Jim Hill Media is reporting that Disney has registered a series of web urls surrounding the words: CARS 2: World Grand Prix Or as Jim Hill notes, they grabbed … CARS2-WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM CARS2WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM CARSWORLDGRANDPRIX.COM WORLDGRANDPRIX-MOVIE.COM So, you missed out on an opportunity to tuggle with Disney lawyers over urls 🙂 There are pretty much ‘Grand Prix’ […]

November 10th will be a Disney-Pixar week … No real surprise for CARS as both the DVD & Blu Ray DVD have all been released in early November. Pre-order at Amazon.com is up & running for the 2009 Blu Ray version of CARS which of course includes two Mattel diecast CARS: The exclusive GOLD RANSBURG […]

It’s even nicer than first thought … You get ALL THREE Pitty sizes – Fat, Wide AND Tall plus the Crew Chief + the toolchest & TWO sets of tires. Other than it’s only at Target, it’s like a pie out of the oven with whip cream and ice cream … in other words, I’ll […]

As most of you know, Mattel is switching from the Pit Row Launchers to Lightyear Launchers. Because it’s fun! 🙂 Okay, just kidding. Presumably because the regular launchers cost way more to manufacturer. Not only is there a launcher device but there’s a button that lifts up the flag plus a whole slew of stickers […]

Monica has graciously offered a SDCC Rescue Squad Mater for our next contest! If you can guess the date and state when & where the Target FINAL LAP CARS will arrive on the pegs, YOU WILL WIN! Contest starts RIGHT NOW. To enter, write in the COMMENTS BELOW CONTEST ENTRY and the DAY you predict […]

CARS Cares is launching a Kids for Kids CARS Program called, “Little Lugnuts.” “Little Lugnuts is a program designed to teach children about the power of giving to others, and to show them how they can do little things to cheer up others!” The membership kit will include lots of Little Lugnut goodies, like a membership “ticket”, […]

Slight update and info in regards to CARS2 … from Digital Spy. “For Cars 2, the whole Radiator Springs gang will hit the open road. “It’s Radiator Springs, and then the characters go to other places as well,” Lasseter said.” As for the character of Doc Hudson? “Lasseter is faced with the dilemma of repurposing […]

Is he is or is he not in scale? Well, a 100% direct comparison is not really possible as he’s not exactly a CASE IH Axial Flow 7010/8010 Combine (with “grain head.”) – Frank’s back area is tampered off – though since the CASE IH has been around 25 years, it’s redish and most combines […]

GeoTrax … apparently if you can cover the Earth with tracks from Geotrax … they will cover to your house to play … Bring your A game and your credit cards. The dude in the diaper has you beat … no, not the guy in the 1992 Huggies by the 1985 Camaro but that other […]

Okay, not me personally but a roundup of the customs from some of the great 3D artists out there  … Aroldo Pongetti says, don’t forget the launcher to go with the Apple Team. Sadly, I don’t think an official one will be coming soon … And over here in the US, customizer Richard Eckel has […]