While we have not seen PLANES yet, one of the coolest characters in the film is clearly Hector Vector. And of course, the Disney Store is already to go (he is NOT on any Mattel list). John H. sends along great photos and has done all the scale math for us all. First he is […]

“Sergio” has found a photo of the real life Dusty. A painted Cessna 188. As you can see, they definitely shortened him … I think animation design-wise, they make him more of an underdog by making him seem smaller/shorter … diecast wise, it’s a bonus as they save on weight and materials. Thanks for the […]

I kept seeing the front of the hanger piece without really studying it but it’s actually a plastic tent! If you look at the photos supplied by Mattel, because they took every shot head on, it looks like it’s a facade but now I was told it’s a tent and yea, if you look closely, […]

John H. spotted this at Toys R Us …  

Thanks to “Unixed” for photos of the Disney Stores Acrylic Box set versions nice and stacked … Collect them all HERE at the Disney Store. Thanks “Unixed” for the great photos! You may also notice there are two Franz Fliegenhosen’s – there are two positions … One shows him in flight position (right) and the […]

“Unixed” has thoughtfully updated the Disney Store diecast CARS Visual Checklist … Part 1 of the Disney Store Visual Checklist contains ALL of the Disney Store Acrylic Box Singles releases from 2009 to 2012 which we will call Series 2 & Series 3. Disney Store CARS, Series 4 – First the re-releases, they can be […]

The first 4 announced cases for PLANES (12 to a case) certainly seems odd – why the strange lettering pattern – jumping from A to L, M & N. CASE A is easy – it is available to all authorized resellers (ChildrensToyCloset either just got the case or it’s on it way from the warehouse). […]

There are three versions of diecast Dusty versions available at the Disney store. “John H.” has cracked all of his open and sends along great pics and info! Dusty (the cropduster) top left – he is the regular version with crop dusting “nozzles” underneath Racing Dusty – top right – he loses the dust cropping […]

Of course, a PLANES Retail Embargo doesn’t make all that much sense as Disney Studios has pretty much released screenshots of every character – though it is helpful to the Disney Stores as the only place to buy PLANES product until June 28, 2013. 🙂 But of course, some retailers treat the embargo as a […]

While we’ve had some planes or flight capable characters “CARS” previously – some were hard to define if they were accurate if they were the right scale since they were in the air (Rescue Squad Chopper) with nothing to really compare it to … or simply a “generic” flying craft that could be the correct […]