Target will launch its Black Friday sales earlier this year, opening its stores at midnight on November 25th (believe it or not, @20 days away). In previous years, Target opened for the post-Thanksgiving retail blitz at 4 a.m., the Associated Press reported Friday. The retailer’s will also be open on Thanksgiving Day, the company announced […]

Toys“R”Us, Inc. unveiled their holiday “key initiatives” at a special preview event in New York City with retail industry reporters (our invite was apparently lost in the internet tubes). Basically, they are going to pile on with exclusives this Christmas (not many new CARS stuff BTW) and in addition to Buy Online, Pick up in […]

“Danrio” passes along a tale that begs us to shout “WHAT is HAPPEENNING???” Here’s a “Cars2” adventure and some dirty laundry (and thanks up front for listening; it helps me to vent!). I’d also like to add that, yes,  I took the bait and dared to place an order, but this may help to explain how […]

Target has dropped the 2-packs/multi-packs to a more appropriate $7.99 And Toys R Us seems to have gotten the next shipment of the Finish Line Frenzy where only TRU gets the “Gold” McQueen while other retailers get the silver one. And while these are Fisher-Price (part of Mattel), if you need a display for your […]

So I was digging through the seven (yes, seven!) master cases at the Kmart Collector Days this weekend looking for some extra posters for some of my fav-O-rite readers on Take5 when I saw a pad with an offer and grabbed it for later reading. Turns out that Mattel is offering a FREE CARS 2 […]

One month until CARS 2 hits the theaters … the switchover to CARS 2 as the main feature wall … And re-stocked with all the singles cases A-D and oversized deluxe CASES A & B. While Europe (or just Germany-Austria & Switzerland) are getting the spend 25 EU and get a metallic paint Lightning McQueen […]

As a great rusty ole truck once said, “Kmart, You’re funny.” Yes, this car does not exist. There is a Lights & Sounds Finn McMissile (NOT an EXCLUSIVE). There is a Finn McMissile with weapons (Walmart Exclusive – NOT with Lights & Sounds in a 2-pack with Grem). This photo in this context is WRONG. […]

Target seems to have been ready … The play action track display is nice … Though the employees who work across from it might yank out the speakers in another 36 hours. It was nice – though at some Targets, THREE endcaps! (thanks Charlie W!) Walmart was mostly ready … After 8 singles, the dude […]

OneKingsLane has a nice sale on high end reproduction prints of the famed Monaco racing posters: There are also other art reprints … the Monoco Grand Prix ones are: Unsigned vintage lithographic reproduction of the famous Monaco Grand Prix races held in Monaco for the last hundred years. Printed in France in lithography on Vélin […]

The next wave of Target store openings in July 2011 are: Chandler South, AZ San Luis Obispo, CA Oxnard West, CA Hilo, HI Kenner, LA Swansea, MA Moore, OK Hanover, PA East Liberty, PA I believe they will open in the first week of July so start driving by as the soft opening will start […]