Coming in July to San Diego Comic Con 2009 … The try me-light up display … if you press the button through the hole, FLAME ON! … well, LED’s  🙂 $30 – first available at the show and then on MattyCollector.com – yea, for reals 🙂 The limit was supposed to be 4 but might […]

Fiddlehead of Maine has graciously and generously donated the very hard to find item only available at Disney Resorts in Orlando, Anaheim & Paris! The new Mini Adventures playmat of DisneyWorld and with two exclusive MINI CARS – Mickey McQueen and Minnie Sally! Contest rules are very simple. Tell us your favorite Disneyland-World-Paris story involving […]

Every once in a while, I put down my juice box, take off my Guido afro and put on some pants … It’s time to help put America back to work! Well, okay, I’m not directly helping you. I’m busy studying the bumpers on the Supercharged series CARS. But a friend of TakeFive will give […]

Should land next Tuesday/Wednesday to resellers who Direct Imported them … If you’re still looking for Leak Less, Jerry Recycled or Octane Gain, Amazon has them back on their direct ship list.

In the SF Bay Area, pricing from the singles range from $2.97 to $3.59 but seem to be pre-emptively creeping up as wholesale costs have gone up for the new lenticular cases … $3.47 as Josh sends in from Oregon … Chuki Mama’s Target is now at $3.49 … though Movie Moments are now $6.99 […]

Great gooooggly mooogly … The lost CARS 1.5 film where they take on ninjas at the temple … playset nice … CARS … it’s nice that clay and squirrel droppings can be molded … I made some customs, you like them? I molded these using nothing more than clay & stale bread! $14.99 each or […]

eBay Canada is closing up their customer service department in Canada (please make your own joke here). “While it is a difficult decision to close our Vancouver facility, we believe that consolidating our North America customer service operations will help accelerate our efforts to continually exceed buyer and seller expectations,” said Chad O’Meara, vice-president of […]

The new card design. It’s actually a very nice looking card – a nice change of pace and looks classy. Again, I have nothing against the lenticulars either in principle or for CARS, I just think it’s risky on many levels, including financial to roll up one line in the middle with no concrete plans […]

Mattel is NOT discontinuing the 1:55 series single CARS. Canceling CASE J is nothing new. Other than 2006, I do not believe they have gone more than 6 months without canceling a case here or there. Some of that is when there is a change in the group of people who make case assortment decisions, […]

Josh F. sends us this pic from Oregon … Humm, not much chasing on the Chase CAR … And did the price increase already hit? Though no sales tax in Oregon …