More of the mainline CARS on cards singles … (yes, case assortment coming …) #1 Race Team Mater #2 Finn McMissile #3 Lightning McQueen with racing tires Number 4, number 4 … & Number #5 …

In addition to all books already announced, here are some more CARS 2 books for the kids coming out a month before the film (May 17, 2011) but that might be spoiler alerts. Race Around the World Fueled for Adventure The STEP IN READING, “Race Around the World,” probably isn’t going to give much away […]

UPDATE POST is HERE. The 30-city life-sized Lightning, Mater & Finn McMissile replicas start their tour Tuesday March 22, 2011 at the Mall of America in Minneapolis … Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Near the Best Buy Rotunda. “Cars 2” hits the road this spring when four-time Piston Cup champion Lightning […]

Looks like you can race as any character – does everyone have weapons? Looks like it’s on pretty much every system – PS 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC/MAC. “The game will feature an array of beloved Cars characters competing in action-packed spy adventures, as well as world-class racing. Inspired by the upcoming […]

Well, I suppose it’s not terribly surprising that (Race Team) Mater gets the #1 card for CARS 2 … but surprise as to who’s #2 in the lineup … It’s Finn McMissile! Poor Lightning, he helps launch a franchise and he’s now #3 in his own film series. 🙂 Perhaps this should be the proper […]

Lightning McQueen 2 is ready for the “Lights, Motors, Action!!!” stunt show at Disneyland Paris. I guess David V. & WOC-France dressed up to sneak backstage … Thanks – I hope you guys made it back out ok … wait, was I suppose to pick you up before the garbage dumpsters were emptied? Oops.  

1 and done. ‘Cause I got Sally as my agent … Shoot, you didn’t see this coming when they named them MATER Tall Tales … So, what should we call this series? CARS 2: Porto Corsa* CARS 2: Port Corsa CARS 2: Italy Coast’ CARS 2: Italian Coast CARS 2: Italian Riveria * The race […]

All your QUALIFYING “comment entries” were tabulated, all QUALIFYING surveys were counted and then tabulated as five different entries … They were then mixed together and randomly sorted. A number was randomly generated … Winner? Corrine W.! Congrats! Thanks all for entering! Thanks Disney Consumer Products for the prize. If you’d like to and haven’t […]

No product yet but the signs up at WM (thanks Alex G.) Though at the UK Disney Store, you get the sign (as in the sales tag) … “Ripper” has found the first officially released CARS 2 item … Very nice … though Lightning seems a little leery of you resting your pumpkin head on […]

The international version of trailer #3 is slightly different and features some additional CARS not shown in the US trailer or they are more prominently featured. More European-France scenes … but, of course. (notice the street runoff tunnel is a car grill in the back?) And of course, two iconic French Citroen cars – the […]