In a surprise twist, the Disney Store Corporal Josh Coolant is available for the first time as in the US as a 2-pack at JCPenney.com. He was previously only available in the Radiator Springs to the Rescue 10-pack. While he is technically a 1:43 scale, he is much closer to 1:55 scale. Since there’s no […]

If you don’t want to do the mess around by drivin’ around, Amazon has Emmanuel, the Paris Bus for $8.99 (free shipping with Prime). If you’re looking for the Ishani PLANE single, it’s a reasonable $7.99. There’s one Gunnar Viking at $7.98. You can also get SDCC Toyko Mater for a reasonable $14.99 with free […]

It turns out the Neon Racers is a whole Expanded Universe thing. Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” Looks like there is a new book, “Neon Racers.” This is the first “Expanded Universe” CARS book in a while – since the Christmas book that there are matching diecasts. There is also a CARS singles […]

Deluxe (oversized) CASE J seems to have arrived on the shelves also. There is only new release now … but it’s a huge one – Emmanuel, the Paris Tour Bus. Thanks for the nice photos, “Mark T.” Mark also sends along a scale photo – looks like Emmanuel is about 2.5 Lightning McQueen’s so he […]

Thanks for the continual generosity of Australian T5ers, it’s time for contest #3! OzzieMum has sent along a brand new on card Frosty with Metallic Finish along with the mini Australian CARS 2013 poster. Contest starts RIGHT NOW and ends Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:59:59 PM US PST. Enter in the comments with the words […]

CASE Y arrives at retail. Thanks for all the great photos “Rob (I Can Field a Hockey Team With My Kids).” These are the CARS of biggest interest – the return of Lizzie! She has lavender/purple tinted headlamps – presumably she matches the speculation from this post. The Wheel Well Guido is a little odd […]

Congrats to “fongkx” WINNER! Winner of our last Contest! Sorry it took so long to do the drawing. “Hostile Takeover Banker,” thought I was doing the drawing and I thought he was doing the drawing but we got all that straightened out. Thanks again “HTB” for your generosity and great prize! Thanks! Email me your […]

The Neon Racers 4-Pack seems to hitting most Target stores but as “John H.” notes, look closely if quality control is an issue – if your kids will be crashing them into each other, it might not matter as much to you. The packaging looks great but yea, in the 5 boxes at this Target, […]

John & Nancy and Shu & Mach Matsuo have arrived in the US in 2-packs Case G – though not technically called Movie Moments anymore, they are based on both CARS appear together in a scene from CARS 1 or CARS 2. 2-pcaks come in a case of 12. Repeating from CASE F, Jeff Gorvette […]

Ellie & Carl Star Wars Cake Topper via Etsy.