In the short term, the Fall Reset is happening and the stores shelves are actually filling with new CARS … Mike E. reports and sends in photos – Target seems to be getting fully stocked on the playsets – will the Final Lap CARS show up in days or weeks? Many of the playsets have […]

The Target reset is scheduled first – for Sunday, August 2, 2009 but of course, it might take days or longer before everything is actually shelved. Thanks “NS” for getting us the ultra secretive DPCI numbers which you can enter into the red scanners scattered throughout Target and see if they are in the system […]

TARGET TOY CLEARANCE Target likes to clear old stock by marking it down before a reset (and sometimes re-ordering the same item …) but hey, good for us … Didn’t see much in the ways of CARS items but this is marked down … CTC (Children’s Toy Closet) is having a sale! Children’s Toy Closet […]

Lightyear Launchers have shipped … Samuel R. found these in South Dakota … And here’s it looks like open and displayed (Leak Less version). Much simpler mechanism (aka: cheaper). The actual case assortment is unknown as Rev ‘N Go was not listed.

Bad news from Metro’s road trip to Comic Con: I just received word from Metro that the mega sized Case M which was to scheduled to include the much awaited and anticipated Richard Clayton Kensington Police SUV will NOT be included in Case M. This is a bit of a downer but there is other […]

These are all the Final lap CARS scheduled for August 2009 to Autumn 2010. Of course, we may not see all of the due to some issue but for now, these are scheduled. I think it’s safe to say we’ll definitely see 90%+ of them but one or two might slip away or might slip […]

There is a list. What we don’t know about the Final Lap lineup is longer than the list though. Will this ALL be in CASE A – maybe? There are two major portions of this mathematical equation to figure out. A) Unlike the normal plan of a case every 3-4 weeks (with a different dash […]

Coming in 2012 (like you really need a reason to visit Disneyland), Al Lutz of MiceAge.com reports that … “John Lasseter was in Anaheim Wednesday for the WDI groundbreaking of Cars Land. After the ceremony and some DCA discussion, he and his wife spent the rest of their time just hanging out in Disneyland and […]

The book, Mater Saves Christmas is up for pre-order – says pub date of September 2009. The final roll call for the diecasts of Mater Saves Christmas … Christmas McQueen Red Ribbon Ramone Holiday Sally Holiday Sheriff Reindeer Mater Santa Doc There will be six CARS available as singles – the 6 above. There is […]

Well, Tach O Mint might be back in the Toys R Us Promo plans … BTW, I drew the X across Gask-Its … This was the old internal note from late 2008 about the (then) 2009 TRU promos … As many of you might remember, the Gask-Its Buy 5 Get a Free CAR was canceled […]