it is treading old ground but we’re also breaking territory and breaking new wind and yes, that is the correct phrase to describe where we stand now. In the words of the the Grinch – stink, stank, stunk. 🙂 As […]

Do you have a mint to spare? For the variant o mint? Spare us some Variant Mint? What was once Spare Mint is now? O, Spare us! We once had names and apparently now taken over by the Tach-O-Mint corporation? … Or it’s a Scottish ancestry thing? Thanks for spotting the name change, MackDaddy or […]

Better hurry if you’ve been asleep at the switch … Tickets for SDCC 2009. (or click on graphic above). BTW, if you haven’t seen the Star Trek movie – I give it 4 Mini-Skirted Red um, skirts … an excellent reboot … nothing further, no spoilers 🙂 Available at Amazon. Or read the graphic novel […]

It’s Micky! Literally! Micky wins! (naturally, with a name like Micky! 🙂   ). To win the Exclusive Mickey Lightning McQueen & Minnie Sally Disney resort playmat generously donated by Fiddlehead of Maine, you had to regale us with your Disneyland/World/Resort story … of the best stories, Fiddlehead selected the best of the best and because […]

“Marcus G.” seems to have gotten the first case and it looks like Mattel has moved Chick Hick Mia & Tia to CASE D and presumably moved the Showgirls to CASE E? The new CASE D as opened by Marcus G. And he sends along some nice photos … With Chick #86 stickers … Second […]

The next Mattel CARS Collector Guide & CAR coming this year end? Yep, Dragon Lightning McQueen. Look for it with the 2010 Collector Guide booklet around the end of this year, 2009. (sorry for the original poorly worded sentence 🙂  ).