If you’re collecting Pit Stop launchers, there are two new ones to add … Francesco Pit Stop Launcher Raoul Caroule Pit Stop Launcher Of course, Mattel realized, hey, there are only 3 more to go before they run of WGP racers so … NEW LAUNCHERS … which are apparently called CARS 2 Launchers (that naming […]

As you might know, Coca Cola has a new dispenser that lets you mix and mix 100+ varieties of their sodas and drinks … The Five Guys chain, Wingstop, many Jack in the Box and 1,800 restaurants have it in place but now BK might add it to all 7,000 restaurants. I tried it in […]

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Oh the humanity.

Well, it’s no real shock with poor alignment of tactical and strategic decisions regarding pricing, assortments, distribution, selection, and shipping numbers, it’s time to pay the piper or the consolidator … You can pick up the playsets for $10 and Finn & Mater diecasts for a couple bucks … or this weird line extension … […]

Every year, in the Swedish town of Glave, every year since 1966, they build a giant goat and take bets whether it gets light up like a giant, giant pile of twigs (which it is) … “Half of the people take pride in the giant animal, while the other half take equal pride in attempting […]

“Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler space telescope have confirmed a roughly Earth-size planet orbiting a sun-like star in the so-called “Goldilocks” zone where water can exist in liquid form on the surface and conditions may be favorable for life as it is known on Earth. But astronomers say a planet known as Kepler-22b, orbiting a star […]

As noted in the earlier post, there is a new series coming called CARS TAKE FLIGHT which will encompass all the flying craft of CARS going forward – in particular AIR MATER (covered in earlier post) and in this post MOON MATER. This covers only the oversized “singles” diecast releases under the CARS TAKE FLIGHT […]

While we’re not quite out of the woods yet, it seems there are CARS scheduled for 2012. Whether they straighten out the mix issue, the retail issue, the planning issues, the strategic issues, the timeline of line extensions and the collector issue remains to be seen … but at least these have been designed, molds […]