It looks like Take Flight Case C has finally left the warehouse … those of you in the New York/New England area probably have higher priorities shipping & freight wise … This is the first appearance of Burnt Lightning McQueen and Hawk McQueen (non chrome version). You can find the checklist here.

Yes, it’s a puzzler … why are there CARS Take Flight CARS stickered ONLY AT WALMART at Target? (thanks for the pics, “R. Rull.” – thanks also to those who sent in earlier pics). How did these wind up at Target? It’s definitely not just oddball misplaced shipment as I believe the entire CASE D […]

Chrome ’em all! The TRU only “Air Mater Collector 2-Pack” box set is out. It comes with the exclusive color chrome metallic Lightning McQueen Hawk & Mater Hawk. It’s not online yet but generally box sets are available online … even if it’s a short time. Thanks for the great pics, “LLC-20.”

John H & Nikko were nice enough to send along photos of them open … It looks like they have brought back the first Barney Stormin’ mold as the wings of Propwash Junction Biplane is all plastic … Props McGee & Barney Stormin’ 2 have metal wings. The 2 Falcon Hawk’s are mostly plastic … […]

So, the CARS Take Flight original listing of Biplane is not Barney Stormin (who also makes a quick cameo) but Propwash Junction Biplane … Nice to get a new character … and almost as real as it gets … Okay, it’s not an exact match but close … maybe another cousin?

The visual checklist ran earlier this morning – if you prefer a checklist by case assortment … you can plan out how many relatives will get an Autonaut Lightning McQueen … 🙂 and/or of course figure out which cases to buy as many do not repeat. Some might appear in an exclusive box set? Presumably […]

Here are the visual checklist of the case assortments from now to November 2012. Of these, ONLY CASE D has shipped and as of now it’s unknown if all the CASE D shipment cards are all labeled as “ONLY AT WALMART” even though they are available to order/pre-order at Children’sToyCloset & Rob’s Palace of Disney […]

So now, CASE B and CASE C are back on hold and have not shipped, Mattel has shipped CASE D which is not a bad case … But it gets weird. Children’sToyCloset got their shipment and all the cards have a ONLY AT WALMART sticker on them. Falcon Hawk 1 and NASCA Truck … These […]

Case B is has left the warehouse and should arrive at resellers anytime and at retail as early as next week? Giant numbers indicate quantity in that case … Astronaut Lightning, Lightning McQueen Hawk, Plane Mater (names unofficial for the unreleased ones). Case C should follow in a few weeks (in theory). Autonaut Lightning, Burnt […]

“John H.” sends along nice photos and a quick overview … “Lightning McQueen Hawk, (the big 14” all plastic one), there were two, both had badly beaten up boxes, I think Mattel will need to rethink the packaging soon. For $45 you get a plastic car with “75+” phrases and sounds triggered by internal motion […]