Cars4Lars won the contest to spot the difference in the Race and Chase Box set – correctly guessing that Lightning McQueen now has a Rust-Eze decal on his spoiler … And the second contest was a random entry in the COMMENTS section. There were 84 comments that made the midnight deadline and the random winner […]

Mini Mack – Camo (aka: Sarge Boot Camp Mack) actually has a working trailer hitch hole and can cart off his “normal” Mack trailer! Double duty! Nice! Ten-hut! Thanks for the great pics, “Slam.” Of course, maybe this is a new thing – they realized that offering a semi without a hitch hole is like […]

Of course, they go by different names from flea markets to swap meets to toy club events to collectibles shows to toy shows to comic cons – they are gatherings of dealers with merchandise ranging from old school tin toy collectibles to of course, Mattel Pixar Diecast CARS. In most cases, there’s often no way […]

Many of you have noticed a sale or clearance on the Storytellers series at Target. (Here in NorCal, not many to clearance and most only at 30% off) – why the clearance if more are coming in @8-10 weeks? It mght be because they re-designing the cards (as has been hinted) and clearly, they are […]

Ho … humm, yea, yea, the “new” Target 4-pack … seen it … been there … OR HAVE YOU? 🙂 Yea, spot what’s DIFFERENT and win a prize … This time, it’s FIRST in the comments with the CORRECT answer wins … Good luck! I’ll check back in a couple hours, I’m sure you’ll get […]

LAST DAY TODAY! ChildrensToyCloset is offering a presale sale for CASE D of the Haulers. It’s a pretty nice case … And um, good luck finding Jerry Recycled on the shelf at any price let alone this sale price of $90 for a case of 6 Haulers. For those who missed out, all haulers are […]

Walmart “Reset.” Mainline – remnants from 2008 CASE T put out two weeks ago. Oversized – nothing. Megasized – nada. Haulers – nope. Tracks & playsets? – Nope Mini’s – a few Mini Playsets – Empty Mini 6-packs – Non Existent. Shake ‘n Go’s? – No. Yep, two rugs and two Walkin’ Talkin’ CARS … […]

Coming up in February 6th is New York Comic Con. As some of you have read, Mattel will be attending officially and making announcements regarding exclusive items at MattyCollector.com. Most of the announcements are in regards to DC action figures, He-Man and Masters of Universe. For CARS, there is one announcement regarding the re-introduction of […]

In a big country, dreams stay with you … Well, if your dream was to walk in Walmart to buy some Pit Race Off launchers (more specifically – Tank Coat, Vitoline & Shifty Drug), your dreams might coming true. Photo from YeloMelo … It would seem likely these are a WM Canada exclusives (in the […]

Somehow Aroldo (Pongetti) got it in his head his Pit Crew Mack’s gas “catch” cans were not quite right … so he redid them … Maybe he figured the other way was too easy … I’m not exactly sure how he molded a 3-dimensional thing out of a tube of goo but good luck to […]