PLANES the movie won’t be in theaters until August 9, 2013 but it looks like you can read the entire story including the PLANES Movie Junior Novelization in early July. It’s 128 pages long! That’s a lot of plot – who knew?! Or the print is really, really large. There are about 40 books already […]

In addition to everything else, there will also be some “talking” versions … my guess is these are all plastic – no indication of size … It’s a dream come true for some – Dane Cook talking in your house – all day everyday, well until the battery runs out. I’m presuming he’s not too […]

The famous diorama maker Sam Bricole is ready for PLANES … You can check out more photos of his dioramas’s here including getting all ready for the Stanley & Lizzie release …

Thanks “Holly H.” for the early photos of the PLANES on card … It looks like they’ve saying a little by removing the front paper name plate and just printing it on the card on the right – so for international markets, they can just remove the name and change out the legalese on the […]

From the Director of PLANES, Klay Hall,  “I’ve always been a huge fan of stand-up comedy. And I was kind of hoping that we’d be able to get some of those guys to come do voice work on Planes. But never in my wildest dreams did I think that we’d be able to get stand-up […]

As it’s nearing summer time and the opening salvo of the licensed movie selling season, one big question is what about peg space for PLANES & CARS? CARS as an ongoing line has an advantage that space is more or less reserved for it. CARS also has an advantage that it’s diecast vehicles – there’s […]

You can’t avoid the marketing steamroller that is Disney … coming this summer …

Looks like PLANES will fall under the younger kids Duplo lineup … Via FBTB.net Called “Skipper’s Flight School,” this is the only one with a photo but you can read about the other two sets. Thanks for the heads up, “szww.”

Mattel & Disney hopes you have plenty of wall space for a PLANES Micro Drifters wall play set … The play seems to be you release the planes, it can get waylaid by little spinout areas and of course, the ones that actually reaches the final line wins. Here’s Micro Drifter PLANES Dusty, Ripslinger and […]

Disney is offering a 90-second sneak of PLANES … If the embed doesn’t work, you can check it out here. Spoiler Alert: I’m no pilot but I suggest if you are in a crop duster, it’s probably not a good idea to fly in the wake of two F/18 jets. 🙂 Thanks for the heads […]