Good news comes to those that wait and visit TakeFive – as promised, part III of the CARS Take Flight is ready to really blow your mind sky high. Part 1 & Part 2 are here and cover Air Mater & Moon Mater. Are you ready for liftoff? Again, notice the fanatical attention to detail […]

Starting soon (in theory), we are going to get Ultimate Chase CARS – previously CHASE CARS were packed 1 to a case – and probably ranged in release production of 10,000 to 25,000 actually produced based on cases sold of an assortment. All CHASE CARS were generally either re-packaged CARS (Italian card Ferrari F430) or […]

Lots more CARS stuff on sale (Amazon LINKS embedded in each graphic below). Fan Stand Carry Case … one reviewer hated it because she thought it came with 50 CARS … um, it does not. Good deal on the playtown … And to complete the set, the Pop Open Speedway … Some good deals on […]

If you’re collecting Pit Stop launchers, there are two new ones to add … Francesco Pit Stop Launcher Raoul Caroule Pit Stop Launcher Of course, Mattel realized, hey, there are only 3 more to go before they run of WGP racers so … NEW LAUNCHERS … which are apparently called CARS 2 Launchers (that naming […]

As noted in the earlier post, there is a new series coming called CARS TAKE FLIGHT which will encompass all the flying craft of CARS going forward – in particular AIR MATER (covered in earlier post) and in this post MOON MATER. This covers only the oversized “singles” diecast releases under the CARS TAKE FLIGHT […]

While we’re not quite out of the woods yet, it seems there are CARS scheduled for 2012. Whether they straighten out the mix issue, the retail issue, the planning issues, the strategic issues, the timeline of line extensions and the collector issue remains to be seen … but at least these have been designed, molds […]

I hope you’re having good luck finding the Jeff Gorvette & Francesco Crew Chief 2-packs. The good news is that after the Carla Veloso crew release … Carla Veloso Crew Chief: VW Beetle – Cruz Besouro It all changes for the better for crew chiefs! No more exclusives! Yep, apparently the relying on the Kmart […]

The ONE DAY Kmart BOGO 50% Off Toy Sale is today (Saturday) only … Maybe we’ll get lucky and the 2-pack Crew Chiefs will show in time for the BOGO 50% sale. (I added a TRADING FORUM POST of my needs). Kmart owes us, right? (also read the afternoon post on the Crew Chief update). […]

The metallic series that started with Lightning, Jeff Gorvette & Nigel Gearsley will continue … well, at least two more … Raoul Caroule & Francesco Bernoulli … Most likely it will be available at TRU only and Toys R Us might use it an incentive in a future promotion. Or simply sell it for twice […]

Thanks John in Mo for the heads up, Target is offering a $10 Gift Card for a $50 dollar purchase … IN STORE Only so click on the graphic below. Of course, Target is having the nice toy sale this week – BUY ONE, get one 50% on a lot of toy lines including CARS.