“John H.” sends along great photos of Mattel’s Franz Fliegenhosen, which is a fun diecast. The back propeller spins.   It is nicely detailed.   But compared to the Disney Store Franz, he is lacking the split feature – he is a flying car that tows his wings. As you can tell, Disney Store Franz […]

Not sure when they are coming but we can count the current ones as Wave 1. Wave 2 is coming soon – these will obviously be out after Wave 2 – so presuming Wave 2 is late winter (post Christmas reset?), then these should be out by Spring, 2014. There is a Netherlands PLANE – […]

The next PLANES single case F is not very exciting … It’s mostly a case to restock retail: Bulldog, Chug, Dusty, El Chupacabra, Ripslinger, Rochelle, Skipper, and Zed. So, it’s sort of like the when the movie first opened – so nice for kids who open up the DVD/Blu Ray on Christmas Day, watch it […]

It looks like the Disney • World of CARS umbrella grows larger … Hydro CARS have changed from Disney • Pixar CARS to … Old design. More importantly, PLANES changes from A World Above CARS to Disney • World of CARS … Thanks for the heads up photos, “John H.”

“John H.” nabbed some early avail-back door Pitty’s so presumably we’ll be getting more Gift Sets – with the tent and the PLANE? This is a “Spanish” Pitty … So, presumably, this is the PLANE that will come with this Gift Set … Another Pitty is Roper, the “manager” of the race – since he […]

Toys R Us is having a nice $9.99 sale on their Radiator Springs Classic 3-Packs this week. You can see more photos here and here. These are only available at TRU so no price match BUT if you want the PLANES Gift Sets, you can either pick them up at TRU for $9.99 or get […]

While the photo was released a while, the Arturo PLANE with tent and Pitty has finally been released. “John H.” sends along some nice photos. This design and look of this PLANE type is one that is coming again on several PLANES to be released soon including the Swedish racer and “Yellow Bird.” I’m guessing […]

Next wave of diecast PLANES on the approach: #8 Sun Wing #12 – Sweden, Gunnar Viking. #15 Polish racer “Jan Kowalski.” #23 Tsubasa Also “Yellow Bird” from the Prelim race, I’m only guessing as this is the only other yellow PLANE (the other Yellow PLANE is called Fonzarelli from the first local race).

“John H.” sends us nice photos of his TRU – looks nice for newbie collectors: No TRU around me looks like this. Happy shopping, thanks for the nice photos, ‘John H.”

“John H.” spotted these in the overstock overflow section (aka: gardening) – hopefully they will make it out to your retail show floor – or you can jst help yourself as long it doesn’t snow, sleet or rain on it.       The oddball M case is a re-configured/re-packed case with 2013 Theme Cards […]