TRU is having a nice sale through Saturday – buy one CARS or PLANES item and get 50% off the second item … it doesn’t have to be the the same type … you get 50% off the cheaper item so you can buy a 2-pack and a single or a track set and a […]

The visual checklist ran earlier this morning – if you prefer a checklist by case assortment … you can plan out how many relatives will get an Autonaut Lightning McQueen … 🙂 and/or of course figure out which cases to buy as many do not repeat. Some might appear in an exclusive box set? Presumably […]

Here are the visual checklist of the case assortments from now to November 2012. Of these, ONLY CASE D has shipped and as of now it’s unknown if all the CASE D shipment cards are all labeled as “ONLY AT WALMART” even though they are available to order/pre-order at Children’sToyCloset & Rob’s Palace of Disney […]

So now, CASE B and CASE C are back on hold and have not shipped, Mattel has shipped CASE D which is not a bad case … But it gets weird. Children’sToyCloset got their shipment and all the cards have a ONLY AT WALMART sticker on them. Falcon Hawk 1 and NASCA Truck … These […]

Not online yet but the Air Mater box has arrived at the Disney Stores. You can compare and contrast to the Mattel ones featured earlier today. Mater Hawk … Falcon Hawk (Mattel version coming also). And Lightning McQueen Hawk … The Disney Store versions are undoubtedly heavier and with much more metal. Plus their version […]

Case B is has left the warehouse and should arrive at resellers anytime and at retail as early as next week? Giant numbers indicate quantity in that case … Astronaut Lightning, Lightning McQueen Hawk, Plane Mater (names unofficial for the unreleased ones). Case C should follow in a few weeks (in theory). Autonaut Lightning, Burnt […]

The Air Mater & other Tales book Contest Winner is  jestref ! And the Lightning Hawk Contest Winner is AZcarsfan ! Email your address to me at metroxing (at) gmail.com. Remember the winner of the Lightning Hawk McQueen has to send us a review after a kid/your kid/you acting like a kid plays with it. […]

“Scooby Doo” sends up the heads up that this is out in the UK … I would find it hard to believe this will not get a release in the US soon … The Disney Store scale is larger and they use more metal – they look nice. The Mattel ones are also coming soon […]

“John H.” sends along nice photos and a quick overview … “Lightning McQueen Hawk, (the big 14” all plastic one), there were two, both had badly beaten up boxes, I think Mattel will need to rethink the packaging soon. For $45 you get a plastic car with “75+” phrases and sounds triggered by internal motion […]

While we’re not quite out of the woods yet, it seems there are CARS scheduled for 2012. Whether they straighten out the mix issue, the retail issue, the planning issues, the strategic issues, the timeline of line extensions and the collector issue remains to be seen … but at least these have been designed, molds […]