Thanks for the heads up and photos, “Lane Change.” The new” Streets of Japan 3-pack box set. You get the return of Kaa Reesu, Dragon Lightning McQueen with Oil Stain and Yokoza. From the initial look, it looks like none of these are variants. Both Kaa Reesu and Lightning McQueen Oil Stain were also 2-piece […]

In a surprise twist, the Disney Store Corporal Josh Coolant is available for the first time as in the US as a 2-pack at JCPenney.com. He was previously only available in the Radiator Springs to the Rescue 10-pack. While he is technically a 1:43 scale, he is much closer to 1:55 scale. Since there’s no […]

If you don’t want to do the mess around by drivin’ around, Amazon has Emmanuel, the Paris Bus for $8.99 (free shipping with Prime). If you’re looking for the Ishani PLANE single, it’s a reasonable $7.99. There’s one Gunnar Viking at $7.98. You can also get SDCC Toyko Mater for a reasonable $14.99 with free […]

It turns out the Neon Racers is a whole Expanded Universe thing. Thanks for the great photos, “John H.” Looks like there is a new book, “Neon Racers.” This is the first “Expanded Universe” CARS book in a while – since the Christmas book that there are matching diecasts. There is also a CARS singles […]

Deluxe (oversized) CASE J seems to have arrived on the shelves also. There is only new release now … but it’s a huge one – Emmanuel, the Paris Tour Bus. Thanks for the nice photos, “Mark T.” Mark also sends along a scale photo – looks like Emmanuel is about 2.5 Lightning McQueen’s so he […]

Thanks for the continual generosity of Australian T5ers, it’s time for contest #3! OzzieMum has sent along a brand new on card Frosty with Metallic Finish along with the mini Australian CARS 2013 poster. Contest starts RIGHT NOW and ends Sunday, March 9, 2014 11:59:59 PM US PST. Enter in the comments with the words […]

CASE Y arrives at retail. Thanks for all the great photos “Rob (I Can Field a Hockey Team With My Kids).” These are the CARS of biggest interest – the return of Lizzie! She has lavender/purple tinted headlamps – presumably she matches the speculation from this post. The Wheel Well Guido is a little odd […]

Congrats to “fongkx” WINNER! Winner of our last Contest! Sorry it took so long to do the drawing. “Hostile Takeover Banker,” thought I was doing the drawing and I thought he was doing the drawing but we got all that straightened out. Thanks again “HTB” for your generosity and great prize! Thanks! Email me your […]

The Neon Racers 4-Pack seems to hitting most Target stores but as “John H.” notes, look closely if quality control is an issue – if your kids will be crashing them into each other, it might not matter as much to you. The packaging looks great but yea, in the 5 boxes at this Target, […]

John & Nancy and Shu & Mach Matsuo have arrived in the US in 2-packs Case G – though not technically called Movie Moments anymore, they are based on both CARS appear together in a scene from CARS 1 or CARS 2. 2-pcaks come in a case of 12. Repeating from CASE F, Jeff Gorvette […]