The Mattel Store (Not MattyCollector) is having a 15% off sale plus a flat rate $2 shipping … there’s lots of what you’d expect but there are a couple surprises … including the Micro Drifter Colossus XXL … There is no direct link – for some reason Shop Mattel only allows affiliate links to the […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Character Encyclopedia has been released! You get a free discast, a metallic paint version of “Lightning McQueen with Piston Cup (decal).” What some sample pages looked like … The Apple CAR was in there last time I looked, the first CARS Guide with him included! Thanks ScoobyDoo for the nice pics … no, […]

Pretty impressive that after 6 months, CARS 2 is still in the Top 20 Home Video Blu Ray sales titles … The % Share is Blu Ray to regular DVD sales.You can read more at Home Video Magazine. In case you’re still deciding which version to get, here was the November, 2011 over-view.

The Disney Store has added new Mater Tall Tales and a Lightning McQueen box set. Cars Toon Mater Private Eye Die Cast Set Nice in black & white/monochrome – the “boss” is probably to scale with Mattel’s 1:55 series (as was the Disney Store Queen). As of now, NONE of these are scheduled from Mattel […]

More great pics from, “Kevin NascarBronco.” Mattel is definitely going out on establishing the Micro Drifters are the secondary line to the 1:55 … there is one problem as other than TRU, I’m not sure Target or Walmart is even carrying these? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone with differing results? Micro Drifters are scooped up so they […]

Well, we think the squirrels have finally stopped gnawing on the cables and have returned our website back to normal. If you were some of the readers and visitors seeing 500 internal server errors, the short answer is the migration our host completed for us was borked.  It took some time to figure out just […]

Via DesignBoom (with tons more photos): Down to the snacks … This is also a video of the Hello Kitty-fication of the plane … The Disney CARS one can’t be too far behind ….

Well, if you are just catching CARS 2 on cable and decide to start collecting, this returning 10-pack will get you 91% towards all the World Grand Prix racers …. This came out last November and it looks there’s zero upgrade to any of the CARS. While Carla, Gorvette, Lightning & Miguel have gotten upgrades […]

I got it at the Lincoln Memorial …

For the ultimate test, launch it and close your eyes to guess the 100 … Petty impressive all the sounds you can get from a gee-tar. 🙂 Or the 100 Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs performed by the original artist, a little easier to guess without looking …