In 2006 when CARS the diecast line was first released, it was yet another get-rich quick movie marketing scheme as planned by Disney. While a cars-based film certainly provided a much better opportunity to sell some merchandise, it was by no means a sure bet. Nevermind hindsight – all movies outside of Starwars had a […]

Popeye restores real life cars so really a ringer … 🙂 He looked at the great Aroldo Pongetti’s custom of Mater and decided to make his own … probably while eating breakfast 🙂 Take Mater apart … okay, I think I can probably do this …. Uuhhhh, ahhhhhh, uhhhhh, ahhhh, um … aaarggggghhhhhh …. sports […]

Believe it or not, it’s finally been fixed … Wait for the punchline … wait for it … wait for it … … IN France … Yep, thanks to “Burn Out/Greg” for the photo … Mario with red rims is available in France. When is correct red rim Mario coming to the US? Well, the […]

While retailers have “resets” every so often, one of the big ones is done after inventory and after the holiday selling season … when they “reset” the section and start fresh. WM’s is January 12th or on January 12, the toy section will be reset with new merchandise. Most people will find their Target looks […]

I hate that most of all. When people steal broccoli off the top of my diecast cars … I cannot tell you how many of my diecasts are missing broccoli … It’s just turrible! I know some creepy guy is in his house staring at his prized collection of plastic brocolli patches … or worse […]

For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

The Tractor Tippin’ Track Set is also out … another plastic McQueen. We talked about this a while back but it looks like it’s actually on the shelves. Box Photos from CARSSneaks … I think this illustration might be promising a little too much play value 🙂 And a photo of the track itself … […]

PUBLISHED LAST NIGHT BUT UPDATED TODAY with new pics & info – instead of doing a new post, I updated this one and moved it to today. At one point called the “CARS Spiral Race Track Set,” it is now called the RACE OFF RIDGE track set. SlicePie seems to be the first in the […]

No photos yet but here’s the description … “The action starts as Lightning McQueen boosts into high speed with the power booster. Next you can make a lane change by pushing and holding the button to make Lightning McQueen take the in-field route. But wait—Mack is on the track and is drifting! If Lightning McQueen […]

For newbies who have just joined this line – at most of the stores right now, the shelves/pegs look pretty enticing. CARS are colorful, there is a nice variety … most of the main characters (other than Sally & Lizzie) are on the shelves … to the fun Pitty’s to some cool “minor character” choices […]