Thanks for the heads up, “Michael VN.” It’s nice the Disney Store is still releasing new  CARS products … a “friction” (pullback action) mack with some Next Gen racers + Lighting.(and Sterling). Markus Krankzler,  Adam McCanada (apparently the name for NEXT GEN Clutch Aud) , Paul Conrev are the other NextGen racer.  

A fun Takara Tomy playset that might work with Mattel’s 1:55 series (built for their 1:64 diecasts):

“MackDaddy” sends along this link, the most popular cartoon car … Surprisingly, it’s the Jetsons car … Unfortunately, Lightning finishes 7th.  

This is listed on the Takara Tomy site but it seems likely these are from Mattel (Tomy sells the Mattel diecast mini racers and the 1:55 series now). So they’ll probably show up soon in the US, they look plastic though they can make metal color changers, just cheaper to do them in plastic.  

A gallery in association with Disney-Pixar turned their artists loose to create new movie posters … the CARS one turned out nice! Via Jake Holland’s Twitter (link to see a few more Pixar ones): A few more here, here & here. I really like thr Wall-E one also …      

For variant collectors. you might be considering the new 2-packs. Speedy Comet & Parker Brakeston bth now have eyelid lines. Speedy Comet is also out as a single. Eric Braker and Spokey Phillips now both have eyelid lines. Waitress Mia and Tia have always had eyelid lines and unibody – the eyelid line looks vaguely […]

Check it out HERE. There’s also a new Disney Pixar CARS YouTube Channel.

They will be opening mini Disney Stores inside Target … I wonder if CARS merchandise will move into this section? “The discount retailer will open Disney-themed sections in 25 stores in early October, with another 40 coming within the next year, the companies said in a statement Sunday. Target will also build a new store […]

In Japan, You Can Still Shop at TRU …  

Fun for kids and I’m counting it as exercise!