As we know, times are tough and from yesterday we saw the financial numbers from Mattel … But who’s dropping the ball here? Mattel or Target? Yea, I know the Team Haulers will eventually be back on the shelves at Target … but meanwhile, it’s a COMPLETE SELLOUT across the US, any left on the […]

The official launch now reads SUMMER 2009 … So, until then, the codes contained on the back of the “tickets” for most of the releases will work for EVERYONE. For those unaware, the codes on the back of every CARS name plate (ticket) contains a code which are worth points at worldofcars.com – for now, […]

Mattel’s financial numbers for Q4 (the hliday quarter was released and numbers were not so good) … Overall, Mattel’s profit for the quarter of $176m was 46 per cent down on the same period in 2007, and missed forecasts from Wall Street analysts. The collapse of Woolworths in the UK was one of the factors […]

If your a friend of Matty on Facebook … He might send you a survey … Thanks for the heads up PirateDad …

The best analogy for the MINI’s are they are the California Adventures Theme Park and the 1:55 series is Disneyland. No matter what, it just cannot hope to compare. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with California Adventures, it’s just not Disneyland. Or if your brother is Michael Jordan … good luck escaping that shadow […]

Jason T. spotted something pretty interesting on Bumper Save … It looks like he found a “different” mouth on his … look at the pics, look at yours and let’s piece this mystery together … So, check yours along with these and see if yours matches or does not match (okay, there is a third […]

These are from the MINI cases B & C … Unfortunately, I was watching TV and opened the boxes to photograph but just made one giant stack so … all I can tell you is that they are from the last two case … whoops … Monster Truck McQueen & Chick Hicks (2-pack) it’s nicely […]

From the beginning of CARS, the diecast line, we have had always had Mack … mainly because he’s a great character but also because the “real” Mack Superliner is such a great and iconic design of what a TRUCK should be. The first release was essentially at the same time as the singles, the Mack […]

Since our post ran so long ago, many people have forgotten about it or have never seen it before. We have an EDITGRID spreadsheet database of the production dates on the bottom of official Speedway sets. You can find it HERE. Right now, there are about numbers for about 20 sets – please add yours […]

Normally, tracks don’t impress or interest me much (yes, I’m a jaded 8-year old 😉  ) but this looks pretty cool … It has just the right amount of sleight-of-hand and the possibility of sending a CAR flying in the air and crashing into something completely unforeseen … you know, the usual … “Were you […]