First, you go right ahead and collect what you want to collect. There is no predicting what will become valuable, most valuable or ultra valuable in the long run. Collecting CARS should be about appreciating the artistry of it and having fun with it. Remember to hold them up and look at them closely to […]

I been shined. I haz no Sidewall Shine. Apparently I am a deviant as I deviated and am non-compliant. I can picture the 1979 Cylon talking to me through the window – YOU ARE NON COMPLIANT. YOU ARE NON COMPLIANT. ERROR. ERROR. Didn’t really explain why I’m not compliant as I sent in the receipt, […]

An interesting subset of the Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS are the English-only Canadian cards. Now, they are not technically part of the U.S. release so in this case, you can safety ensconced yourself in the complete blanket without any of these CARS but they are amusing and during the occasion lulls of CARS collecting, […]

As many of you know, we had a checkup at EDITGRID but it got a little too unweldy and as a straight spreadsheet while useful in some ways – was limiting because the online version only allowed limited typefaces. So while power users can continue to download that one and add to it and have […]

For those that missed the CASE ASSORTMENT C of the ‘Pit Race Off’ launchers embedded in the WHEELERS post, it is … Coming in early January?

I think everyone was at least able to find Mack with Bumper Save, Nitroade & Bob Cutlass on or about Black Friday … This was one of those deals where Mattel & WM did not make any money, WM just wanted to assure you were eager to be there on BF and Mattel basically counted […]

A hundred thirty years ago if you wanted a toy, you got yourself a nice piece of wood and a whittling knife … of course, for many, you were soon known as 9-fingered Johnny … or soon after that, 8-fingered John and subsequently, one-armed Jon … or based on the creative skill of most piece, […]

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Presumably with the switchover from card design to mini box, that explains the apparent hibernation of the 3-packs just as they were getting interesting … Here is a sample pic of what the Chick Hicks Pitty’s & Mater box will look like when it gets released in early 2009. The bad news is that Sparemint […]

We were holding off on the updated checklist since we weren’t sure exactly when the Wheelers were coming out. But even though the Wheeler ‘launchers’ won’t be out until late Spring 2009, we put them on the list so you can keep track in case you want to make long term plans. Of course, if […]