With the “more to come” listing and announcement of “40” CARS to come on the back of the forthcoming Target “classics” CARS … some things to clear up … The “40” list is a ‘general listing’ for August 2009 to October 2010. As always, just because it’s on a list does not mean it will […]

I’m sure Aroldo Pongetti spent many sleepless nights knowing that Artie, the TV Director did not have his technical assistant next to him 🙂 As you know, he sent us his artwork of converting Snot Rod into Artie … Then of course, he spent countless sleepless nights knowing that Artie needed his assistant 🙂 Here […]

For those who are going to SD Comic Con – please stop by on Sunday at 2 PM – Room 5AB. Martin Arriola, & Ryan Gleason of Mattel will be joined by Alan Porter, the writer of the CARS comic book to talk about CARS – I know, how will they fill an hour?  🙂 […]

CARS 7: Savage Bloody Desert Sands of a Hillybilly Hell In a world where transmission oil runs like blood … When his eyes change to agitated, look out below! Alternative post choices: “Better Red Than Classics Dead.” “Same Quality Control. New Eyes!” “Visine – Gets the Red Out … of Your Eyes, Your spray on […]

We might need to load up an RV of CARS to the Great White North … Me thinks all is not well beyond the Great Lakes … And since, there does not seem to be mainline singles, movie moments, launchers, haulers, 3-packs, promos … they have resorted to either collecting these or have mistaken these […]

In CARS 2, if there’s a Space Shuttle, they can already do a two pack with a Pitty 🙂 Thanks for the pic Sander P. And going nearly as fast is MCL Sydney-Harris’ son … And Jason T. seems to have a confetti-less Lightning McQueen with a production date code from 2008! Interesting. Speaking of […]

Until recently, it was hard to do a precise comparison since we were not sure if many of the Piston Cup racers were going to re-released but now that the Kmart cases are sitting at distribution center or locked away in a manager’s office (or in some cases, on pegs for 6-minutes 🙂  ) and […]

Now that the Kmart CARS are definitely here and there have been some minor changes here and there, here’s the updated Piston Cup checklist. Two of the still-not re-released racers are in gray because officially they are only available in a trade or secondary market purchasing from Europe (Gask-Its & Faux Wheel Drive). We do […]

When it’s something you want to hold onto and or display, especially a great line such as Mattel’s Disney Pixar CARS, you want the card & box design to be as interesting, as cool and as classy as the CARS themselves … and as I wrote when I first saw the 3-packs, I realized that […]

Here are the details for the distribution & sales of San Diego Comic Con Rescue Mater & Dalmatian Mia & Tia. It is $30 USD each and at San Diego Comic Con July 22 to July 26, there is a buying limit of six. “PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT COMIC-CON Products will be sold starting preview night. […]