What makes the Mattel Disney Pixar 1:55 CARS one of the greatest diecast CAR lines ever? 1) Most critical of course – detailed sculpting by master hands; 2) Also important – The multitude of choices; 3) Appropriate & quality materials (aka: production); 4) And most subtle of all, the other main aspect for the greatness […]

Materlover was kind enough to send us proof that we have a backup of every CARS item produced in case Disney’s salt mine storage springs a leak 🙂 If you look closely, you see that they also ate the proper amount of Pop Tarts to get the license plates … AND he bought the hardcover […]

While there might’ve been some problems for people on Thursday trying to buy, activate, load software AND sync everything – it all went pretty smoothly for me – 24 hours later on Friday. First, make sure you are running 10.4.11 for Tiger users (PPC or Intel chip) and the latest Leopard 10.5.4 (I always prefer […]

Nice story in Yahoo Sports – appropriately entitled, “Forever The King”

We sort of covered the scale of the Al Oft the Blimp (& Dinoco Helicopter) but it’s time to update the info. Reader SH points out there are some inflatable GOODYEAR blimps on eBay and asks if they are to scale … but also note that Al Oft is coming in a giant version (like […]

Yes, Mattel is launching a Collector’s Club … as Juicy Bling Barbie might say – “We’re not just for kids anymore!” I guess the days of selling Girl Scout cookies and pet grooming are so over for Barbie … (AS IF!) And so, we move onto the next phase of CARS collecting … Movie Moments […]

Okay, this photo doesn’t do justice to how creepy it is but then I would have to buy the candy – encouraging them to make more. No, they are not brown fuzzy cotton balls … they are brown fuzzy candy with antenna & covered in white spores (er – sugar dust?). Kids, what you want […]

It’s not 100% confirmed but it’s looking very likely the new exclusive home of the Mattel Disney Pixar Movie Moments packaging will be … Of course, this info is just applicable to the US – as for additional details, that’s hard to say – especially the big news – when will they begin the switchover? […]

” … Mater, Lightning McQueen, Doc, Sally, Flo and Ramone all in their original decos. Other than McQ & Flo, it’s the first appearance of all the other Mini’s “dressed” as their 1:55 scale brothers & sisters. UPDATE POST HERE.

Sometimes your dreams do come true … Is it a dream or am I waking? Wake up! Wake up! Price – Don’t Know. Coming When – Don’t know exactly when? But in the next few months. (McQueen might just be to show scale – unknown if included but possible). For old, old, old, school CARS […]