If you’ve got a question for the Mattel CARS & PLANES Design team, they might agree to answer it for you. 🙂 So, ask below and I’ll forward it to them. No promises. 🙂

Well, this certainly is the oddest named box set … At least we know the entire story of PLANES Fire & Rescue is not about a corn festival.* Sorry if I offended corn farmers – I enjoy the corn. I just do not want to see a movie about diecasts and planes watching corn grow. […]

Never heard of this airline but I’m SOLD! Roger, Roger 🙂

Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” Going by the film screenshot, Mattel’s Mayday is a better size-scale comparison to the Disney Store Ryker. Mattel Mayday with Disney Store Ryker & DS Red. Mattel Mayday looks nice as long as you don’t park Disney Store Mayday next to it. Thanks for the great pics, “John […]

MagCloud is becoming part of Blurb so they are having a sale – 20% off. You need to sign up to become a member (free signup) but I think you have to become “a member” to order anything anyway … Coupon Code WELCOME You get 20% off the wholesale cost so it’s around $1 to […]

On the surface, Mattel’s version of Mayday is nice … Lots of fun details. Good realism of a working truck. Fun “dirty” looking. Unlike the Disney Store one, no dented front fender. Unless it’s an important plot point, it seems to be a minor thing. But the front grill does seem pretty weak. A little […]

Starting on June 14, 2014 – the Richard Petty NASCAR Junior Ride Along at the World Disney World Speedway will feature Gaskits & Nitroade! “RPDE’s Junior Ride-Along program gives children ages 6 to 13 (and at least 48 inches tall) the opportunity to experience real-life racing excitement while they ride-along shotgun with a professional driving […]

Strange launch of a mini-major property, Planes Fire & Rescue … there seems to be no street date and no one at Mattel seems to admit there’s a street date or a hold-by date for product … so it’s out … unless it’s not out. Plus as you can tell, not everything has arrived. The […]

In addition to the Radiator Springs 500½ Road Rally Toon only available on the Disney Movies Anywhere site, you can now watch a couple other “Tales of RS” shorts. The Disney Anywhere site is available online (Flash required) or on the “Disney Movies Anywhere” app for your iPhone, or iPad. Online is essentially like any […]

This may not apply to every Mattel product line or every toy company as smaller companies are more flexible but this is the general process. For purposes of simplicity, I’ll just cover the CARS diecast process but since diecasts are the most complicated in the CARS lineup as they cover the most characters, here is […]