Coming as diecasts: Road Rally Lightning McQueen Shifty Sidewinder Idle Threat Offroad Mater – Mater looks the weakest of the sculpt – that front tow line is pretty weak looking. Blue Grit – I’m not sure if this is correct, a nickname or they changed the name as he clearly has a sticker that reads […]

 “The gang is enjoying a Founders Day celebration to honor the late Stanley when a gang of Baja racers descend on the town and challenge Lightning to a race. “We kind of played it up like a western,” says Rob Gibbs, the Mater’s Tall Tales vet who directed the short along with Scott Morse. “These […]

It looks like there are some new plastic CARS for kids with “sounds.” I presume Snot Rod makes VROOM sounds along with sneezing sounds. Since they’re called funny talkers, I presume LM and Mater actually spout funny dialogue from the films.

Our checklist magazine #10 is ready and on sale at MagCloud.com. This issue features every release for the Themes 2013 & Radiator Springs Classic series’ released in 2013. Here is a sample page – you can view pages online also (Click on READ SAMPLE). Overall, it was a great year with over 80 new or […]

First look at the upcoming Deluxe oversized CAR – Mattel’s Grem with Camera.

Thanks for the nice open photos, “Mark of South Dakota.” Lizzie 2014 does not appear to a variant from the last release – the windshield is still an “insert” piece- along with the round radiator above the hoodline. You can read about the first two main variants HERE. The eye position also does also slightly […]

Mattel has provided a photo of the upcoming single release of Todd (Pizza Planet): While he does show some rust … this is actually a clean version of Todd versus of his last release. So, will he actually get a “clean” Todd release? Or did someone just snap an early photo?

Through March, we have now had 4 cases of singles released, a couple deluxe oversize cases and at least in Europe, a Movie Moment case. We’ve also had Haulers, Toons and lots of PLANES but the retail situation is still feast … Or famine. First, there are forces beyond the apparent control of Mattel – […]

There was some confusion about the 4 different kind’s of Van available … the simplest is just to take a snapshot of a page from our Complete Open Checklist 2006 to 2011 issue. Van – first released in the World of CARS series (2008) wearing a snarky expression. Van returned as a “Night Skyline” lenticular […]

My Target has not gotten these in yet but “Quercy’s” store has them … Without giving away the entire story, there are some surprise racer appearances … Interesting, does this mean there will be a Neon Frosty exclusive in Australia this Autumn again? Nothing listed as of yet but why not? It’s an easy repaint/deco […]