This was Bruiser when he first made an appearance as a WM8 CAR … Or close up … Brown Eyed Guy. Many, many, many, many months later he finally returned to the US market as part of the 3-pack … One eye color  change. He’s now blue eyes Bruiser … no a huge deal right? […]

The GOOD NEWS is Patti and Todd the Pizza Planet Truck are coming in CASE H. The not so good news? You did ask for more Lightning McQueen’s, right? And there is a blank space at the end because the listing reads Impound McQueen (CHASE) which is presumably not correct as Chase CARS are only […]

The main news since our last update is that with the recent toy SKU reduction of the Big Three retailers (WM, Target & TRU) – it looks like Mighty Muggs will be a TRU exclusive only item coming this autumn-holiday season. It’s not that Mighty Muggs have not sold well but retailers just don’t get […]

As many of you know, David Y. & family have started a CARS Pay It Forward (informal) program … as a thank you to all those that generously helped him and his kids in the hunt for CARS … In the last go around, David & his sons looked over entries to the Pay It […]

“Josh F’ sends us this pic from a TRU … I can’t quite put my finger on it but something is different … Poor Doc – everyone else disappears in the night and is replaced by another. And everytime I’ve ever tried to return something to TRU, I get the full polygraph but Jedi mind […]

Like the last Pit Race Off launchers, they have hit international first. Reader “Sylt” sends us pics from his buy at TRU in Germany … Interesting how the front is all in English … maybe since the names were not translated in the film, they are okay? The cardbacks, of course have the EU multiple […]

If a shark is attacking you – grab its gills or punch it in the nose … or jab its eye … um, let us know if that works … in economic calamity times, you run to blue chip safety and apparently that would be a Motor Speedway of the South set these days. With […]

Is it just me or does it seem wrong to beat McQueen like a Repo Man until he gives you candy? I could see beating on this dude’s masked head … Dude, you had a chance to kill Jar Jar – instead of you take out Biggs … that’s a pinata beating! This also seems […]

Mattel has lots of other CARS things they would like you to buy … Toy Fair 2009 photos courtesy of “BigMatt56.” It’s no puzzle that CARS is popular with puzzlers … Amazon has the “second version” of this kid-sized puzzle. Of course, this screenshot is of interest to diecast collectors with the oddball white RPM […]

Everyone sing … and write and call … You’ll find this pamphlet at the customer service/returns area of Walmart … There’s also room on the back for personal comments … so write them how you feel they might improve your Walmart experience … or use the url on the left or the 800 number. And […]