“John H.” sends along nice photos of Mildred Bylane, one of the last diecasts promised in the Final Lap series that never arrived – but 3 years late is not past her prime. Solid metal. Don’t crash into her, it’d be like brushing up against a battleship. Not only enough room to carry a spare […]

The Super Chase CARS of 2014 are … ta-da … The Mack one will be an Deluxe Super Chase … I guess the white pickup clown will fit on the regular card? It looks like Super Chases arrive in late Spring/Summer so look for them in 6-7 months? Any CARS diecast quitters back in? 🙂

On the list to return in 2014 … Frankly, some people will give a D*** (Darn) … When? Unknown. Will it look like the last release? Unknown. There are some possible variant/versions possible – clean (no dirt), crazed eyes (chasing other CARS) or happy (dream sequence) or the lazy release – this one. I’m presuming […]

I guess they presume kids will want anything that launches a vehicle? As I understand it, if you move the front tires, (plastic) Guido spins around Lightning and the red shifter launches the CAR out. I believe Ramone’s House of Body Art is right across the street – I’m sure he appreciates the rocket launch […]

Arriving in revised CASE Q – Ichigo. They should have added strawberry scratch & sniff. Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” From the family of “Suki Cute.” Repaints we do not mind – bring on as many as possible – we’ll collect ’em all but as a CHASE, we won’t see Ichigo again exactly […]

“Wraukn” sends along a lab pic of the upcoming Deluxe release for 2014 … He comes with both oil cans & a headset … I had to double check. It’s actually correct. Mack is the only Pit Crew Member that has both a headset & oil cans during the Pit Row scenes from CARS 1. […]

So, while we are on the cusp of wrapping up “Themes 2013” as a design motif – certainly as singles, and multi-packs, everything that is on the poster is out, however, there are still a few releases off the poster looming that we don’t know for certain. October, 2013 – the next announced Kmart CARS […]

I know. It’s like spotting Bigfoot. But Lizzie IS ON THE LIST FOR 2014. I guess when they looked at the final box for the Stanley & Lizzie box set. They remembered they once released a Lizzie painted black and without a veil … and decided to take a chance someone might want it after […]

Coming in 2014* … You waited and waited AND waited and waited some more … But coming in 2014! No case assortment info yet so it could be as early as November or late next year but gluing a headset to Mack should not be too difficult so I would not be surprised to see […]

With the arrival of Ichigo (thanks for the great photo, “John H.”) … … All 115* Diecast CARS of the “Themes 2013” series are out! That fact by itself is a miracle. Our brethren Hot Wheels collectors might sock you or the wall if you utter the phrase, “You mean Mattel didn’t release the entire […]