No photos yet and not sure if they are metal or plastic but they are 1:55 scale … “Mix and match the four different pairs of eyes and four different mouths on each vehicle for a total of 16 different fun and funny expressions.” Either it will be fun for all or creepy weird … […]

What is the Dutch word for embargo? Guess it wasn’t properly stamped on the boxes … 🙂 The new “Pit Stop Launchers” are out in the Netherlands … Lightning … Max Schnell And Nigel Gearsley Looks a slight re-design of the original Pit Row Race Off launchers … This is of course, the EU packaging […]

Radiation is not much fun in the real world but here are some charts that might be useful … You can read a brief overview here. Via the WSJ. And via XKCD. You can download the full size of the above chart HERE. And now back to the fun (volume alert).

Jeff Gorvette is officially announced … Jeff Gorvette is one of the greatest American racecars alive today. Donning the stars and stripes of his country’s flag, the #24 Corvette C6.R has proven his ability to succeed on the big ovals and the road courses of the Grand Touring Sports circuits. Having moved from his hometown […]

Finally, a complete schedule … The 30-city life-sized Lightning, Mater & Finn McMissile replicas started their tour yesterday – Tuesday March 22, 2011 at the Mall of America in Minneapolis … At each event fans will be able to see the “Cars” characters face-to-face as well as see the cars that the characters were modeled […]

Courtesy of Al from MiceChat.com, a roundup update of new theme park construction including CARS land … and the CARS Land gate to keep you out unless you’re wearing a hard hat … 🙂 And building at a feverish pace – for sheer scale, you can check out the construction workers … There is also […]

If you’re looking for the Gask-it launchers and you don’t live far from a Mattel Retail Store – John H. sends up photos from the El Segundo store … For those still looking for the MattyCollector McQueen with rubber tires, they have them at this store also. They are “regular priced,” but they offered discounts […]

Technically they’re for kids but grownups need a playhouse slash storage slash mini museum also … Plus you want to keep each collection separate, right? They only look small from the outside … They do come in Mini, Medium & Large … Should I put you down for 5? Some assembly required. From SmartPlayhouse.

Between Borders.com has resolved the issue of the A4 size paper versus the US 8.5″ by 11″ … in details upon details. 🙂 Basically, it comes down the whole metric system thing of precise measurements versus the 12″ equals a foot but 4 quarts equals a gallon or that 5280 is a mile – or […]

The first official “playset” of CARS 2 … Spoiler alert coming so avert your eyes if you just don’t want to know anything … His name is Stephenson … and he’s a Spy Train … Mater’s spy home base? The included Mater is of course, plastic … And no higher res shot – but here’s […]