CARS – Now & Forever. Bob Iger, CEO of Disney announced among other tidbits at the annual shareholders meeting … “We have plans for a new Cars movie and on top of that Brad Bird is already working on a great story for a new Incredibles film,” There also other news regarding Star Wars – you can read the rest here […]

Coming as diecasts: Road Rally Lightning McQueen Shifty Sidewinder Idle Threat Offroad Mater – Mater looks the weakest of the sculpt – that front tow line is pretty weak looking. Blue Grit – I’m not sure if this is correct, a nickname or they changed the name as he clearly has a sticker that reads […]

 “The gang is enjoying a Founders Day celebration to honor the late Stanley when a gang of Baja racers descend on the town and challenge Lightning to a race. “We kind of played it up like a western,” says Rob Gibbs, the Mater’s Tall Tales vet who directed the short along with Scott Morse. “These […]

“Wraukn,” sends along fun pics of the Japanese box set of Tomy Takara’s Shu Todoroki, Mach (Crew Chief) and his Pitty. I like that his Pitty’s headset is removeable. Anyone read Japanese? Does his Pitty have an actual name? Tomy’s CARS are smaller, closer to 1:64 scale. The Pitty is about the same scale as […]

It looks like there are some new plastic CARS for kids with “sounds.” I presume Snot Rod makes VROOM sounds along with sneezing sounds. Since they’re called funny talkers, I presume LM and Mater actually spout funny dialogue from the films.

Thanks for the nice open photos, “Mark of South Dakota.” Lizzie 2014 does not appear to a variant from the last release – the windshield is still an “insert” piece- along with the round radiator above the hoodline. You can read about the first two main variants HERE. The eye position also does also slightly […]

The Star Wars Celebration Weekends are May 15 to June 16 this year at Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. Last year, of course, they introduced the CAR WARS CARS … they are continuing this year with a box set of the tractors as Sandtroopers. These are $19.95. Thanks for the heads up, “NascarBronco.” The one on […]

Two new “Chasers” at the Disney Store in the new packaging … Frosty & Vitaly Petrov. Thanks for the heads up, “Kasey C!” BTW … Free Shipping when you spend $50 or more at Disney Store with Promo Code: SHIPMAGIC (Normally, it’s FREE SHIP with a $75 purchase). Most everything for PLANES is also back […]

Disney has a new movie app for your iPhone, iPad and AppleTV. 400 of Disney’s, Pixar’s and Marvel movies are available to purchase and stream. It’s a nice way to go as you don’t to deal with discs that can get damaged or lost. While I have not tested out every aspect, what’s also nice […]

Via NPD. The NPD Group, 2013 US retail dollar sales of toys experienced a decline of 1 percent when compared to 2012*. Retail sales do appear to be impacted by 2013’s shorter holiday shopping season. While the weeks of Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw respective sales increases of 4 percent and 24 percent (compared […]