The latest list: Store Closings Announced on June 26, 2012 FORMAT STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP Kmart 7900 SW 104TH STREET Miami FL 33156 Kmart 2000 BARNETT SHOALS ROAD Athens GA 30605 Kmart 7850 SEMINOLE MALL Seminole FL 33772 Kmart 3200 AGENCY ST Burlington IA 52601 Kmart 1201 PAUL BUNYAN DR  NW Bemidji MN 56601 […]

Based on what’s scheduled, we should expect 4 Crew Chiefs available before December: 2-pack Movie Moments of … Max & Otto Bonn. Petro Cartalina & Miguel. The other two crew chiefs will only be available in Target only 4-packs … Nigel’s Crew Chief (Austin Littleton) with Nigel, Francesco & Lightning. Raoul’s Crew Chief (Bruno Motoreau) […]

“John H.” sends along nice photos and a quick overview … “Lightning McQueen Hawk, (the big 14” all plastic one), there were two, both had badly beaten up boxes, I think Mattel will need to rethink the packaging soon. For $45 you get a plastic car with “75+” phrases and sounds triggered by internal motion […]

So, Mattel is definitely making a new commitment to CARS/CARS 2 with this new Target endcap. First, they are already taking down the Spiderman one – it seems kind of quick but maybe sales are slowing already. Endcaps are not just extra visibility selling space in the tradition sense but retailers charge manufacturers/distributors for it. […]

Yesterday, Micro Drifters were found at Target and today, “Hernan E.” sends us pics of CARS Take Flight on the shelves at Target! (thanks, Hernan). Yes, it’s certainly not anything new “new” as these have been out for months – just about exactly TWO MONTHS AGO. So, are things actually going to normalize – will […]

Singles CASE H & Oversized CASE R have left the warehouse and should arrive next week sometime. CASE H has the second Ultimate CHASE CAR – it should be in every case as was the situation with CASE G (the red car on the left). It also contains Bindo, the Blue Maserati. and the strangely […]

MattyCollector.com has some SDCC Mater left over for the post Comic Con sale. Starts at 9 AM PACIFIC TIME this morning – July 23, 2012. When you get your SDCC Mater or decide how to display, here are some things to keep in mind. Like the last Mattel SDCC release, the cover is not acrylic […]

MattyCollector.com has some SDCC Mater left over for the post Comic Con sale. Start at 9 AM PACIFIC TIME tomorrow morning – July 23, 2012. They seem to have plenty of stock of everything else from SDCC including the Monster High Scarah Screams Doll … other than Spikor.

Mattel was kind enough to send over an extra pair of Chuki socks from SDCC! So enter below in the comments to win! Contest starts RIGHT NOW and runs until Friday, July 27, 2012. International entries welcome. Enter with the words CONTEST ENTRY in the comments and then list your favorite CAR from any of […]

The Mattel Store (Not MattyCollector) is having a 15% off sale plus a flat rate $2 shipping … there’s lots of what you’d expect but there are a couple surprises … including the Micro Drifter Colossus XXL … There is no direct link – for some reason Shop Mattel only allows affiliate links to the […]