Congrats DJ! WINNER of our Piston Cup Pit Stop (Play & Race) Launcher. Drop us a note with your address – metroxing (at) gmail.com – Congrats! Thanks mattel for the prize!

This Tractor Tippin’ Play & Race is another launcher that is part of the story sets playsets. It’s unassembled but unlike the others, no stickers to attach. Whew! Cute display. With 1:55 Mattel diecast Mater (not included). Or a display for your Mattel 1:55 Tractors – plus the included plastic one. VIDEO of launch. I […]

As some people requested, a magazine checklist of just CARS 1 diecasts – for those who are ONLY collecting CARS 1 diecasts or who like to keep them separated … From 2006 to 2014, there are now 501 CARS 1 diecasts released by Mattel which includes all the variants – either error fixes, production changes […]

There is finally a Piston Cup Race Stand for Doc/Fabulous Hudson Hornet! The Piston Cup Pit Stop (Play & Race) Launcher. It does not come with Lightning McQueen or Fabulous Hudson Hornet but hey, what kind of CARS collector are you if you don’t have them laying around? 🙂 Some assembly required. The assembly’s not […]

Target Canada is no more. After an ambitious launch, they are taking a more than $5 billion dollar writeoff … Blow by blow on all the things Target did wrong. Read at Gawker & Fortune. As for CARS & PLANES, it seemed that Target Canada did not get much stock and it was cheaper just […]

The new large size plastic McQueen is five times the fun of the last one. It comes with a bunch of mouth pieces and attachments.

Thanks “John H.” for the fun photos of “Hydro Wheels Frank.” If you hung onto your Mini Adventures, now you have a Frank to go with it. Frank looks like a little like a lobster also. Ummm, Frank in paprika butter … Definitely lobster… Thanks for the great pics, “John H!”

Amazon is offering 25% off a book from Amazon.com (up to $10 dollars). See Coupon Code BELOW. Click on the TEXT link above or the graphic below to be taken to Amazon. Happy shopping!

While the in-store stock situation is not a new situation, it is puzzling. On paper, it seems to be a mostly normal year – there were 14+ cases (including twin cases) plus a few retailer pallets/sidecaps … but to the average CARS buyer, they would be STUNNED to hear there were 14+ case assortment releases. […]

Amazon has a bunch of Mattel Back Friday-Gold Box deals good only until midnight. Most are Monster High-Ever After High but there are a few CARS-PLANES items … Most noteably, Cabbie the Transporter for @$12.49. This is the version without the Smokejumpers so if you a canon “figure” and like most people who already have […]