Of course, today Christmas day – Target is not open but tomorrow … I’m sure all the Christmas stuff will start being clearanced including any leftover Christmas CARS so while they will almost certainly return next year – here’s your chance to grab them on sale. Good luck. In toys, the Storyteller cousins & showstoppers […]

Kevin W. sends along some beautiful solo shots of the new Final Lap cards … And some of you were worried the lenticular version of this CAR seems to have preceded the Final lap release – thus accelerating the Mayan prophecy but all is right in the world.* * It only seems like the lenticular […]

Final Lap CASE C has arrived – looks like it’s Muddy Lightning McQueen, Costanzo Della Corsa & Pit Crew Member Sarge (along with Green Ramone). It’s Christmas at Jack P’s! BTW, you know those signs you see at Target about collectors, apparently these are the scary collectors Target is afraid of 🙂 Cute & attractive? […]

The Final Lap Dexter Hoover is bringing home the checkered flag … While the flag is on the left side in the packaging, it’s only positioned there in the blister as a packaging reason – less likely to get damaged cushioned within the blister AND so it doesn’t obscure the CAR. The slot to hold […]

The geekiest post of the day – maybe 🙂 The newest Target stores now have a touchscreen. Tap the screen and you get … A keypad to enter in numbers (DPCI) or words … You get a larger and nicer screen with more information options with stockroom info AND to search your neighboring Target stores […]

And you thought hamsters were only good for scurrying, and BBQing. Turns out TRU is claiming that furry hamsters are saving their bacon. From the NY Times: Toys ‘R’ Us Trims Losses by Making a Hamster Hot. So at least they bet on the right horse – otherwise I guess the headline would’ve read – […]

Looks like Amazon is starting their post Christmas sale a little early to clear the warehouse … Thanks “5 O’Clock Shadow” for the heads up, he left the links in the TRADING FORUM but it’s almost time to wipe so this way no one will miss it. If you’ve been eying the 1:24 scale Mater, […]

If you’re on the West Coast, have a LARGE PIZZA on us … well, you do need about $2.50 … Round Table is having a 50th anniversary sale (one day only) – a large Cheese or Pepperoni is only $2.26. Enjoy!

Since we’re are still getting questions about the Christmas CARS, here is a Q&A roundup: The Christmas CARS are all based-from this book: Mater Saves Christmas – (Amazon can still 2-day ship it to you). Besides the 6 CARS released this year, are there more CARS coming next year? Yes, the one CAR they could […]

The new 1:24 scale Mater with “rubber tires” is now available on MattyCollector.com. And if you want to compare it to the 2006 version – photos courtesy of ‘Nikko,’ in his yard with Mater 2006. It’s subtle but it is different … The new 2009 paint scheme and the back tire rims are definitely more […]