TakeFive – totally educational and can make you smarter … okay, I had nothing to do with it … (as usual) … Paul B. is a teacher in Ireland (in the cool city of Sligo) … “The children in my class have been doing a project on altered reality and what better example than Cars, […]

“Darren R” sent me these photos a few days ago of what he saw on a shelf at WM … And … In case you are confused and think this is a good thing or are thinking about this … here’s where your brain went off the rails. 1) ILLEGAL. You are only allowed to […]

For some reason, Target has put a lock on CARS merchandise getting out before 10/11 – almost as if some mythical specter creature was magically forcing employees to help customers who trick them by calling and asking … So, these are NOT available before Sunday though by Sunday you can call and ask … I […]

A few months, we suspected that lenticulars would be available in 3-packs as photos surfaced of CARS that were listed as 3-pack offerings or like Chick Phase Mia & Chick Phase Tia that seem unlikely to appear on single cards AND since Movie Moments are a Target-only offering … AND it would have been odd […]

Sheri’s Wheels has created a new hand painted Spectraflame custom for CTC … A limited run of 60 only … Plus a blue-purple Spectraflame CHASE CAR with a limited total run of only 10 TOTAL … In the pre-order phase, if you buy 7 Ramones, you get a guaranteed CHASE Ramone … after pre-orders are […]

Guess after you install a few thousand face plates, you get bored and wonder if it will go in the other way … From my box set, Frank Pinkerton … told you to buy genuine Ford parts. Jim G. adds to the face plant collection … Sorry Charlie … we will make you smile … […]

Coming next week … And also arriving to stores that have not received it already … Target CARS Week (?) starts Sunday 10/11/09 and Kmart Collector CARS Day 10/17/09. Don’t forget to pay the rent and electricity first – after that CARS, food and Misc. 🙂 Thanks, “IHM.”

From the left flank, the Disney Stores strike again … Sure, they’ve been selling their 1:43ish CARS (and the tuners) since 2006 … But they’ve taken the logical step … added some lights underneath and a plastic base (top is still diecast metal) … What’s this TRY ME feature? Um, yea, I think you want […]

Calling all CARS, Calling all CARS Collectors … Be on the lookout … Rescue Squad Trooper Error or Variant? Correct Rescue Squad Trooper on left. Rescue Squad Trooper on right wearing Axel Accelerator “grill.” Axel with HIS grill & headlamps on left while Rescue Squad Trooper has his own lights and grill motif. (technically, both […]

Sarge’s Boot Camp – all great. TRU Exclusive – $29.99 – arriving around the country. While might be hard to find presently, there should be another shipment before the year is out and it might be back online again soon. Sign up for an email. In a big country, we need big CARS … And […]