It’s on the shelves! In our hearts, in the cart and in the car … Ossifer, the baby is fine – besides, this seat is for valuables … TJ – all right sized … The Boys are Here … TJ – bigger then Sven… (Sven just shown for example – not in box set). What […]

Of course, sometimes information doesn’t necessarily make you happier … UPDATE, “Betsy” notes the following message from a moderator on the Kmart.com site … 1) No Chase cars in this case 2) Retail price of this case is $95.76 (for 24 cars) 3) 19 of the 24 cars have normal eyes, and 5 have lenticular […]

Shall we play a game? Well, the Find the Hidden CARS Game is not so much fun … but these might be better … The Cars Fishing Game (on the shelves at Walmart) – or Amazon.com Link. As Bill H. pointed out when he sent me the first link – it is in theory a […]

The Storytellers CARS released last year have returned … in 3-pack form – only online as of right now but it should mean that stores will be getting them any moment now. When will the 2009 NEW Storytellers show up? ? But for now, you can order some of the 2008 re-releases online. It does […]

Heather-Fiddlehead went to check out the new Walmart Opening … humm, crowds smaller than they expected … Maybe the local high school marching band plus some cheerleaders instead of the local historical society? Target wouldn’t put a bulleye on the building if they didn’t want you to shoot at it. If you can’t see it, […]

Here’s a shock – TRU promotional material that is not the same as the Disney Mattel information … (UPDATE AT BOTTOM) New flyer art (from Rippers – thanks!) This one says, Buy 5 at TRU Get 1 Free CAR by mail – starting from September 19th to December 31th. Fill out this form and mail […]

TRU is having a birthday sale … Starting Sunday … And of course, the Mattel CARS portion of the ad is confusing … it says ALL CARS but only the price and photo shows the Megasize CARS … (for instance, the Thomas the Train ad lists the price range of $11.99 to $29.99) so … […]

Unlike the US Disney Stores which do not carry the Mattel diecast CARS – the Disney UK stores do carry a variety of CARS items including the Mater Tall Tales Megasize & Singles … Thanks for the first headsup “Rippers.” Of course UKers really, really appreciate when items are converted directly from $ to £ […]

Well, not much more to add beyond this banner … September 27, 2009 Online pre-ordering starts at 10 AM (presumably Central Time), 11 AM Eastern, 9 AM Mountain, 8 AM Pacific. They have NOT finalized maximum orders or maximum orders per address. October 17, 2009 In store event. Kmart CARS Day 3 – begins at […]

Finally a retailer living up to its name* Toy R Us will be opening 80 stand alone Toys R Us Express Outlets in October and then closing them in January. PLUS, they realized they could sell toys in Babies R Us … so 270 Babies R Us are also getting a toy section for the […]