The Target-only PLANES 4-packs are quite nice. You don’t really save a lot of money from buying the singles individually but there are no repeats so far in the ones included in the 4-packs, for instance, regular Dusty is NOT included in every box – AMAZING! You could actually buy all 4 (three are out) […]

The Ishani Pit Row Gift Set with Pitty & Tent is out.   “Jupiter20” correctly notes it’s available at Amazon. In fact, Amazon has all 5 in stock at the nice price of $11.99 with free shipping (including Ripslinger). Thanks for the nice pics, “Corinne.” You can find an open pic in this post along with […]

Some people are asking for a clarification if a diecast character release is canon and whether they should collect-buy it? Well, the first question is – do you like it? Next question – is it priced reasonable to you? I think you have answered the first questions of whether you should buy it? 🙂 As […]

With the release of Mattel’s Chug as a single (also available in the Target 4-pack), it’s still hard to say exactly what is the right size or scale of Chug … of course, you can’t really go wrong with the Mattel Chug. It’s nicely done and has nice little details. But it is hard to […]

The 4th of the announced 6 Gift Packs are out. While it’s great to get metal diecast Pitty’s again … We can see that Mattel’s Ripslinger is a shorter than he should be … And that the Disney store Ripslinger is a much more accurate size/scale. But as a diecast Pitty – all great. And […]

Photos courtesy of “Nikko” and “Disney.” Artist demoing how diecasts are created. He must be real – it’s a Toyfair Lightning McQueen. Did anyone offer a slice of Convention Center pizza as a trade? Different display from SDCC. A lot of wasted empty space … too bad no one brought the 2014 diecast CARS. That […]

Mattel also has “deluxe” versions coming – only three announced … Turbo Dusty, Bravo & El Chupacabra … These all have mini batteries so it seems clear they will have sounds – unlike CARS, there’s no headlights on planes so maybe they will skip the ‘lights’ portion? (They will probably not bother to add mini […]

The first two are out and since the next two are listed on the website, they might be arriving sooner than later? Listed but not available to order just yet. The Navy Jolly Wrenches is sure to sell fast … who wouldn’t want this one with Echo, Bravo, Hector Vector (Mattel Helo) and Navy Dusty. […]

Rob (My 6 Kids) spots Bravo on the deck … Bravo as a single (for now) is only included in 2 of the first 4 cases available to retailers (some case assortments might be an exclusive) … since this is from TRU, perhaps WM is the other retailer? Bravo is the last of the wave […]

Thanks to “John H,” we can get a nice closeup of the PLANES Gift Sets … there are three out now (with the next three shown in this post). You get the “singles” PLANE, the pit crew Pitty and a “hanger tent.” If you are collecting the Pitty’s, they are apparently ONLY available in the […]