Ellie & Carl Star Wars Cake Topper via Etsy.  

The new Target-only Neon Racers series are starting to pop up on shelves. Thanks for the great pics, “John H.” Nigel looks nice all dressed up with neon-ish striping (not actual neon or glow in the dark). You can find the case assortment here. Lined up, the 4 Nigel Gearsley released. Nigel, Neon Racer Nigel, […]

Where’s our McLobster? It’s real.

Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” Tokyo Mater Toon singles return as a Walmart only item. Manji as this new single is the 2013 variant version – he has BROWN EYES as with the recent 3-pack. His first release featured him with blue eyes. John H. says the others all most appear to be […]

Via NPD. The NPD Group, 2013 US retail dollar sales of toys experienced a decline of 1 percent when compared to 2012*. Retail sales do appear to be impacted by 2013’s shorter holiday shopping season. While the weeks of Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw respective sales increases of 4 percent and 24 percent (compared […]

The Neon Racers are listed online. Not available to order just yet but they should be hitting stores soon. This is the 4-pack essentially costs the same as the singles ($4.99 each) at $19.99 for 4 diecasts. The 4 Neon Racers in this box set are all available as singles and all available as singles […]

This guy took a mini drone plane and wrapped it in a DeLorean shell … Via PK.

“Paul V.” sends us photos of Cora Copper landing in Australia! The warning is not to eat her plastic camera. She was one of the last vehicles listed as a Final Lap diecast but never made it out in 2010. Too bad she’s not made of actual copper. Not listed in the next US case […]

LEGO & Google have teamed up so you can build a virtual LEGO city. As usual, Google is not very attentive to your privacy so be careful about signing in.

While the CARS magazine is being discontinued in the US … it lives on in France and other European countries. And unlike in the US, in Europe, you can include a freebie in a magazine and I believe they usually include a plastic CAR and this month, it’s Colossus! Well, mini Colossus but pretty darn […]