Rev Up the Little Tykes With Rev Ups (not sugar) … They have finally done away with the RIP STICK … “It’s rip stick-like revving without a rip stick, meaning no pieces to lose! Kids simply rev up the vehicles by pulling the spoiler, then let go. These Disney Pixar Cars vehicles will race and […]

Well, it looks like you’ll have a lot of fun Micro Drifters tracksets to pick from once you get a slew of Micro Drifters … If your floor space is limited, this looks like a nice tabletop one … The Micro Drifters Race Arena The town of Radiator Springs may be fictional, but this set […]

The Lightning McQueen Micro Drifters launcher is out already … There is also a Francesco one coming …  

Well, the Micro Drifters have passed the first stage of being on the shelves at Target, Toys R Us, and soon on most of the shelves at Walmart. CASE A & B have arrived and are on the shelves. The rest of the case assortments are unknown as of now but these are presumably all […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Character Encyclopedia Contest! You even get a free discast, a metallic paint version of “Lightning McQueen with Piston Cup (decal).” (aka: Hudson Hornet Lightning McQueen) + a poster! Now that the book is out, I can tell you some fun trivia such: I threw out their original list of characters to feature which […]

Since the last checklist, we have gotten the actual release of Lightning McQueen from CARS 1 … though you have to buy the Piston Cup 500 trackset … And it appears to be the only remaining “CARS Included” set that actually includes a diecast car and not a plastic CAR. Thanks for the nice photo, […]

“Cac1959” reports seeing these at Walmart … along with repeats from Wave 1 so since this is their first appearance at WM, this is presumably the two new 3-packs in CASE B along with repeats. Nigel, Jeff Gorvette & Francesco. Mater, Lightning & Raoul. And no one has spotted this 3-pack of Max Schnell, Lightning […]

Since it’s a record cold spell across the country and it feels like winter already – time for a Christmas CARS update post … The good news is the Reindeer are listed … with a real live UPC: 7-46775-06874-5 (thanks for the nice pic, Andy G.) Here’s the weird thing, no other singles are listed […]

You Like 1:55 Diecasts? You Like Micro Drifters? You see where this is going? Yep, there’s a new line extension coming. 1:55 Diecast release that includes a Micro Drifter on the card. (the card is the same size as the regular 1:55 diecasts, no shocker there as there’s plenty of room to include a three […]

So, Micro Drifters should be on the shelf at most Target stores by now. Has wave 1 made it to the shelves at Walmart? Has anyone seen these at Walmart? The next wave/case looks like it’s these three “new” ones: Mater, Lightning & Raoul Max Schnell, Lightning & Shu Todoroki At this point, we don’t […]