Of course, today Christmas day – Target is not open but tomorrow … I’m sure all the Christmas stuff will start being clearanced including any leftover Christmas CARS so while they will almost certainly return next year – here’s your chance to grab them on sale. Good luck. In toys, the Storyteller cousins & showstoppers […]

Hope your Christmas Day is full of glee, eggnog, glad tidings, fun, memories and maybe even some CARS! And to all a good cheer! And a great note from Jonathan: We decorated a 4-ft tree using Cars car characters for the local Festival of Trees which auctions trees and donates all the money to the […]

“PitStopToyShop” was kind enough to send us pics of the box to the Rescue Squad Mater Playset yesterday. Now, the pics of the CARS included. Yes, as with all playset CARS now, all plastic – cost & safety reasons. The set includes a plastic Rescue Squad Mater – acceptable but clearly not metal diecast … […]

Kevin W. sends along some beautiful solo shots of the new Final Lap cards … And some of you were worried the lenticular version of this CAR seems to have preceded the Final lap release – thus accelerating the Mayan prophecy but all is right in the world.* * It only seems like the lenticular […]

Final Lap CASE C has arrived – looks like it’s Muddy Lightning McQueen, Costanzo Della Corsa & Pit Crew Member Sarge (along with Green Ramone). It’s Christmas at Jack P’s! BTW, you know those signs you see at Target about collectors, apparently these are the scary collectors Target is afraid of 🙂 Cute & attractive? […]

There is a new Rescue Squad Mater playset – strange this did not arrive before the Mater the Greater one … it does contain the mystery megasize ambulance with opening doors – so that’s nice. I don’t have one opened but I imagine both included CARS are all plastic – but we all await your […]

The Final Lap Dexter Hoover is bringing home the checkered flag … While the flag is on the left side in the packaging, it’s only positioned there in the blister as a packaging reason – less likely to get damaged cushioned within the blister AND so it doesn’t obscure the CAR. The slot to hold […]

The geekiest post of the day – maybe 🙂 The newest Target stores now have a touchscreen. Tap the screen and you get … A keypad to enter in numbers (DPCI) or words … You get a larger and nicer screen with more information options with stockroom info AND to search your neighboring Target stores […]

Mater Tall Tales: Heavy Metal Mater premiered in France on Channel TF1 the other day. David V. points out it’s posted online but only if your “internet address” range is in France. It’s all in French and actually titled, “Heavy Metal Martin,” as Mater is known in France. However, with David’s help, we were able […]

And you thought hamsters were only good for scurrying, and BBQing. Turns out TRU is claiming that furry hamsters are saving their bacon. From the NY Times: Toys ‘R’ Us Trims Losses by Making a Hamster Hot. So at least they bet on the right horse – otherwise I guess the headline would’ve read – […]