Available in the UK – The figurine box set is not bad – £15 to get a over-view of most of the iconic Pixar characters … But selling the individual figurine CARS (that have NO rolling wheels) is a bit shabby – especially at £2.97 or about $4.40! What’s the point of a toy car […]

Stickler for Stickers of Stickers McQueen? Then stick around! Also a UK item (Disney int’l is BUSY!), there is a new CARS sticker album book. Fill your album book up with CARS stickers … There are 190 stickers including 36 special foil and 10 PVC stickers and a 32 page sticker album with a pull […]

In case you wondered what McQueen & Sally ate on their first date? Available at Tesco in the UK … In the US, Tesco is starting up a chain called ‘Smart & Fresh‘ but they haven’t made it to NorCal yet so can’t you if we’ll e getting Sally & McQueen meals … Of course, […]

I know these look like counterfeit but they are apparently real licensed products … And no, the crime isn’t against common design decency but that it’s that the tires come off and kids can choke on them … So, you don’t have to admit you bought one of the 73,000 pairs here but please bring […]

As expected, sales are down … “This quarter’s results met our expectations, with revenues negatively impacted by foreign exchange rates and retailer inventory reductions,” said Robert A. Eckert, chairman and chief executive officer of Mattel. “We’ve made good progress on several strategically important fronts, and will continue to manage costs and expenses in light of […]

You go to sleep all grumbly but voila! (as French is required), you could wake up Canadian! Thanks to a new law, Canada will bestow citizenship Friday on what its government believes could be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting foreigners, most of them Americans. The April 17 amendment to Canada’s Citizenship Act automatically restores Canadian […]

Okay, technically the $.99 Store is the $.99.99 Store now – I kid you not. They needed to raise prices and couldn’t figure out how to do it until some lawyer jumped in … of course, they round to $1 … though technically, does this mean some other lawyer is going to file a class […]

Part I of this post mostly covered the tuners which offer clues but nothing definite … the rest of the CARS here, are mostly licensed as indicated by the info on the cards or the trademark info … Here are some obvious ones … though of course, CARS is great on two counts – the […]

eBay started out a welcoming friend. eBay then became a demanding friend. eBay “unfriended” nearly everyone. eBay then became “too good for us.” eBay sent out e-vites for a holiday get-together and no one showed. eBay then tried being “nice.” eBay is now trying desperation. “eBay today announced it will take a more active role […]

The Pit Race Off Launcher portion of Mattel’s Pixar Diecast CARS seems to be run by bushed squirrels … We never got CASE A. We did get CASE B and now, CASE C was skipped and shipped to Germany … From “Sylt,” the cases are double the original US boxes … Interesting that the fronts […]