John in MO asks … “Marking 10 years since his death, AOL has a pictoral history of Dale Earnhardt’s life. When I saw this picture, I couldn’t help but wonder if Pixar made Mater’s missing headlight in honor of Dale?”

News for the re-designed Disney Stores in 2011: Disney Store continues to break ground with plans to unveil its innovative concept store in new North American and international markets. Building on the successful launch of its interactive and immersive stores in 2010, the international specialty retail chain is on target to add more than 25 […]

“Owen Wilson, who voices race car Lightning McQueen, remembers Newman fondly from the first film: “Paul loved fast cars. He said, ‘If you have to worry about the risk, you’re dead already.’ I couldn’t relate to that. I’m happy in my Prius.” As for the sequel, Wilson says, “There’s a nice homage to Paul in […]

Great news, the info first reported on Toon Deluxe CASE T has been changed completely and a major UPGRADE! 2 Music Video (Bat) Mater is in the case and a nice surprise! Padre! Bless us everyone! Padre Toon Mater is here, everyone! Or as we used to say on the street. Padre Toon Mater est […]

CARS 2 is opening in the US on June 24, 2011 … Internationally, it does not all open on June 24, 2011 but in the US, this date is firm and correct. Do not believe some random rumor based on incorrect info. Here is what happened. On a conference call last summer, Disney CEO Robert […]

“Andrew T.” sends us his nice finds from the only continent-country, Australia. The latest listed lenticulars have arrived in Australia … well, they are closer to the factories but maybe it’s the changing Earth’s magnetic fields (run for your lives! … or outrun everything in a tiny propeller plane like in the film, 2012). Another […]

The World of CARS motif (October 2007 to October 2008) started in the midst of the waning days of the Sarge recall-embargo when some people weren’t sure if CARS diecasts were even coming back … 365 days later, we can look back at the year of the World of CARS as the Golden Age of […]

Coming this week, the next (and last?) hauler case. Hello Ben Crankleshaft … (SDCC proto) And Oliver Lightload … Oliver Lightload DOES NOT actually come with a turntable – this was an old prototype – as of now, he will be coming as a normal pullout. And there are two of each plus 2 Mack’s […]

The Bye Bye Kar is the “last” Toon single on the official list … Coming soon in the next case. Well, two others have numbers assigned … coming still? Unknown. Sanban (#25) Tansou (#26) Of course, Sanban is the “green light,” at one point it was rumored that the yellow light & red light were […]

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in “Cars 2″ when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is […]