You know how they say good news sleep til noon? Well, come back in an hour …  

Three of the Target Box sets have been upgraded in their re-releases. It is NOT noted anywhere on the box so you have to look. The main upgrade is that most of the racers are “upgraded” to one-piece metal unibodies. Essentially the “mouth-faceplate” on each CARS WGP racer (aka: their facial expression) was generally plastic […]

The visual checklist ran earlier this morning – if you prefer a checklist by case assortment … you can plan out how many relatives will get an Autonaut Lightning McQueen … 🙂 and/or of course figure out which cases to buy as many do not repeat. Some might appear in an exclusive box set? Presumably […]

Here are the visual checklist of the case assortments from now to November 2012. Of these, ONLY CASE D has shipped and as of now it’s unknown if all the CASE D shipment cards are all labeled as “ONLY AT WALMART” even though they are available to order/pre-order at Children’sToyCloset & Rob’s Palace of Disney […]

So now, CASE B and CASE C are back on hold and have not shipped, Mattel has shipped CASE D which is not a bad case … But it gets weird. Children’sToyCloset got their shipment and all the cards have a ONLY AT WALMART sticker on them. Falcon Hawk 1 and NASCA Truck … These […]

The Fall WM Plan-O-Gram* is up – well, at least the sheet. For “28 feet” stores, the news looks pretty good. Walmart seems committed to CARS/CARS 2 all the way through 2012. Whatever is not on page 1 is continued on CARS Page 2 … Everything under the Sun & Moon is listed including Action […]

Well, it’s not exactly the world’s greatest coupon but $.50 is $.50. It was in Sunday’s newspaper. I did not find it online nor at Target.com but if it’s available to print from an online site, list it in the comments below. You can use up to 4 coupons on 4 3-pack purchases. There are […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Character Encyclopedia Contest! You even get a free discast, a metallic paint version of “Lightning McQueen with Piston Cup (decal).” (aka: Hudson Hornet Lightning McQueen) + a poster! Now that the book is out, I can tell you some fun trivia such: I threw out their original list of characters to feature which […]

Case B is has left the warehouse and should arrive at resellers anytime and at retail as early as next week? Giant numbers indicate quantity in that case … Astronaut Lightning, Lightning McQueen Hawk, Plane Mater (names unofficial for the unreleased ones). Case C should follow in a few weeks (in theory). Autonaut Lightning, Burnt […]

You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bug, which is what I am.* Want a robotic RC bug? Get a Finn instead. What a deal! Sub a Sub Finn! Out of orange juice? No problem, here’s a sack of chicken manure – same […]