Will there be a CARS Collector Days 2? Most likely but don’t hold your breath. They would need another 5-7 NEW CARS to sell and the year of 2008 is DONE. Right now, they are just busy clearing the warehouses (or will be for another month or so) – the last thing on their mind […]

Someone mentioned that Dexter Hoover (the race flag man – not the heli – that’s Ron Hover) was maybe an average effort in design & production execution … I must say, I disagree. I think the design, and production of Tow & Dexter Hoover proves that while we might quibble about distribution and merchandising execution, […]

Sure, a single car might cost $8 USD after conversion or a launcher for $22 after conversion but this magazine will make you pine for Italy – never mind the history, the food, the weather and the people … “Welcome to Italy? Your reason for a visit to our beautiful country?” “Your CARS magazine!” Of […]

While the TakeFive squirrels and Santa’s elves are negoiating the TakeFiveADay Lightning Ramone production run, PirateDad figures he can save the postage to the North Pole by slipping his letter to Santa during our meetings … “For Christmas this year, and I have been a very good Pirate, I can explain about the sugar in […]

What is a variant? (and of course, specifically to toys & toys collecting) There are really four criterias: A variant is simply a variation that is also available that is different from the “correct” design, different from the first-release design or different from the current release and more importantly, REPLACES it. It is a “variation” […]

There was a short feature in the latest Newsweek, mostly based on the lead nugget that Mattel now had a larger stock market capitalization than GM, the “real” car manufacturer. Good for Mattel, not so good for GM. You can read the entire story here. Of course, there’s not any mention of the Pixar CARS […]

RacerGuyInSD … (who I presume is in SD 🙂 ) sent us the first cage bin of death of CARS at his local TRU … Though a full set of Race O Rama cards with barely a glue mark is worth something … or if you have no scruples, put in a unauthorized Red Ransburg, […]

It’s going to be a crazy 2 months of CARS stuff at Wal-Mart, we might as well buy an RV and just camp out in the parking lot … and while, some WM’s may have delayed putting out the endcap because they ordered way too much Halloween black roses and candy … in a few […]

Yea, it looks like they stacked them next to the regular Mini’s in the stock room, waiting for peg space … finally realized these are Halloween merchandise and there are only days until Halloween … And actually if you buy the three Halloween mini’s here plus a Race Rod pack, you pretty much duplicate all […]

A quick trip around Targets proves that Storytellers is by most measures a MASSIVE HIT and the shelves are bare. The most obvious question is when is the re-stock coming … and there is a re-stock coming, right? While we know there is a second wave coming – not sure when but maybe even before […]