Coming later in the year as an oversized Deluxe release – low res preview only.

Last day of the $.99/BOGO off and price match from the major retailers … And Kmart. You can see the WM and the TRU ads here … Sears & Kohl’s will price match if you bring in the ad. Walmart will also price match – in most cases, you don’t need the ad, you just […]

High res look at the Ultimate Chase – Vitaly Petrov – Russia (Max Schnell body). Presumably he’s the 3rd ultimate chase – but unknown – also unknown if they will out out in each case assortment or spaced out with some cases with no ultimate chase … You can find the full list of Ultimate […]

It looks like the next Kmart CARS Day on June 16, 2012 will feature the entire 11-CAR World Grand Prix racers CARS 2 set – including Rip! – with what they are calling double zamak paint. Now, I do not have a 100% confirmation but it’s certainly looking like it. The case will contain 24 […]

Amazon has a nice clearance on the Fisher Price Imaginext Tokyo Villain Playset. While it’s a bit stylized, it’s actually mostly in scale to the 1:55 series and you can use it as a fun backdrop …

If you missed it, this is the week of the great American CARS 2 Clearance … Check here for all the details for all the major retailers – sale runs through Sunday 4.8.2012. Well the easy part is done at this Target, now if this store can sell the remainder Finn’s – then step one […]

All the big boys have bellied up to the bar and signed the great American clearance accord to clear some shelf space for Wave 2 coming on April 22nd … Lowest price EVAH? – CHEAPER THAN HOT WHEELS! Of course, out of the 550,000 diecasts on Target shelves, about 499,000 are Finn’s, Lightning’s, Francesco’s & […]

These look like the first 3-packs to be released … Lightning, Spare Mint (not Spare O Mint to the late comers) and Octane Gain.* Professor Z, Grem & Finn McMissile Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and Clutch Aid Plus these 3-packs: Gold Lightning McQueen, Holley & Acer Nigel Gearsley, Jeff Gorvette & Francesco Bernoulli Lightning McQueen, […]

High res look at Ultimate Chase Memo Rojas Jr. – Mexico – presumably the second ultimate chase. Release date? Unknown. But maybe May? Max Schnell’s body.

Why are there no new diecasts on the pegs? Here’s my theory. Mattel’s Q1 runs from January 15 to April 15 and clearly they did not ship many CARS or CARS 2 product last year (2011) in this time period. In fact, they shipped practically nothing – and retailers pretty much ordered nothing in anticipation […]