“Ethan W.” sends along this sad pic of his Target (pretty much looks like mine) … though some people are reporting the 2-packs and singles CASE A actually on their store pegs … so keep looking? For Target RED CARD holders, there is a 20% off one toy so if there’s been a box set […]

Single CASE BB has arrived … (DXV29-95BB) For those who missed out, Millie returns! (You can check out detailed open pics HERE). It’s not attached to the fork … And returning after a long hiatus, with the eyelid line, Miles Axelrod with Microphone (though just called Miles Axelrod). His eye position is also different than […]

Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice photos. While the “new” 2-pack of 2022 is simply listed as Lightning McQueen & Mater, Mater has a large tow hook that is finally cab;e of actually towing Lightning like a real tow truck. Lightning McQueen has a notch in the back underneath so he’s “towable.” But as others […]

The first 2-pack of 2022 has arrived (and really, the 1st in nearly a year!) – DXV99-957L … some were listed in 2021 but never came out in the US … It contains 2 new variant versions of Mater & Lightning McQueen, Mater with a real Tow hook (larger) and a “hookable/towable” Lightning. Open pics […]

Yea, end of days is near for Kmart … “Kmart is down to its last 4 stores in the US.” “On a busy stretch of Route 35 near Rahway, New Jersey, one of the nation’s last Kmart stores looks like a relic from the past. Its big red K is faded and cracked. Inside this […]

Holiday Hotshot Lightning McQueen 2022 is a variant from the 2021 version.   Below is the 2021 version, can you spot the variant? Yep, it might be the world’s smallest variant. The whitewalls are a couple millimeters thicker. Yep, that’s it but for variant completists, it s more accurate as the screenshot shows a whitewall […]

When a die cast company re-uses a mold, they call it a repaint … but that word does not really do justice to the Thomasville racers … Every detail is filled in, headlamps, graphics heavy quality metal …   Jon Doe Jackson has a real “peebly” feel roof line … was that a feature on […]

It’s not really preserved as is as we kept adding to it as the ‘main post’ on Mattel Disney Pixar CARS back in 2008 (we posted on different things!) … but you can read the recap post from 2007 to Winter 2008 on how to keep up to date … I was in a store […]

It was a good year to collect Thomasville retro classic raceway paint schemes and inspired looks … My favorite sponsor, “Po ‘Tater’s” – They don’t sponsor ’em like they used to …

Here’s the case contents of the 1sr release of the 2022 NASCAR CARS series – only ar Walmart. The paint schemes-livery are very nice … There was a Lightning McQueen released in 2021 but this is a variant version with a slightly different RUSTEZE logo on the hood. But the big difference are the cool […]