Finally, something to easily divide and catalog each’s month’s CAR purchases … a carrying case for each month … 16 CARS? Just about right for October 2008.

Mack folds out to carry 16 CARS - rolls and can be carried around.
A TRU exclusive.
No price listing yet.
Perfect with TREV, the Mini’s carrying case …

A few more photos of the Mini Adventures 6 & 5-packs … very classy looking … much nicer than the blister packs …
Crusin’ At Flo’s

Radiator Springs Fire Department

Boot Camp

Police Department

Four others are listed but no photos yet:
Hot Rods
Piston Cup
Dinoco
Highway 66
And some are the international packaging - presumably the US ones will look the same but [...]

First, do NOT panic!

There is NO pattern for WM stocking & distribution. It’s either on the shelf, on its way, in the backroom or it won’t arrive for weeks. It’s here or it’s not here - that’s the WM stocking way … so if you don’t see anything, don’t panic - go to [...]

Got a few better resolution photos of hauler packaging … not sure if everyone can tell when I update a post?

Enjoy!

Coming soon, it’s ole #109 …

No, this is NOT an exclusive. The “exclusive” is the fact this CAR only is available with this booklet. This car comes in his own case, 12 to a box and is available separately (from the other singles) and will be available throughout 2009 so plenty to go around.
It should [...]

Normally, for a lot of diecast collectors, you have to look overseas to find masterful sculpts, attention to detail, quality molds and dedication to quality - for us in the US, Mattel’s CARS hits all the right quality notes … so for once, we don’t have to collect an overseas line to get the “best” [...]

Anyone want to see photos of the haulers in packaging?
An interesting thing really - they actually look nicer than the brief appearance of the haulers in the film …
I like the transparent packaging that they started with the Race & Chase set …
And I’m not planning on buying more than 1 … well, only 1 [...]