For fans of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, there is an amazing website with details of the details of everything about his life … Check out Vermeer Essential 3.0  HERE. New scans of the Girl with Pearl Earrings have revealed, “Hidden Details in Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ including the figure’s now-faded eyelashes and green […]

Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos … the return of Lighting McQueen in Metallic Silver … This of course is the CARS 1 Lightning, not really canon in Silver but ultra cool. The last release of Lightning in Metallic Silver, slightly different tampo decals (see back spoiler decal) and raised metal eyelids versus the […]

These guys with a lot of time and money have converted 1:64 diecasts of “everything from American stock cars to bubble economy-era Japanese sport compacts and modern supercars—representing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Tomica” and put them in one race to determine the champion of all time …

It seems that people are confused about cutting the cord (aka – getting TV not from cable or satellite). Yes, it can be complicated but it’s like the old days, if you wanted phone service, AT&T Ma Bell was your only choice from the 1920’s to the 1980’s. Then when Ma Bell was broken up, […]

Shipping now, there are some overlap with CASES F & G (also shipping), presumably different stores are getting different cases … New as singles for 2020 … Lightning Metallic definitely has the Thai eyelid addition – we’ll study it to see how else t might differ from the last release, an exclusive. New Thai releases […]

Thanks “Mark T.” for the great photos. The white flag version of Kris Revstopski is out. He was also available with a Green Flag but no designation on the card. Eye position slightly different. The Green & White flag version comes with a pickup bed/tonneau cover. The checkered flag version has a different flag folder […]

The Series #5 Mini Racers “Blind Box” Singles are out … numbering #49-#60 for 2020. Red are new releases & the amount in the case. Green are re-releases. The chase is Metallic Miss Fritter. Series 5 boxes are purple and the number is stamped on the side so they are BLIND but not so blind […]

New 3-packs are hitting the pegs … New releases include Saludos Amigos Ramone (covered HERE in detail). Officer Lightning McQueen, Lightning McQueen (CARS 1) and Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen. Looks like Officer Lightning McQueen is the first Toon release? … Since the XRS have no Toon or book backstory … they are just Expanded Universe […]

The Mini Racer Saludos Amigos Ramone has arrived. As with the rest of the line, it’s both cool and cute. Saludos Amigos is Spanish for “Greetings, Friends” Say hello to my little friend. That is from CARS 3, isn’t it? For those who did not know … “Saludos Amigos is a 1942 American live-action animated […]

It’s a few weeks old now but here’s the visual recap of CASE E. New to singles for 2020 (Bill was a rubber tire exclusive with accessory at WM). New Thai releases – with at least the eyelid line. Previously available in 2020 – nice to get more. More common re-releases.