Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos. Mater Pixar Fest Edition is extra sharp and chromy. The new Mattel “Ransburg” process is great.

On PEACOCK, the new NBCUniversal streaming service, a new Dale Earnhardt Jr’s “Lost Speedways” Series on old dirt, dusty, forgotten, stock-car tracks … like Thomasville from CARS 3 … While Peacock has a paid tier (no ads), this series is free, you just need to create a sign in. If your smart TV can’t install […]

Thanks “Mark T.” for the great photos. XRS Mud Racer Carbon Cyber Bobby Roadtesta

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Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos and detailed info … Ramone with air gun has actually been released under a bunch of names but never metallic yellow and of course, the Pixar ball logo is new and unique. Great details throughout. AND a nice bonus, raised metal windshield like the days of yore … […]

The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a “Truck Train”[1] of the US Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from Washington, D.C. (departing July 7 and arriving September 6), to Oakland, California, and ferried to San Francisco. In addition to 230 road incidents (stops for adjustments, extrications, breakdowns, & accidents) […]

Thanks, “Michael VN” for the nice photos. Presumably still a Walmart exclusive. Though sadly from the prototype pic on the back, they clearly lazed out and skipped the gradients shades of yellow & green and striping and just called it a day with the base John Deere colors …

The Series #5 Mini Racers “Blind Box” Singles are out … numbering #49-#60 for 2020. Red are new releases & the amount in the case. Green are re-releases. The chase is Metallic Miss Fritter. Series 5 boxes are purple and the number is stamped on the side so they are BLIND but not so blind […]

For those collecting Mattel’s Disney Pixar CARS have a decision to make, replace them with the new Thailand versions? Chick Hicks with Headset first produced in China for CARS 3 (left) has the “unibody” windshield look … The new Thailand releases (as most releases came from factories there in mid 2019) has the more correct […]

While we got a lot of Toons from MATER THE GREATER, we could use a few more? Mater with Water? Or Wet Mater. Lightning with Flames. MONSTER TRUCK WRESTLING could use a lot more diecasts … We got a bunch of Mater’s but we never got his first handmade look … Or with extinguisher … […]