Reader “BMW” was probably wondering why the “L” section of the her CARS museum needed extra staffing and after her investigations, you’ll need to add on more people for general maintenance, re-arranging of CARS and of course, having them make the vroom, vroom noise when people enter that section of the CARS wing. If you […]

At the end of my post on the STATE OF CARS RETAIL, there was a request to take our retail survey, so if you have 5 minutes to spare, please fill it out and email it back to us. If you sent one and in and I didn’t reply personally, we got them all and […]

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED HERE. “CaseStalker” has asked for a recap of 2008. Is it still 2008? I can’t remember all the way back … The year actually started about November 2007 when Mattel decided they were ready for the new year to begin so all the stores were brimming with CASE A, CASE […]

Mini’s Visual Check List UPDATED HERE.

While the calendar year has a few more months to run (119 shopping days until you know what day) … the CARS year is just about over. In the next week or so, CASE T should ship and 2008 by the CARS Calendar will have come to a close. As part of the ancient ritual, […]

Again, unsure of when they will arrive but here are the first two assortments – it looks like there will be three of each of the 4 “Mini’s in Motion” for a case total of 12. Here’s a sampling of what the card will look like … The trailers have a pull-back feature. The first […]

Ya, I hear you – where are the playsets for the regular 1:55 CARS? Nothing really yet but we have another MINI playset to add to the list and it looks dangerous to glass objects, taking out your eye and any household birds who will might soon be pinning for the fjords after this set […]

After the return of the 4 town playsets, there’s nothing new to add to our collection. Of course, truth be known – retailers are not particularly excited about playsets – they tend to take up a lot of space and their sales tend to nosedive after an unknown amount of time, we have actually been […]

‘Stickers’ Fred is the next CHASE car and he should be here in another 2 weeks or so – will update with a more specific schedule as we get one. By himself, looking great – as with every other CAR, detailed and precise to the smallest indentation and rust mark. And while we have had […]