The GINORMOUS Disney Store Rescue Squad Helicopter Carrying Case has arrived in the UK … There are a bunch of exclusive CARS … I think the Mia & Tias are exclusive to this carrying case as well as Nurse GTO … Doc Mater exclusive to this set also? Note: These are the 1:43 Disney Store […]

Disney has put up a new page for the Mater Tall Tales DVD (thanks ShadowFaststart for the heads up). Along with being able to view the three latest Mater Toon shorts, there’s also a trailer for the DVD … Plus info that the next two shorts will be available on the DVD before airing on […]

The Mater Truck Wrestling CARS are out at the Disney Stores UK (coming to the US soon). Thanks “MattMartin” and “Rippers” for the great pics, can’t wait to see them in person here in the US soon. Of course, of most interest is what looks like the only Paddy O’Concrete available (at least in 2010) […]

Looks like the nicer quality “Carrera” brand RC CARS have arrived also … As Stig McQueen notes, “The Carrera set is 1:43 scale, and The Mattel/Tyco sets are 1:64 (that’s “HO scale” in the slot car world, even though actual HO scale is 1:87). That means that the Carrera cars are about the same size […]

Collecting the Disney Store 1:43 CARS lineup is going to get more complicated but for now, here are the basics (visual checklist coming soon!) … The main releases come on cards (that look like this now) … The nice thing is you can pretty much start collecting at any time as all the 1:43 singles […]

The LA TIMES has some great info, news and illustrations of CARS LAND and the new updates to California Adventure – better get the 11-day pass in 2012 … 🙂 Radiator Springs in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. Cars Land, the 12-acre themed land under construction at DCA, will feature three new rides set […]

Some cool renderings from the official “Style Guide.” I Screamer Lightning McMean Rastacarian I guess to need to re-watch this to get his name-0 … TIZMANIAN:  I think it is just ‘Monster’ but it is hard to hear the name over the crowd cheering.  So technically, it is ‘Dr. Frankenwagon’s Monster’ since the little guy […]

We had heard the rumors and were waiting for official artwork but I guess Amazon & WM are a little more important than us 🙁 … What’s up with that? 🙂 The better deal is the Combo 2-Pack for a few dollars more which includes both the Blu Ray & regular DVD. From AMAZON. From […]

First, the latest Allen Gladfelter cover art issues of the CARS comic books are out! The new series – Adventures of Tow Mater … And the ongoing regular CARS series. Of course the two covers above are of A&B versions. For CARS issue #7, there is a C cover, the “blank” cover available at SDCC […]

The relaunch of the new Disney Stores should arrive in the following order … For CARS Collectors, the news seems to be that each of the Disney Store relaunches will have Disney Store CHASE CARS + the Disney CARS in the display case … And the nice display case series … Every relaunch Disney Store […]