John in MO notes that they really, really, really want you to drink less soda in Missouri … Yikes! That’s some tax! 🙂 Okay, I’ll drink less soda, exercise more and not set fire to mattresses in my fireplace anymore … sheesh! And since it’s only Walmart sodas priced for a Monte Carlo minibar, no […]

Toons are definitely returning … Only problem is so far, they are coming back only in 3-packs and as a Walmart exclusive. We also don’t know what’s in the 3-packs. There are 4 3-packs listed (no breakdown of contents) … in a perfect world, they would be 3-packs for the missing shorts: El Materdor Private […]

Larger photos of the PLANES diecasts were in the earlier post today – along with a story recap. While the PLANES are available as singles – they are also available in a PLANES Gift Set which are pretty nice with a Pitty and a Hanger “tent.” Dusty #7 (the main character) Bulldog #11, the British […]

Entertainment Earth is having a nice post holiday sale … a nicely price Hot Wheels Box set … A couple Hot Wheels Elite diecasts that usually don’t go on sale … And hey, it’s never too early to shop for Christmas 2013, only 350 days away. 🙂 While not the world’s great animation, Star Trek […]

First look at the diecasts coming this for PLANES (movie release – August 9, 2013) … The main character, Dusty. Dusty lives in the small town of Propwash Junction, and the single-prop agriculture plane could not be further from the lean, mean, trophy-winning machines he idolizes – and his co-workers remind him constantly. His mentor […]

Maybe he travels by the Orient Express or that toll through the Suez Canal is a killer … That’s about $25 USD … so Mattel can make about 5 times as much per Kingpin sold as in the US … at least you get a lot of diecast metal … though Kingpin’s expression says he […]

Not much of a surprise, Pit Stop launchers will be updated to the new card design … only 6 are listed (not specific which racer) – in a perfect world, this would be one of the 6 … Well, anything is possible. We can probably presume Lightning & Francesco are 2 of the 6 … […]

The new 2-pack with Nigel Gearsley & Austin Littleton is nice on several aspects. If you haven’t picked up a unibody Nigel Gearsley, it’s a nice upgrade as Nigel was the only racer with a plastic front mouth plate AND a plastic back bumper but now he is one solid unibody metal diecast body. Nice […]

Kmart will get exclusive oversized-deluxe CARS not in the numbering scheme (shocker!) Minion Forklist – Muggsy Liftsome Epilogue John Lassetire And Ivan (not Mater Ivan) When? Unknown. Maybe around June when the next Kmart CARS Event day is? Maybe sooner? Chime in when you see them. These are the only three on the list so […]

More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation’s library. The Joe Smith Collection contains over 225 […]