Kmart has announced: “Kmart will no longer run the Cars Collector Events in June and October … No mail in offer is planned for 2014 for either Cars, Planes or Planes Fire & Rescue. Thanks.” How will you choose to remember? End of an era … Imagine the Kmart CARS Day We Missed Out On […]

CARS – Now & Forever. Bob Iger, CEO of Disney announced among other tidbits at the annual shareholders meeting … “We have plans for a new Cars movie and on top of that Brad Bird is already working on a great story for a new Incredibles film,” There also other news regarding Star Wars – you can read the rest here […]

Coming as diecasts: Road Rally Lightning McQueen Shifty Sidewinder Idle Threat Offroad Mater – Mater looks the weakest of the sculpt – that front tow line is pretty weak looking. Blue Grit – I’m not sure if this is correct, a nickname or they changed the name as he clearly has a sticker that reads […]

I guess its’ kind of cozy … and it’s probably fun during a lightning storm … Pennview Motel, Reading, PA, 1998 — photographed by David Graham.

 “The gang is enjoying a Founders Day celebration to honor the late Stanley when a gang of Baja racers descend on the town and challenge Lightning to a race. “We kind of played it up like a western,” says Rob Gibbs, the Mater’s Tall Tales vet who directed the short along with Scott Morse. “These […]

Contest WINNER – Clearysdad! OzzieMum has sent along a brand new on card Frosty with Metallic Finish along with the mini Australian CARS 2013 poster for our latest contest. Thanks all for entering and now we can all name about 100 weird and oddball Australian animals – see, reading T5 will actually make you smarter […]

Looks like fun … there is a upcoming “1957 Edition Fiat 500.”   Luigi & Guido would approve.

“ToyFountain” sends along photos of a US Rochelle, the international card Rochelle & “French Rochelle.” They are on the left of a USA Rochelle, the Canadian Rochelle (same as the US diecast) and below, European Rochelle. I found the Canadian Rochelle locally (in Quebec, Canada) near boxing day. It has what looks like a international […]

“Not surprisingly, the longer the food was allowed commune with the floor, the more bacteria it accumulated. And the surfaces differed in how likely they were to transfer the bacteria, with carpeting being the least likely, and tiled surfaces and laminate the most likely. “We have found evidence that transfer from indoor flooring surfaces is […]

“Wraukn,” sends along fun pics of the Japanese box set of Tomy Takara’s Shu Todoroki, Mach (Crew Chief) and his Pitty. I like that his Pitty’s headset is removeable. Anyone read Japanese? Does his Pitty have an actual name? Tomy’s CARS are smaller, closer to 1:64 scale. The Pitty is about the same scale as […]