Thanks, “Mark T. ” for the greats photos. The Shiny Wax tractor from the “nightmare.” Excellent paint scheme.

Some of my favorite holiday songs … Or the other side of the coin … Tom Waits …

Thanks “Samuel K.” for the heads up & photos. It looks like the recent/re-release of the Piston Cup 5-pack’s are made in Vietnam. New for CARS but probably not new for Mattel diecasts – can Hot Wheels collectors confirm? I know there are also Hot Wheels made in Malaysia (in addition to China, Thailand) but […]

This is listed on the Takara Tomy site but it seems likely these are from Mattel (Tomy sells the Mattel diecast mini racers and the 1:55 series now). So they’ll probably show up soon in the US, they look plastic though they can make metal color changers, just cheaper to do them in plastic.  

Thanks, “Mark T.” for great photos. Another retro Thomasville racer is all cool old, old school. My name is Slim Hood. Sponsored by Sludge Cola. Meaning?

The evolution of the WM logo …

Thanks “Mark T.” for the nice photos. The 2020 Sarge has the eyelid line … But it looks close enough to the last version of Sarge from 2012 so while there are some slight production differences, I’m going to say that it’s essentially the same and not really a notable variant but it’s your call […]

A gallery in association with Disney-Pixar turned their artists loose to create new movie posters … the CARS one turned out nice! Via Jake Holland’s Twitter (link to see a few more Pixar ones): A few more here, here & here. I really like thr Wall-E one also …      

Collecting Mattel’s Disney Pixar CARS diecast is both easy and and not so easy. It is the Star Wars of diecast – the longevity of the line means that there will  be production differences – do you want to collect ’em all, collect some or just one of each character? That choice is totally yours […]

The CARSLAND Route 66 is a lot easier to navigate … There is new food at Flo’s – though I have not been out there in a few so ,,, Yep, all ready for the holidays …