In the 1962 reprint of a 1940 Walt Disney Comics and Story, they added a Mighty Matchbox comic … Great cover art of Donald and the nephews. Of course, we had a fun CARS Comic series for a while …

I can’t remember if I ran this link but it’s probably been a while so if you missed, you can check it out and check it out.  This is what the Mattel Design Center looks like … (CARS is on the other side of the left wall) A fun look at the design process HERE.

For fans of He-Man Master of the Universe (and She Ra), there is a nice documentary running on Netflix, Power of Grayskull. You can view it HERE. It features one of the main CARS diecast designers, Martin Arriola who worked on the He-Man line also. If you want all the details, you can also check […]

Apparently the key is actually not to go too fast … It looks to be going so slow..

The Official Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary Book comes with its own carrying case … pretty cool. You can pick one up at Amazon.

Hoped you decided to buy some in 1968 … humm, who could not resist opening them and jumping them into the back yard dirt pile? Hey a surfboard, perfect for my sink!

Thanks for the heads up, “John H.” Target is holding a Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary event this Saturday, June 16 from 10am–1pm. Thus seems different than the Hot Wheels events at Kmart which worked like the CARS Day events? I believe like the CARS Day Events, each store got exclusives cases, a drawing and you got to open and […]

Well, I guess it is easier than pegging them…

“Billionaire Isaac Larian offers $675 million to buy chain’s U.S. stores and $215 million to acquire its Canadian stores” “Isaac Larian, founder of Bratz dolls maker MGA Entertainment Inc., said he offered $675 million for the U.S. stores of Toys “R” Us, as well as $215 million to buy its Canadian stores. Toys “R” Us […]

There is a cool mini series on Netflix, “The Toys That Made Us” with eps on He-Man, Barbie, GI Joe and some Star Wars toy line (I think I vaguely recall that one).  🙂 It’s really well done as each episode covers one toy line throughly – not the usual superficial, gushing fanboy style but […]