Thanks “CollectorMom/Monica” for the great pics of the new Pixar parade. Thanks – now back to Mickey funnel cakes!

You can debate whether Mattel simply doesn’t know what they’re doing or they are purposefully trying to sell you an extra card … On the back of the RADIATOR SPRINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT card for Ramone & Flo, it lists them as themed “Race Rods.” Other Cards that show them correctly. The ACTUAL cars match the […]

Until major competitor, Hasbro – whose sales were up 14% in Q1, 2008 – Mattel posted a loss of $46.6 million … before you go blaming it on shortage of CARS, the problem is the Fisher Price division … sales in that division were down 13% percent “Fisher-Price, Mattel’s education and preschool toy company, accounted […]

Since Sarge disappeared from the store shelves last summer, most eBay sellers have been content to sell the Desert Art 12 & 16-CARS back ones at a nice markup ($15-$25 dollars). However, with the recent Mini & other releases, some less than ethical people are trying to take advantage of the situation by pawning off […]

Yes, we are are edging closer to an actual release date for the Motor Speedway of the South set with REAL evidence of the set. The “Sneak Peek” photos are up at the Hot Wheels Collectors Club (in the Red Line Club Sneak Peek section). Only PC users can see the photos so they are […]

We know it’s tough to collect CARS outside the US – being that it’s not particularly easy to collect CARS while we’re here in the US … If Mattel can ignore us here, imagine the ignoring they do to everyone outside the US … And of course, not only do international fans have to work […]

Clipped from the Disney, Inc. Press Release: CARS 2 (Domestic Release Date: Summer 2012, Disney Digital 3-D™) Pixar Animation Studios Director: Brad Lewis All the world’s a racetrack as racing superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe’s fastest and finest in this thrilling […]