Starting on June 14, 2014 – the Richard Petty NASCAR Junior Ride Along at the World Disney World Speedway will feature Gaskits & Nitroade! “RPDE’s Junior Ride-Along program gives children ages 6 to 13 (and at least 48 inches tall) the opportunity to experience real-life racing excitement while they ride-along shotgun with a professional driving […]

Strange launch of a mini-major property, Planes Fire & Rescue … there seems to be no street date and no one at Mattel seems to admit there’s a street date or a hold-by date for product … so it’s out … unless it’s not out. Plus as you can tell, not everything has arrived. The […]

In addition to the Radiator Springs 500½ Road Rally Toon only available on the Disney Movies Anywhere site, you can now watch a couple other “Tales of RS” shorts. The Disney Anywhere site is available online (Flash required) or on the “Disney Movies Anywhere” app for your iPhone, or iPad. Online is essentially like any […]

This may not apply to every Mattel product line or every toy company as smaller companies are more flexible but this is the general process. For purposes of simplicity, I’ll just cover the CARS diecast process but since diecasts are the most complicated in the CARS lineup as they cover the most characters, here is […]

The 8-pack will feature Mattel’s CARS/PLANES Group’s new go-to design … Tucked inside will be 3 PLANES, 4 Smoke Jumpers & Marv, the mechanic Pitty.  

Ice racers are definitely coming as the next, next Toon with a CARS series along with it. Besides, Ice Drifter Lightning McQueen, there is only a numbered listing, it appears to be the other 10 WGP racers but it’s hard to say for certain. It looks like in addition to the diecast versions from the […]

Who doesn’t love the airport fire vehicle (from Rosenbauer?) Going by the screenshot, clearly he should be much bigger than Mayday … So as great as the Disney Store Mayday in his detailing and heavyweight metal, he is clearly oversized. DS Ryker might be a better fit with Mattel’s Mayday?   Ryker looks great next […]

There are listing for a couple playsets … Maru’s Fuel Stop And the “hangout” of the Smoke Jumpers – is it also just a giant shed?

“Mack Me Bucko” & “John H.” sends along great pics of Disney Store’s Mayday. Nice looking scaled to Mattel’s Lightning McQueen. Disney Store Chug. Sweet looking details. Appropriately “used.” Just looks right. The Disney Store one has a fun bumper detail. Sized next to DS Ryker & Mattel Red. Nice! Thanks for the great pics, […]