The 2017 cards do not look that much different from 2016 (or 2015/2014/2013) cards which continues the “Themes Banner” design motif of grouping releases by theme. So, while there seem to be 2017 CARS mixed in with 2016 CARS, the card date will tell the story as with WILMAR FLATZ. Cards from 2016 are marked © 2015. […]

Apparently denying you’ve never seen CARS is not much of a defense … A Shanghai court has awarded damages to Disney and Pixar Animation in a copyright case over a Chinese-made film called “The Autobots.” The court ruled that the film was an illegal copy of Disney’s “Cars.” The court said that the Chinese producer […]

At Cal Adventures, they have updated and replaced the old Luigi’s Flying Tires which proved unreliable, Luigi’s Casa Della Tires building/queuing line was reused, only the ride changed. Thanks to “John H” for the heads up info and the great pics of the ride diecasts. “Don your dancing tires—Luigi’s free-wheelin’ cousins are ready to give you […]

There are two Expanded Universe Road Trip retail display sidekicks and pallet dumps coming … maybe as early as the Post-Christmas reset which should be in the next few weeks? “:Jacob H.” also spotted this early arrival (ebay presumably) … The interesting thing is the official description from Mattel implies there are more of this […]

Merry Christmas – ya filthy animals … 😉 That is the proper greeting? Happy Holidays all! Save up all your money for CARS 3 2017! These are showing up in Germany so maybe coming soon to you! Thanks, “Nico A!”

Amazon has lowered the price of Precision Series Luigi’s Casa Della Tires 48% off to a new low of @$52.01 – December 21, 2016. Thanks, “Alberto A!” The other playsets are discounted slightly.

If you’re still missing some CARS from 2016, Amazon has some interesting “add-on” choices. Basically, if you spend $25 on other items, you can add as many “add-on” diecasts … there are thousands of other add-on items but the link is just for CARS – just scroll through the pages. (Amazon has a lot of […]

The first, last and ONLY non-CHASE* lenticular release without a matching classic fix eyed release has finally been released – Wilmar Flatz. Thanks for the great pics, “John H.” Essentially the same as the lenticular other than the eyes. Still segmented. Comparison. Some very slight production differences. Thanks for the great pics, “John H.”

We’ve had the Themes motif with “banners” for several years now – some themes get carried over and while the banner gets re-designed, it’s usually subtle or some years, it’s virtually the same. Of course, one way to tell is to spot the number on the front of the card indicating how many are the […]

Thanks for the pics and heads up, “John H.” The continuation of the 35-36 Piston Cup racers re-released with flat windshield. New card for “Sputter Stop” is just slightly off. And if you look closely, guess it as one the large security SUV’s … It’ll be interesting if they fix it – they usually never […]