Thanks to MegaHeat’s non clue clues … everyone is scattered everywhere … so you have 36 hours to submit an entry where the weather is much warmer … hint, hint, hint … Meanwhile, BostonScoot will provide travelers aid from one end with his newly restored …1963 Vespa Puma 200 ..old frame with newer 200 cc […]

The CARS singles are known as the “mainline.” It is borrowed from the Hot Wheels line connoting that the single CARS on the blister pack is the mother trunk line of CARS, the diecast. But for new collectors or those who for some unfathomable reason were not collecting these in 2006 🙂  , it can […]

From the BEGINNING of distribution of the Haulers, there has been changes all along the way. You can click through to read each post along the way or the summary here. OCTOBER 2008 CASE A of the Haulers was going to be a FIRST TO SHIP to Walmart ONLY. November 2008 In November, this is […]

Here’s a first look at the No Stall Hauler … since our list extends through CASE F only … with NO No Stall listed … looks like we will seeing No Stall Hauler in late summer? And presumably he’ll be available as a No Stall Semi (Cab only) in the Megasize line?

A few days ago, Altan in Turkey spotted this Pirate Mater Deadnought … And we thought that was the pinnacle of ‘dead in the water,’ and in theory, it would be hard for Disney to claim that this a Mater as you could claim it’s a singing dancing brown tow truck with random spray paint […]

MegaHeat has graciously decided to offer up some more booty in another contest … Winning Prize: “prizes are – impound mcqueen,impound boost,impound snot rod,storyteller 3pk (1) mack truck (loose with bumpersave ,bob and nitroade loose-mint ron hover loose +2 more of my choice,in package.” There is also a runner up prize TBD. I know some […]

Disney & Lego just announced a licensing deal at Toyfair today … for other properties such as Toy Story and the forthcoming ‘Prince of Persia,’ there will be Lego sets but for CARS, it’s look like it’s DUPLO only so it looks like it’s time to say bye to Mega Bloks … which is too […]

As promised, from Altan’s other post about shopping for CARS in Turkey … the other side of CARS … Every manufacturer knows that there are counterfeiters and pirates out there creating a knockoff from their hard work … well, in this case, the pirates didn’t work all that hard … Pretty freakin’ uncanny, huh? Well, […]

Bob Eckel is on target – as he writes … “Well it seems to me, everyone (to include Mattel) keeps forgetting one very important car. Oh they (Mattel) hit at it, but the miss was a lot bigger than the car.  Today we have Orange Ramones, Sheriff Sally’s, Red and Black Lizzie’s, Army Green Mack’s, […]

Altan takes us on a great toy excursion in Istanbul and Turkey. Sure most people are there for the thousand years of history, the art and the architecture … We are there are CARS 🙂 Since the shelves are currently invaded by Wall-E which I believe very disappointed for retailer, only small shops are still […]