It’s hard to believe but after 4 years, we are pretty much in the same boat – why aren’t there more CARS on the shelf? That’s a pretty good question but let’s take a roll call first to see where the retailers stand: TARGET: “Beautifully Empty.” On the West Coast (where the greatest concentration of […]

Not particularly canon, the Cars Toon Mater the Greater playset is out … Yea, technically, it should be a bull ring but of course that’s a lot of plastic and really for kids, not that much fun so this while this is not particularly accurate nor canon – it is nevertheless has much more play […]

The Disney Store CARS singles have gotten a nice upgrade … of course, the townies have been around since 2006 and last year, they were joined by some of the Piston Cup racers with more hopefully to come … they were on nice functional cards – straightforward designs – beating Mattel to the 360 clear […]

The 2010 Collector’s Guide is here … I’m not sure if they are calling him ‘metallic finish’ because they a) don’t want to pay Ransburg any extra licensing on the front panel; b) figure no outside the industry cares or even knows what Ransburg means and ‘metallic’ says it just as well or; c) it’s […]

Mattel operates 9 retail stores as ‘outlet stores.’ As with any outlet store, selection will vary … A different store has no Mini’s or 3-packs … But a large collection of short cards … And you can find some interesting things … Or the only-last store in the US with a multiple selection of these […]

A pictorial look at the Piston Cup racer haulers … (or of course, add in graphics courtesy of Rich D. – last week’s post) And of course this Hauler that is just too pretty to open 🙂 You can read the original post HERE with ordering instructions. Thanks Nate & Jason!

While it’s not a 100% guarantee, if you see this sign at a Target … It means they are going to be concentrating their energies on mini construction – adding more electrical for the fridge-frozen section (or expanding it) and moving entire shelves for MORE FOOD – which means that shelves laden with stock are […]

Here are some great preview pics of upcoming Car Toons megasize Mater Tokyo Tuner … The flames are attached underneath to the frame and are metal and not plastic! Thansk “003.”

“ScoobyDoo” has found the latest Car Toons in the Netherlands … That’s a LOT of names for the McQueen’s and not so many for Yokoza.  🙂 Weird, “ScoobyDoo” claims that is the FIRST ever shipment of CAR Toons CARS … guess the first releases contained too many Mater’s? And variant collectors, make friends with European […]

It’s not 100% confirmed but it is believed the three NEW CARS of Final Lap Case E are: Looks like the drool-spit thing didn’t make it in … And McQueen with Cone … If these got shipped out before Lunar-Chinese New Year, we should see them in a few weeks, if not – then sometime […]