Good news, Knightrider sends us a good news update … “The Faux Wheel Drive promo is being continued until the end of February. I spoke to a Mattel UK customer service assistant today who told me, that because most of the promo stickered cars didn’t get put on the shelves till after Christmas, and due […]

Not very easy to find in the US are the Bandai Gashapon Capsule CARS … (in the US, we tend to have the Tomy TYC ones …) “Gashapon” is the overall Japanese word to describe these ‘capsules.’ I think it’s a direct translation of the sound the capsules make as they rotate out of the […]

Cross another off the list … The Leak Less Hauler is here … As with the others … a thing of beauty … Perfectly proportioned … Wonder why Leak Less still looks mad? Looks like Leak Less Hauler didn’t get the memo that Leak Less’ new color is green-yellow … and when I say ‘memo,’ […]

Yea, they might sell a few of these … You might want this case also … Okay, you might need to expand your budget … And the next CASE after this one will have … And look, NOT one Al Oft in any assortment … guess it’s time to hoard the Al Oft … and […]

Laziest custom playset ever … 🙂 Keep in mind that kids are super smart these days so if you just hand them the plane and keep the hut, they will ask you where’s the hanger? And if you’re not fussy about scale … it’s 50-foot tall monster Sarge … nicely detailed …

Chick Hicks seems to be the kind of CAR guy who likes having his pit crew-his gang-his posse-his yes men around … For the longest time, it was just him and his bud Bruiser … not even extra tires or an extra toolchest … but all at once, Chick Hicks Hauler, Chick Semi and Chick […]

The F CASE Mainline Singles is leaving Mattel’s warehouse in the next few days so resellers will have cases in hand to ship and some retail stores might have it as early as next week on the shelves … And after that?

If you could travel forward in time to Summer of 2009, you will find these on the shelf …* This CAR is ripped with details – can’t wait … will arrive a few cases after Elvis … it will easier to find as there’s 3 to a case – can’t find the rest of the […]

Yes, sometimes you have the bad with the good but you can’t really find … … in the same store you’d find … You have to drive at least 30 miles 🙂 … Though sometimes you can Diddly-Squat and Squat at the same store. Thanks for the rarer than Rollin’ Bowling Mater on cards CARS, […]

For those unaware, Mattel actually has 7 retail-outlet stores around the country. This is the El Segundo store – very close by to Mattel’s HQ … Mike E actually took these photos a while back and I filed them in a MISC folder and have finally uncovered them … so these first photos are from […]