The only other ongoing diecast CARS series is from Japan, from Tomica. Unlike the Mattel line which other than the love of re-re-releasing McQueen’s in each box has given us over 200 CARS – Tomica is pretty much sticking to a few dozen CARS and has been re-issuing them with different eye positions. They do […]

The CARS singles are known as the “mainline.” It is borrowed from the Hot Wheels line connoting that the single CARS on the blister pack is the mother trunk line of CARS, the diecast. But for new collectors or those who for some unfathomable reason were not collecting these in 2006 🙂  , it can […]

Pretty safe for work unless you’re the type that likes to faint easily over thinking about eBaying a Frank prototype … As you can see, pretty close in scale … And full of that heavy metal we love in our diecasts … Coming in early summer … yea, might sell a few Frank’s … FINALLY! […]

The Buy 4 CARS, Get a free Piston Cup Racer (?) promo has come to France. (From the French site – WORLD OF CARS – used with permission). Rules are: 1 – Between 1st of January and 31st of August 2009, buy 4 Cars vehicles.* 2 – Send your receipt. 3 – Send or copy […]

Apparently Matty decided we don’t need more CARS but we could use some limited edition action figures that ALL MANY SOME SCRUM QUINTET Barbershop Quartet have been clamoring for … “Mattel’s “Ghostbusters” collectible line, debuts with 12-inch figures in June 2009, and will be available exclusively at MattyCollector.com. Each figure will feature window box packaging […]

The best analogy for the MINI’s are they are the California Adventures Theme Park and the 1:55 series is Disneyland. No matter what, it just cannot hope to compare. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with California Adventures, it’s just not Disneyland. Or if your brother is Michael Jordan … good luck escaping that shadow […]

Not very easy to find in the US are the Bandai Gashapon Capsule CARS … (in the US, we tend to have the Tomy TYC ones …) “Gashapon” is the overall Japanese word to describe these ‘capsules.’ I think it’s a direct translation of the sound the capsules make as they rotate out of the […]

Three years later, Frank the Combine is finally coming home to roost. The history of frank the Combine is fraught with villainy (eBay sellers), scum of the Earth (uh, other eBay sellers) and small girls who roll the dice when it’s NOT THEIR TURN! YEA YOU! CHEATER CHEATER! Um, what was I saying again? Oh […]

This was the proto shot of the Mater & Chick Hicks Pitty 3-pack … UPGRADE! This is the ACTUAL version shipping … Trivia buffs can note that presumably only three Pitty’s will have actual “names” now … can you name them ?  🙂 Here’s what the dudes look like open … The Chick Hicks Pitty’s […]

Well, the reset seems to slowly rolling across the country … the Target that didn’t get any CARS merchandise for 4 months now has a relatively full shelf … and actually RESTOCKED on the Team Haulers … though only Team Rust-eze left … (sorry for blurry photo). Other than a lot of WOC stuff, at […]