OzzieMum (who also sent along all the photos) wasn’t kidding when she said you could buy Frosty specific merchandise in Australia. PJ’s Sheets/Pillowcases … Not available in the US for any characters, a (build it) Frosty Kit. Promotional – made of foam. Fun! I would definitely wear this cap – but kids only … Yep, […]

No real shock, some Kmart’s have already placed the Francesco Fan Mater case out early … “Jeff M.” sends along this pic from last week. Thanks for the photo! “Lightyear” found the entire case out at his Kmart. There are 2 Materhosen’s, 1 Francesco Fan Mater, 1 Elvis RV, 1 Dustin Mellow (both re-releases that […]

Thanks “John H.” for the nice photos and reviews. You can read the post covering Darth Mater & Stormtrooper Tractor HERE. These are all essentially 1:55 in scale – though not from Mattel, they are also not particularly canon but they are now part of the CARS Expanded Universe. Sally/Princess Leia has the cool 1138 […]

This will be an interesting test – will anything Rip Clutchgoneski immediately sell out? Thanks for the nice photo, “Quercy.”

Thanks “John H.” for the nice photos and reviews. As you know, Disney theme Parks has released a series of Pixar CARS characters as Star Wars characters or would that be CARacters? They are not particularly canon and in theory, they are supposed to be 1:43 scale, the reality is they are closer to 1:55. […]

There is a $1 singles diecast sale at Toys R Us running through Saturday. It includes CARS 2 Porto Corsa cards, CARS “Themes 2013” singles AND CARS “Themes 2013” Check Lane cards … so that’s nice … Of course, the two stores I went to had Lightning & Francesco. Radiator Springs Classics are NOT on […]

Of course, most collectors remember the last Australia only Super Chase, Frosty … you can read a mini recap here. So Australia, get ready for “Frosty 2.0”? There is a new listing for a FROSTY 2.0 – UPC 7-46775-36274-4. The last one was wildly successful – it launched at least 4 promotional events in Australia […]

The new style Pit Crew Launchers are back. Arriving first in Australia, the US case seems to match the same case assortment: 1 Vitoline, 2 Leak Less, 3 Raoul Caroule and 4 Lightning McQueen’s. Thanks for the photo and info update, Rob’s Palace of Disney CARS. While the Pit Launcher slightly resembles the first lollipop […]

With the recent arrival of Micro Drifter Rip Clutchgoneski and these Micro Drifters … … of Carla Velsos and Lewis Hamilton, like it’s large diecast brethren, all the WGP racers have been released. You’ll also notice the Micro Drifters logo loses Francesco & Lightning as part of the design as Micro Drifters will soon add […]

There are a couple of new Disney store diecast/CHASE CARS … one out on the website, one not yet … A new Red CHASE … From “xoxorose,” the new Tokyo Mater CHASE – thanks for the nice photo! (not yet on the website). Other CHASE/singles are still available on the website – 2 for $12, […]