A few week ago, Jimmie Johnson drove the PLANES NASCAR racer at the Pocono track and Dusty showed up also! Thanks for the fun pic, Nick W! And you thought collecting 1:1 scale CARS takes up a lot of room … If you’re curious about the “real Dusty,” check out this background article – thanks […]

The 4th of the announced 6 Gift Packs are out. While it’s great to get metal diecast Pitty’s again … We can see that Mattel’s Ripslinger is a shorter than he should be … And that the Disney store Ripslinger is a much more accurate size/scale. But as a diecast Pitty – all great. And […]

Disney has supplied us with a Mattel Dusty Wing Control! 40 sounds and phrases and with the wrist control, you control Dusty! And we want a review from the winner! So while the contest is open to anyone, you will need to find a kid to test this if one is not running around under […]

Not every diecast of the Disney Store PLANES line is back in stock – but some are including Franz & Chug – along with ZED, are available online now/again. You can check out the initial Disney Store PLANES diecast Visual Checklist. I believe the new additions (not shown) are ZED (available now) and Navy Dusty […]

The final numbers won’t be in until tomorrow but here are the estimates … from Box Office Guru. 1 Elysium $ 30,500,000 (Sony) 2 We’re the Millers $26,555,000 (Warner Bros.) 3 Planes $22,525,000 (Disney) Most estimates ranged from $23 to $26 million – since PLANES appeals more to kids and matinee ticket prices, it’s about […]

It looks like the retail powers to be (the ones with the marketing purse strings) have made the big move from CARS to PLANES … PLANES is now marketing-wise, a world above CARS – CARS, the PLANES Flanker brand if you want to get all details-ugly. With the movie coming out today and the DVD […]

If you’re having problems assembling your PLANES Gift Set Tent-Hanger … take a few deep breaths and this Mattel supplied photo might help you complete this threading the needle through the magnetic plutonium casing scenario … Try and place the stick-end of the flag thingee into the concave-hole portion of the plastic tent – in […]

Photos courtesy of “Nikko” and “Disney.” Artist demoing how diecasts are created. He must be real – it’s a Toyfair Lightning McQueen. Did anyone offer a slice of Convention Center pizza as a trade? Different display from SDCC. A lot of wasted empty space … too bad no one brought the 2014 diecast CARS. That […]

It’s a busy weekend with 4 major movies opening though none really competes with PLANES. “Elysium,” Matt Damon’s dystopian scifi thriller, “We’re the Millers,” an R-rated comedy and “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” aimed at the pre-teen & teen/Harry Potter crowd. Box Office Mojo … “Disney’s Planes—a Cars spin-off that was originally set for direct-to-video […]

I got an invite to a PLANES 3D screening and here’s the review! If you have kids 6 and under (or you feel like a 6-year old kid), it’s a fun movie with lots of flying, a little sprinkling of lessons, a few sight gags, a few bodily function jokes and action, action, action. There […]