New ‘Cars 3’ characters inspired by NASCAR legends … Characters: River Scott, Junior “Midnight” Moon, Smokey and Louise “Barnstormer” Nash and their real life inspiration … Read the rest at ESPN. And yep, all are listed as diecasts … and if you look closely, that is one of the new looks of Lightning.

For CARS 3 Revell will have a build Lightning McQueen for younger kids.   Can’t show you the Lightning yet but here’s the screwdriver that let you attach different options like eyes, expression and body panels and then tighten with this Revell screwdriver.

You didn’t have to walk far to see a CARS 3 wall-sign … Plenty of non-diecast items. Pens & Scented pencils & markers. Posters. Pixar items … Including an old school pinball. Most of these desk accessories have been out already but coming back … I cannot remember what this thing is? Bubbles Lightning McQueen […]

CONFIRMED! In addition to the already reported SDCC San Diego Comic Con CARS 3 item … Mattel has confirmed there will also be a Disney D23 Expo item … (no, they wouldn’t tell me what it will be. 🙂  ). They are back to back weekends so come on over to Southern Cal in July […]

Carrera Slots are coming back for CARS 3! They also have a col tow truck coming so when you wreck or breakdown, you can send the tow truck, the race car hooks on and off you go to the pits or behind the wall.

One of the nicest surprise of ToyFair 2017 was rounding the corner and seeing a giant CARS 3 logo on the side of the Jada booth. The 1:24 scale by Jada looks great. Photos of the CARS 3 are embargoed but they LOOK GREAT. Especially a giant Mack in metallic red paint (Ransburg?) with trailer […]

In addition to the few diecasts available to see, there was a large format Tech Touch Lightning McQueen that looks really fun for younger kids …   Plastic but nicely detailed. Lights. Sounds. Dialogue. Moving eyes and mouth! What’s great is the touchscreen on the back. You can pick different modes including one where you draw […]

“Alberto A.” gives us a nice heads up on more reveals at Entertainment Weekly including new character reveals and even short video previews of Lightning’s new look plus racers, Jackson Storm & Cruz Ramierz! Diecasts to collect! Albert A. also reports that on ESPN Monday night at 8 PM Eastern, there will be a new CARS 3 […]

No description but there is already a listing for CARS SDCC 2017! We can presume it’s a CARS 3 item … it has a product number – FND40 and a size … “11.748 by 9.5 by 6.874” Weight: 1.543 Lbs Though these dimensions might just be lifted from last years but it’s a start. There is also […]

Happy New Year All! You really ready to Collect ‘Em All? After careful analysis, there are going to be FIVE separate diecast singles lines. The “mainline” is the typical main diecast line that has been ongoing since 2006 with some returning characters but most of it will be CARS 3 diecast characters. Of course, after […]