Article Archive for April 2014

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Close-Up “95 Fans” Luigi & Guido
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 10 April 2014
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The latest Super Chase Pretty darn cute … What’s that in the middle of Luigi’s hat? Is that some illuminati symbol? 🙂

Monster High NY Toy Fair Presentation Videos
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Posted in Toys on 9 April 2014
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From Mattel, official NY Toy Fair 2014 Monster High figures and playsets … Catacombs Freaky Fusion Frights Camera Action

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Cora Cooper & Another Cartney Arrives in the US
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 9 April 2014
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Thanks for the nice card photos, “Lane Change” and the nice open and comparison photos, “John H.” Hey, a second Cartney CAR … He’s a Fiat repaint. Nice sculpt. Very cute. Paul V notes these arrived back in Australia way back in February! Of course, we’ve been waiting about 5 years for Cora to arrive […]

Mattel Disney PLANES 2: Dusty Crophopper Video – NY Toy Fair
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Posted in Disney Planes Fire & Rescue on 8 April 2014
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An official video from Mattel for a new large scale Dusty Crophopper for PLANES: Fire & Rescue … Apparently, it’s priced at Mattel’s new minimal price point … $49.99 – how many should I put you down for? 🙂

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: SDCC Neon Racer First Look
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Toons Diecast on 8 April 2014
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“MacQueen from France,” sends along nice photos of the SDCC Neon Racer Lightning McQueen. Yes, diecast. This is “Toon Radiator Springs” look. (Shorts HERE). It does look nice in the dark – it won’t cause you nightmares, will it? Or is the $50 price for him and Neon Shu scary enough? 🙂 Well, I hope […]

Mattel Disney PLANES: Next Wave – Last Wave Planes Diecasts, Part 2
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS Toons, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 6 April 2014
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Wave 3 should be the next and last wave of PLANES diecast – Part 1 is in this post, this is Part 2, the last of this wave. Netherlands – Van Der Bird Turkey, Vichi. Russia – Koyla Ianov These are all listed as singles but it’ll be interesting to see how many packaging variations […]

Mattel Disney PLANES: Tsubasa & Last Wave Planes Diecasts, Part 1
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Posted in Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Planes Diecast on 6 April 2014
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Tsubasa, the Japanese PLANES racer has arrived – thanks for the great pics and info heads up, Mariela P. Also, the first release of Supercharged Dusty as a single. The next wave of PLANES diecast should be the last before PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE diecasts start coming out … Brazil – Miguel Ireland – Little […]

Disney Pixar CARS: New Disney Store Chase
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Store on 4 April 2014
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The Disney Store is getting in on the Neon Racer deal … The Disney Store one also does not actually seem to glow in the dark.   There is also a Disney Store version of Heavy Metal LM now. They also have a fun personalized book of Lightning McQueen. They also have a nice price […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Diecast: Geartrude & Lubewig Close Up
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 4 April 2014
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Thanks for the fun pics, “John H.” of Lubewig & an early preview of Geartrude One of the nicest detailed sculpts … Notice the headlamps are not on straight (as it should be). Nice door misalignment. Only flaw seems to be the stretched license plate. Very cute. Nice! Thanks for the great photos, “John H!”

Disney Pixar CARS: Tomy Takara with Headset
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3 on 3 April 2014
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It’s nice that Tomy Takara (the diecast company with the CARS license in Japan – 1:64 scale) offers up diecasts with separate headsets. I guess in the US they are afraid kids might eat them but they’re not any smaller than the glasses or tires offered as accessories so I’m not sure why you wouldn’t […]