Does Target start putting up the Easter section right after Valentine’s Day (the 14th) even though Easter is 7 weeks after? But I guess you want 7 weeks of excitement for these Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Easter egg CARS? Right? They should arrive with the Micro Drifters? And yes, the Easter eggs accompanying each […]

Mattel loves the new Micro Drifters … here’s the massive track set … This motorized set features lots of areas for these innovative vehicles to race, drift and swarm-just like they do in the Disney Pixar Cars films. When kids are ready for the race to end, they can flip the lever and see who […]

If you’re curious if your store got anything new, here are two quick tests – if you find these variants on the store shelves, the store you are standing in has gotten in some newer cases … 1-Piece Lightning McQueen … 1-Piece Lightning McQueen is available in singles case B (but not case C). And […]

The MicroDrifters lineup will get a Colossus XXL Dump truck … It’s impossible to tell the actual size of this but it looks like it’s about the length of a hauler (@9″) and about 9″ tall …so mostly in scale with the less than 1″ MicroDrifter CARS but obviously not in scale with the 3-4″ […]

There is a new European poster showing off the diecasts of CARS 2 … most of which has been released or revealed here already but there are some photos of some only previously shown on a list … Acer with Helmet (as it is in every language). 🙂 Acer with Blowtorch/Flame … plus the apparent […]

While there are a lot of interesting diecasts to come (both singles, oversized & Toons), for the averge buyer, it won’t be as simple as walking into a store and buying them. Why? Retail Inventory. The simple reason is that employees who can peek into the back room have told us there is an enormous […]

We have a pretty good idea of what’s coming in February in singles case D & singles case E. This singles list for March-April looks like this but keep in mind, it’s not set in stone and not officially confirmed so call it a probable mini sneak peek … (some CARS without names might actually […]

If you liked the Bash ‘n Go series of plastic launchers … there are more coming … Falcon Hawk Did anyone buy Siddeley (out now at Target?) – Does he fly? McQueen Hawk So, while these are all plastic, it does give us a pretty good idea of what the diecast releases will look like. […]

Cruz Besouro is as you might say in Portuguese, “Linda!” One of the Top 5 iconic automobiles, this is one Mattel’s nicest CARS 2 sculpts if not the nicest. It’snot necessary easy to get right – usually the biggest crime is that it’s too large – part of it is that a diecast manufacturer doesn’t […]

The Lights & Sounds series are nice and the only other metal diecast series from Mattel. Unlike the Action agents, Color Changers, ChargeUps, etc, etc which are all plastic, these are mostly metal with plastic components. The voice feature works very well (most with original actors) and the light-up feature is a nice add-on. There […]