Okay, technically the $.99 Store is the $.99.99 Store now – I kid you not. They needed to raise prices and couldn’t figure out how to do it until some lawyer jumped in … of course, they round to $1 … though technically, does this mean some other lawyer is going to file a class […]

Part I of this post mostly covered the tuners which offer clues but nothing definite … the rest of the CARS here, are mostly licensed as indicated by the info on the cards or the trademark info … Here are some obvious ones … though of course, CARS is great on two counts – the […]

The Pit Race Off Launcher portion of Mattel’s Pixar Diecast CARS seems to be run by bushed squirrels … We never got CASE A. We did get CASE B and now, CASE C was skipped and shipped to Germany … From “Sylt,” the cases are double the original US boxes … Interesting that the fronts […]

Not sure if this is nationwide or just one store … Carrying Case “launcher,” Mini Playsets, “Step on” Track with stolen 2-piece Lightning McQueen, Radiator Springs Challenge and the oval Carrying Case …

Most of the cars of CARS that are based mostly on a real life CAR is evident by the “licensed” logos and trademark/trade dress indication on the cards. The tuners are a little different as they seem to be mostly “inspired by.” Now, whether that’s because they wanted to have design liberty with the tuners […]

And now, the geekiest post of all … the bags of CARS … Of course, most CARS come on cards or in boxes but the mail-aways have mostly come with bags so here’s a review since there are a lot of questions about “authenticity.” In this case, it is important because you want to be […]

While we will start to get the Mater Tall Tales CARS this year – coming in a couple months? Tokyo Mater CARS won’t be here until 2010. We will get them in this order: Rescue Squad Mater, & Mater the Greater definitely in 2009 & maybe El Materdor also in 2009. So, we have a […]

While we will start to get the Mater Tall Tales CARS this year – coming in a couple months? Tokyo Mater CARS won’t be here until 2010. We will get them in this order: Rescue Squad Mater, & Mater the Greater definitely in 2009 & maybe El Materdor also in 2009. So, we have a […]

This is a sort-of repeat of an earlier post covering licensing for films but I’ll answer it again – more specifically regarding voice rights. For animation, a movie star will generally will not do “additional” voice over work outside of the film and maybe a short if it’s already planned – such as Ghostlight Mater […]

Well, not exactly ‘new’ NEW … but new on Race O Rama cards. These will eventually make it back to the US but no real timetable as they’re now a Target exclusive. They will definitely be back by Autumn here in the US but maybe sooner … for a full list of which cards are […]