I know. It’s like spotting Bigfoot. But Lizzie IS ON THE LIST FOR 2014. I guess when they looked at the final box for the Stanley & Lizzie box set. They remembered they once released a Lizzie painted black and without a veil … and decided to take a chance someone might want it after […]

Coming in 2014* … You waited and waited AND waited and waited some more … But coming in 2014! No case assortment info yet so it could be as early as November or late next year but gluing a headset to Mack should not be too difficult so I would not be surprised to see […]

With the arrival of Ichigo (thanks for the great photo, “John H.”) … … All 115* Diecast CARS of the “Themes 2013” series are out! That fact by itself is a miracle. Our brethren Hot Wheels collectors might sock you or the wall if you utter the phrase, “You mean Mattel didn’t release the entire […]

When the Q was first announced, it had all the looks of a weak franken case and a few were shipped out with this assortment. Other than the new Luigi & Guido with Glasses, everything else was with CARS already available elsewhere or soon to be available plus a lot of CARS that seem to […]

The last of the 4 Toon Box Set “re-releases,” also has a unibody upgrade. So, while Daredevil Lightning McQueen (with Buck Teeth) along with Big Fan & Lug are all re-releases, they have never been released in a 3-pack before – so the packaging format is all new. In addition, Daredevil Lightning McQueen with Buck […]

As “BMW” has chimed in and “Quercy” sends along a photo of the new 2014 cards … As you can tell, it’s essentially the 2013 cards – carrying over the same “themes” motif (changing out the background to a different speedway screenshot), and bringing back the World of CARS banner – so I guess we […]

As the toy years wind to a close – the CARS factory cases has gotten pretty weird, some great, some pretty good and some now we’re not quite sure what is accurate … (still investigating!) … but the T case is the weirdest of them all. I double checked, it is definitely the “T Case.” […]

It looks like there might be one final Deluxe Case after Case G? While Case G was pretty good with 2 Dracula Mater and 2 Waiter Mater (out of 6). CASE P is a basic case for retail … One of everything so the shelf looks interesting enough. That’s Ivan Mater, not Ivan in case […]

TRU seems to have gotten a new case of Radiator Springs Classic but sales seems to have slowed down quite a bit. Was this a one-shot deal to see how sales might go? Will there be more next year? The 3-pack box sets seem to have sold okay but not not very rapidly. The 10-pack […]

Every once in a while, there’s a 2-pack/Movie Moment Case where it might be easier just to buy the case. CASE E The weakest “2-pack” in this case is probably Lightning with Rust-eze Sign & Fred though some collectors might not have seen Fred in a while and of course, the sign is new. Doug […]