Long time CARS fans knows in the past few years, the Mattel CARS website and accompanying year poster was definitely not posted in the early part of the year … but for CARS 3, they have all their ducks in a row and there’s no goose in the gander sauce (I think that’s the saying). […]

Thanks to everyone who sent in great pics, “John H, John V, Michael VN, Howard DH, Travis S., Bobby D., Celso, Damien V., Brian B., Bill L., Carl P. … sorry if I left you off the list!” My local WM, guy loaded these and then called it a day … This was the weirdest […]

For Disney Pixar CARS 3, all the LEGO box sets are for the “Juniors,” and “Duplo” line. JUNIORS Thunder Hollow Crazy 8 Race Smokey’s Garage Willy’s Butte Speed Training Mater’s Junkyard Lightning McQueen Speed Launcher Guido and Luigi’s Pit Stop Cruz Ramirez Race Simulator DUPLO Flo’s Café Piston Cup Race Mater’s Shed

It’s hard to tell without looking at the contents of each box set to make the most efficient purchases without too many repeats – here are the box sets out so far: The Fireball Beach 4-Pack With 4 new releases. Luigi with Flag is new. While Guido with tires & tool chest is not really new, […]

Haulers – Cabs with trailers are a Walmart exclusive – the Wally Hauler returns as is in new packaging so the photo of him is not included here. Thanks, “John H.” for the nice photos. For variant collectors, it looks like there is a color variant on Bobby Swift, Octane Gain’s hauler.

The new 2-packs look nice – not too many repeats and you can skip a few singles by picking up the 2-pack though there are some diecasts exclusive to the 2-packs format.

There are 4 deluxe diecasts, RED looks to be a repeat but Mack has updated graphics – Miss Fritter and Tiny Lugsworth are new. Happy shopping!

While everyone is receiving CASE A singles, there are about 10 different endcaps, pallet dumps, sidecaps and counter displays so there are a few other diecasts available … Happy hunting! The re-releases of CARS 1 characters look to be the same but variants? We’ll find out soon.