Look who Monica spotted at SDCC! Quick, name ALL the characters he voiced in CARS that have been released as diecasts! Thanks for photo Monica/Matersgrlfriend!  

First step of the D23 Expo Convoy Brothers is to admire the exterior box – awesome. Today, it’s time to snap a few more photos close up. Well, not quite take the plastic lid off just yet … you must approach by stealth. Yea, if you’re going to quibble on the .01%, it would’ve been […]

It’s official official – Convoy Brothers are coming to the D23 Expo – $100 – a nice round number. The official press release. The D23 Expo starts August 9, 2013 at 9 AM. You can begin to lineup NO EARLIER than 5 AM. That is what Disney & Anaheim have decided. If you have a […]

The Disney Store 1:43 Rip Clutchgoneski is back in stock … And if you want to see where you stand in your Disney Store collection, the great “Unixed” Visual Checklist is here. Or if you want the Mattel single version with the entire case, it’s in CASE H with the CHASE, Francesca or its twin […]

From LICENSE Magazine. “Disney/Pixar’s Monster University toys in the next few weeks, with the property already coming in as the fifth largest toy license in the country just two weeks after its July 12 release. Current sales put Monsters University licensed toys just behind Disney’s Cars franchise. Cars 2 delivered the largest licensed toy sales of all time […]

Okay, need might be a little strong – I have to jazz up the excitement of this post … maybe – you might wanna know? Or you might be curious because your browser is frozen to Take5? The London Race 7-CAR Gift Pack is/was not the most enticing box set of all time … basically, […]

If you missed on the first shipments of Race Day 4-Packs, more have arrived … As for the other racers in the 4-pack, unless you have not bought any racers since August 2011 when they started the upgrade to unibody’s on all the racers except Rip Clutchgoneski & Raoul Caroule – there’s not a lot […]

Art and Imagination: Animation at The Walt Disney Studios (Friday, August 9, 10:00 a.m.): Disney and Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, filmmakers and star talent will take guests on a journey through The Walt Disney Studios’ slate of upcoming animated features, including Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen and Pixar Animation Studios’ The Good Dinosaur. […]

Darrell Cartrip with Headphones is technically new in the mainline 1:55 lineup … But he’s virtually a repeat of the CARS 2 Lights & Sounds release from 2011. The L&S version is on the left. It was a great series as almost all the releases simply re-used the diecast bodies from the 1:55 mainline. You’d […]

“John H.” sends along great photos of Ivan and Ivan Mater. Ivan is the free giveaway CAR with a minimum purchase at Kmart. This promotion ends August 8, 2013 – DETAILS HERE. It’s certainly a nice giveaway CAR, especially on card and sniped KMART. We might see Ivan back next year but it will be […]