Here is the flyer that will be available at Kmart next month – buy $20 worth of Mattel CARS merchandise, get Ivan FREE – details at www.Mattel.com/KMCars. Website page is NOT active yet. I’ll wait while you try it. And also – yes, the plate I said is hot is really hot. No fooling! You [...]

While the Kmart $.99 oversized deluxe sale is unadvertised – hence, no price match from the competitors, “Anon” says that in one of his Walmart’s, they have done a price adjustment to match Kmart’s so if you’re at Walmart, you might want to do a price check scan – if it comes up a dollar [...]

It looks interesting – though it only works with the Stunt Racers … Crank it up – Convert your potential energy to Kinetic energy the CARS … The press the red button to release the kinetic energy! CARS will zoom around the track in a dizzying array of multiple directions! Diecast CARS can watch as [...]

Try and guess what sound it makes when alarmed … You may or may not want to know why your dog and cat enjoy the squeaky toy. Tweet This Post

CARS, the Universe was very small for a very short while – after the initial 12-CARS release, it exploded into 2-pack Movie Moments, box sets, track sets, town playsets, Mack’s and then it exploded bigger by Supercharged and now, 7 years later … we need a chart to keep track of the mainline and all [...]

What a shock, you guess what’s in the Dinoco Extra Motor Oil Box … Nope, not actual cans of oil, well, let’s knife this box open (not literally, just photos of the CARS so far) … Ta-da! Looks decent enough. Without rehashing every detail so far – just re-read the older posts (with prototype photos) [...]

Ahhh, mom, you never let me do anything … Tweet This Post

PLANES the movie won’t be in theaters until August 9, 2013 but it looks like you can read the entire story including the PLANES Movie Junior Novelization in early July. It’s 128 pages long! That’s a lot of plot – who knew?! Or the print is really, really large. There are about 40 books already [...]

// Books

Yes, it took a while … but it’s finally completed! It took 40 pages to get everything in there! Click on the graphic or LINK here – it’s printed on demand from MagCloud who will pretty ship worldwide. Remember your purchase helps supports T5 – so thanks and enjoy! You can also click to get [...]

// Checklist

Just to recap the checklist magazines for newcomers. Issues 1 through cover the first 6 years of CARS diecast collecting – for the most part, there was a design motif change once a year and each issue covers every diecast, playset, box sets, etc of the Mattel 1:55 series shown both mint on card, sealed [...]

// Video Games

While the original trailer showed glimpses of Radiator Springs and CARS Characters, it’s now doubly official with announced CARS gamepieces. There are 4 worlds announced: Pirates of the Caribbean, Incredibles, CARS & Monsters University. Presumably Phineas, Toy Story & Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas are coming next. Without going into huge detail, you are a [...]

// Retail

This week, Kmart is having a $.99 sale on CARS diecast singles – and in theory, Walmart, Target and TRU will price match. There seems to be no issues at WM, show them the ad and they will sell you diecast CARS singles for $.99. TRU does not seem to have any “Themes 2013″ cards [...]