Well, if your store is not going through a reset where there’s enough room to drive Rhode Island through it … Store in Maine – thanks Fiddlehead. You might find the 3-pack CASE F. Which also includes another Showgirl’s pack … Charlie Checker with yellow tail-lights? Can’t tell from here … This was the last […]

Steven P. seems to have found the nearly(?) complete set of Final Lap CARS released so far at Target … Is he still the heaviest diecast? Looks like it … King – nice to see him back … And the non-pink hue Radiator Springs McQueen. Well, that’s all I’m buying … but Steven P. also […]

Ben J. spotted this yesterday and might not have had a sleepless night but countless other CARS buyers did … but the proof is not in the pudding (section) but in the CARS section: No other Final Lap CAR was on the peg … and yes, the arrow sticker is odd … The sticker is […]

More good news all around for the CARS 2009 Blu Ray “Ultimate CARS Gift Pack.” Here is what the final box set should look like … The link above is to Amazon.com but it also looks like it will be available at the Disney Stores – as they are offering it as an online pre-order […]

According to “BMW” – her grandson spotted a “Fab Hudson Hornet. There were no other final lap cars there. Only the lenticular mcqueens clogging the pegs. He said he looked at it cause the card was so different, and tried to call me but I was at work, so I missed his call. It was […]

As predicted, all the 1:43(ish) scale Disney Store Piston Cup racers are available online now: Clutch Aid Shiny Wax Sidewall Shine Transberry Juice Trunk Fresh Of course, three of the Piston Cup racers were released already – Lightning McQueen, Chick & The King. Only Lightning McQueen is available online now but the other two should […]

In a recent Time Magazine feature, there is a discussion about Walmart’s new “Project Impact.” Apparently it’s a threefold plan: One goal of Project Impact is cleaner, less cluttered stores that will improve the shopping experience. Another is friendlier customer service. A third: home in on categories where the competition can be killed. How does […]

MiaSenorita was kind enough to loan out a new oddball find … While it was announced a while back and it has been released overseas … its appearance in the U.S. is rather mysterious. It was found at Ross – normally a US discontinued outlet for manufacturers but also for other retailers who have excess […]

As we have seen on the nature shows, do not stand about in the Serengti – you will be eaten or trampled. As it is in the world of retail … mill around the pegs at your own peril … Don’t release enough Piston Cup racers? Someone might pick up the slack when they spot […]

Mater Saves Christmas – The Book is out – available on Amazon. Of course, we already know the 5 CARS that will be released along with Mater in the box set. However, there are townies in the book with the Christmasy look that we might get next year? Flo with earmuffs. Mater with Winter hat […]