Pretty fun to know … the history of toy company’s 1836 to 2014 (hasn’t been updated) but still fun to look at … Brio still around! Binney & Smith became Crayola – you might have heard of them. See it HERE at ToyArts.

Thanks for the heads up, “Samuel K.” The latest release of Greg Candyman Tach O Mint is now a variant with a flat windshield. He was surprisingly one of the last original Piston Cup racers to get a raised windshield release. But no more … The updated blow-by-blow Piston Cup racers checklist is HERE.

Someone is thinking – we have a LEGO Bunker Vault so the future can go on no matter what happens … Of course, we have a seed vault … Don’t worry, I have CARS squirreled away in my bunker safe house … 🙂

Upon closer inspection, it looks like Petro Cartalina is available in 2018 in both his older semented version and his new unibody version. The two cards look exactly the same except the SEGMENTED one reads MADE IN CHINA on the back ad the UNIBODY is MADE IN THAILAND (legalese on the back). In addition, the […]

If you;re collecting Nintendo Amiibo’s, you can check out the nice display at the Nintendo NYC Store at Rockefeller Center. Or a nice online DB HERE.

Vitoline was originally scheduled to arrive in 2011 but never actually made it out – I have seen a pre-production one (not mine) so a few may have leaked out … 8 years later, Vitoline’s Hauler finally arrived though Vitoline’s number changed from 61 to 24 … so the 61 ones are very, very rare.

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Thanks for the photos and heads up, “Samuel K.” It looks like 2018 Tow Cap JD Pillar is a variant from his 2017. JD Pillar now has window supports on the back window (as he should have had all along). A little hard to see as he;s in the dark zone of the 11-pack but it […]

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We must be in the back row … Thanks “Nathaniel B,” where-ever you are now.   We must be old, we’re not unibody Pitty’s … Of course, we have a ride … And we missed the start gate as we were eating a corn dog … dd we miss anything? These are beautiful customs based […]