Looks like it’s Christmas stocking season at toys R Us already … Thanks for the pic, Mariela P! This is the first ever release of Snowplow Lightning McQueen paired with Whee-Hoo (Snow Cap) Mater together. Last year Whee Hoo Mater was available in the Santa CAR 3-pack AND as a single.Whee-Hoo Mater does not appear […]

The CARS Drive In Gallery is now run by Joey R. (aka: JoeyCARS) “Just wanted to say Hi to everyone … I’m looking forward to bringing it to an whole other level. So stay tuned for all the new and fun exciting things that are about to come at Carsdriveingallery.com.“ If anyone has any questions/comments/concerns […]

Who said there’s no Santa Claus!  And he’s early! That’s right!  Many Bothan squirrel-spies died to bring us this information… http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AmSsM2A5NV8 Oh, yes!  Now you have seen both Metro in the video flesh….we weep for your retinal dispersion fields.  Especially if you watch this oldie but goodie: So there you have it – unless the […]

I found these old Mattel PR pics … Apparently even they could not figure out which were Desert Art 12 CARS and which were the Desert Art 16 CARS. 🙂 DJ looks naked. Closer but still an incomplete and inaccurate assemblage – guess they finished Ferrari F430 early … and speaking of early … This […]

Fellow Take5ers! It is without further embellishment, our pleasure, to announce the name of our Head of Security courtesy of T5er – ‘Lorri’: Welcome “VLAD”… Congrats, Lorri! We have sent an email out to you to get your mailing address for your grab bag of goodies which include: * One (1) copy each of Volumes […]

As you requested, there is a new COMBINED CHECKLIST with everything Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 1:55 in one photo checklist – our biggest issue ever! (click for a FULL PREVIEW) … so what’s the final count? Including updating some variants, it’s 433 + 21 Haulers + 35 rubber tire racers + 2 racers in boxes […]

Stalwart Co-Founder Metroxing is pounding the aisles at D23 and sent in this pic over the wire: Metro says he has more photo goodness coming our way soon…

Frankly, we have a lot of Franks (the Combine) and they have all sold well and has been highly sought after. Of course, the one from Mattel is the official one. It has been issued twice – in the  RACE O RAMA series and on the NIGHT SKYLINE card. Obviously, as a fan favorite, he […]

There was a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a few months back and Michael H. (aka: Man-I-Fold) took it upon himself to gather up toys for kids who need a little levity back in their lives. Thanks to everyone who sent in something and if anyone wants to help out Michael on the shipping […]

It’s FINALLY HERE – the good news is that we have a final visual checklist of EVERY mainline CAR released from 2006 to 2011.* (CLICK the link for a FULL PREVIEW of EVERY PAGE!) So, what’s the final verdict of how many CARS are there? The count is 365 which includes: every “classic” non moving […]