There’s a new Walmart sidekick “sidecap” display that is essentially CASE B with 2 Rip Clutchgoneski’s … It was weird there was only one in the “normal” CASE B so this might be the reason, Mattel was afraid we would awash in Rip’s (AS IF) after this sidekick display hit post Christmas … so this […]

Sarge has had a checkered release schedule. Sarge was one of the original 12 Desert Art card releases and as a Radiator Springs townie and as a jeep, he should’ve been available along with the all the other townies in the regular release schedule but with his lead issue during the Supercharged card era, he […]

The CARS market is a singularity … (via FreeDictionary). 1. The quality or condition of being singular. 2. A trait marking one as distinct from others; a peculiarity. 3. Something uncommon or unusual. 4. Astrophysics A point in space-time at which gravitational forces cause matter to have infinite density and infinitesimal volume, and space and […]

Yesterday’s post was the rarest promotional CARS diecasts (giveaways not available to the general public). This list is the rarest-lowest number production CARS available for sale. For singles, in normal circumstances, there are about 15,000 to 20,000 of each CAR produced for a case. So, for most diecasts even if they are never re-released and […]

Every once in a while, a surprise exclusive will just pop up – a new Target only 7-CAR Piston Cup Gift Pack is in stores or for the post holiday reset coming next week. (Photo courtesy of “e.davies1”) It is the first ever release of Kit Revster and the first availability of Coriander Widetrack and […]

The Top 5 rarest promotional CARS diecast … there is a surprise on the list. 🙂 #1 is the still the ONLY CARS promotional diecast that has an entire production run of 1. It is the Red Ransburg Lightning McQueen with white tampo decals included with the Dream Halloween auction set won by the then […]

Better tear up last year’s list – I, Matty Gallufus Mattel vow to try real, real hard this year to stick to my New Year’s Resolutions. I resolve in 2013 to … 10) Stop punching people who come up to me and shout, “Waldo!” 09) Release every CAR on this poster or my name is […]

There’s not much in the CARS Bargain Bin this year but if you want the Barrel Blowout Track Set, hard to beat this price … And while it’s part of the Quick Changers set, the Oil Rig will fit most of the diecasts. (Elvis Rv, uh no). Buy Sal Machiani, get Mater FREE (or essentially […]

Looks like there are plenty of Radiator Springs Classics releases on the shelf … especially N20 Cola. How many were in that last case – this TRU had like 10 …

Based on the poster, it’s clear what 12 of the 16 Movie Moment 2-packs are for 2013. Of course 4 are out already … But the 2-packs are/were a bit of a mystery as they are simply listed as 2-Pack #1 through 2-Pack #16 … So, what are the remaining 4? Are 2 of them […]