“Rob (My 7 Kids)” sends along nice photos of CARS & PLANES at the Mattel booth. There’s INTERVIEW FRANCESCO – clear some room! And a nice 2-pack of Allinol Chemists, Jessica Giampetrol & Nate Stanchion Coming soon – Alfredo the Ambulance. It looks like they replicated the poster in 3D diecast form. BTW, the Holley […]

Looks like the latest issue of the Disney CARS magazine is devoted to PLANES. From “Quercy,” 41 pages, 2 reversible posters, A cut and fold paper planes (Dusty) and a pilot Ranking Book to assemble. Sounds nice! Thanks, “Quercy!”  

Thanks for the great photos – first on scene – Kevin NascarBronco at San Diego Comic Con 2013! Here’s the CARS – PLANES display. For CARS, they essentially replicated the poster as 3D diecasts … It’s an interesting concept but ultimately, I think it looks a little sparse … But it’s still nice to see […]

The good news is the promo redemption portion is going smoothly. Details on redemption process HERE. Ivan is arriving packed very nicely and with the nice poster on super heavy stock paper. The interesting update seems to be that “PLANES are CARS.” People seem to be successful buying PLANES products and mailing the receipts in […]

A MASSIVE 100 Blu Ray disc set from Disney (and Pixar) celebrating 100 years of animation … Promo Video … Yes, CARS, CARS 2, CARS 3 and PLANES AND PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE are included. What films are included? 1.         Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937) 2.         Pinocchio (1940) 3.         Fantasia (1940) 4.         Dumbo […]

While not a huge surprise, there was a little doubt unlike with CARS 2 that Mattel would land the CARS 3 license. (It was unknown with the fractured relationship with Disney Frozen if that would be an issue but fortunately not). We got little clues along the way like the presentation of the Precision Series […]

Of course, everytime there is a new Disney or Pixar movie, there are quick copycats (like this one for PLANES, called WINGS). They usually don’t garner much attention and of course, the other film maker’s try to fly under the radar as to not attract Disney’s attention but not this guy … “I know of the […]

The Vitaminamulch Box set was supposed to be a Walmart exclusive but has turned up at the Mattel Outlet stores. What does this mean? It’s hard to say. The bad news is that this seems to be a common occurrence in the toy industry – a big retailer committing to an exclusive and then changing […]

A few days ago, we asked readers if they had questions about CARS & PLANES. WE have answers! When will the cancelled released released along with the unreleased diecasts? I’m not exactly sure I understand the question – are you asking when will canceled-delayed CARS get released? That’s the great unknown. Production tends to get […]

The perfect soundbite from Hunt For Red October. The recent Kmart Free-Ivan promotion is now official CRAAAZZZZEEEY. The main portion of the promotion went pretty well as long as you were able to find a Kmart. The second part of the promotion where you bought $20 worth of CARS for a free Ivan went well […]