As predicted, all the 1:43(ish) scale Disney Store Piston Cup racers are available online now: Clutch Aid Shiny Wax Sidewall Shine Transberry Juice Trunk Fresh Of course, three of the Piston Cup racers were released already – Lightning McQueen, Chick & The King. Only Lightning McQueen is available online now but the other two should […]

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It’s been a while since our last reader Q&A so thanks for the reminder, Chuki Mama … and I thought no one cared 🙂 So ask away in the comments below and we will do a follow up post with answers (some which may actually be useful or pertinent) … Our last Q&A Answers are […]

John Lasseter & the Pixar gang were in Venice to be presented with a lifetime achievement award from the Venice Film festival by some dude named George Lucas. Afterwards, he held a press conference to talk about the next Disney Pixar slate of films including a lot more details regarding CARS2. Here’s what we’ve got […]

During SDCC, John Lasseter accidentially was pushed into the TakeFive gypsy cab and was forced to answer trivia questions such as – what’s up with A113 thing? John Lasseter Q&A What Does A113 Mean? Uploaded by disneypixar Okay, that’s not entirely true 🙂 (aka: not true at all 🙂  ). The truth actually is … […]

In a recent Time Magazine feature, there is a discussion about Walmart’s new “Project Impact.” Apparently it’s a threefold plan: One goal of Project Impact is cleaner, less cluttered stores that will improve the shopping experience. Another is friendlier customer service. A third: home in on categories where the competition can be killed. How does […]

Some changes to the next Hauler cases after G. CASE G is still coming in 2-3 weeks as scheduled: CASE H has been canceled … Which makes sense as we probably do not need a restock on Octane Gain … And the “old” CASE J has been effectively changed … from … The NEW CASE […]

There’s a very interesting article in the NY Times about the recent financial and creative history of LEGO. One area of focus was their financial and market share difficulties a few years back because … “The most popular toys would run out, he recalls, and Lego was simply unable to ship more …” “That began […]

Updated Piston Cup Re-release checklist … Right click or drag off for full size …

Well, not exactly new – new … These have landed in France and I imagine we will see these before year’s end … while Damaged King is not necessarily easy to find, that other fella might be easier 🙂 Thanks for the pics, David V.

MiaSenorita was kind enough to loan out a new oddball find … While it was announced a while back and it has been released overseas … its appearance in the U.S. is rather mysterious. It was found at Ross – normally a US discontinued outlet for manufacturers but also for other retailers who have excess […]