The 1st appearance of Cactus Lightning McQueen with the Thai eyelid line … nothing really new other than a sharp new mold, bright red paint and the Thai eyelid line … The green blobs are still not very cactus-like but there’s no reason to change … His first release with the metal eyelids (first release) […]

Lightning McQueen Deputy Hazard is fun and the slime is remove-able. It’s soft pliable plastic and it lifts off easily and holds in place with the police lights.

Thanks “Samuel K.” for the heads up and photos. No new releases in the Salt Fever 5-pack but the box sets generally have different eye positions. And a few classic box set releases. Samuel K says the Edwin Kranks is a silver tires variant.  

The 2024 Singles Case DXV-95DG Full Case is an extra nice case … Chris Freightman & Tony Motorfelt are heavy weight die cast releases full of great details … Boost with Flames returns as just “Boost” and his new flames design … and the Thai eyelid line. Not the first time in 2024 but nice […]

The dinosaur CARS are amazing. Mattel could’ve just attached and glued plastic attachments to current releases but instead, they are built up from scratch out of heavy guage die cast metal … all great … Westfalanapus Quadraptorquosaurus   Pitstopasaurus Scale comparison

If you count expanded universe releases as ‘new,’ then the new Global Race 2-pack is the launch of a new series … though this year, just counted in the mainline. There is no backstory and it’s not the “global race” of CARS 2, which was the “World Grand Prix Racers.” Lightning McQueen While it’s yet […]

Coming soon, the Ken Enginoki & Justin Roadritter 2-Pack, a rare all-new releases in a 2-pack. From the Road Rumbler CARS On the Road TV episode. Ken Enginoki. For a tiny diecast, it has huge length and height with its attachments. Great details on everything. Practical ready for solar …   Justin Roadritter. Great rust […]

The 2024 Singles Case DVX29-95DF doesn’t have much new but for variant collectors, some new options. View Zeen Tractor seems to be slightly darker blue, Ramone has a thinner red piping on the rear fins, Tumbleweed has a different eye position and expression & same with Kori, different eyes & mouth expression. It’s been a […]

The new 2-pack case 957-W is packed full of new releases, new configurations and a few variants. Rare to get a new 2-pack with 2 new releases so nice: Ken Enginoki & Justin Roadritter. The Glow Racers 2-pack is part of the mainline: 2024 Glow Racer Lightning (different look than the 2023 release) and new […]

Sorry for the delay and since we have releases in mini boxes now, it’s hard to tell if it’s truly “new” to everyone so these are just general groupings … Late 2023 or new for 2024: Mallory Karhut, Space Creature Lightning, Road Trip Lightning (2023 Variant) and Quadratorquosaur Not new but if you’re collecting the […]