Thanks “Later Mater” and “Hoogie” for the nice photos. It looks like Canada is getting all the singles & deluxe as the US … though apparently, strangely the “2nd language” on the card is now Russian … Lightning McQueen in Russian is LONG.  

Thanks “John H.” for the great pics. Sad to see the Dino go … Walmart exclusive.

I was surprised not to see the TRU Wall on Monday but it looks like it just took them a few days to get it up. The 2006 Track carrying case is back (slightly different). This Flat Mack contains real tools and is about the weight of the two kids on the back. So, if […]

It’s only been a few days but we already have some variants … “Carl P.” noted that there’s a PURPLE and a BLUE OCTANE GAIN HAULER (aka: Bobby Swift’s hauler). The correct one seems to be the PURPLE one as that’s the one photoed on the back of the other hauler boxes. “Loic and Katie Ann […]

Long time CARS fans knows in the past few years, the Mattel CARS website and accompanying year poster was definitely not posted in the early part of the year … but for CARS 3, they have all their ducks in a row and there’s no goose in the gander sauce (I think that’s the saying). […]

Thanks to everyone who sent in great pics, “John H, John V, Michael VN, Howard DH, Travis S., Bobby D., Celso, Damien V., Brian B., Bill L., Carl P. … sorry if I left you off the list!” My local WM, guy loaded these and then called it a day … This was the weirdest […]

For Disney Pixar CARS 3, all the LEGO box sets are for the “Juniors,” and “Duplo” line. JUNIORS Thunder Hollow Crazy 8 Race Smokey’s Garage Willy’s Butte Speed Training Mater’s Junkyard Lightning McQueen Speed Launcher Guido and Luigi’s Pit Stop Cruz Ramirez Race Simulator DUPLO Flo’s Café Piston Cup Race Mater’s Shed

It’s hard to tell without looking at the contents of each box set to make the most efficient purchases without too many repeats – here are the box sets out so far: The Fireball Beach 4-Pack With 4 new releases. Luigi with Flag is new. While Guido with tires & tool chest is not really new, […]

Haulers – Cabs with trailers are a Walmart exclusive – the Wally Hauler returns as is in new packaging so the photo of him is not included here. Thanks, “John H.” for the nice photos. For variant collectors, it looks like there is a color variant on Bobby Swift, Octane Gain’s hauler.

The new 2-packs look nice – not too many repeats and you can skip a few singles by picking up the 2-pack though there are some diecasts exclusive to the 2-packs format.