There were reports that they were shipping but Mariela seems to be the first to find them in SoCal? Here is the updated Mater Tall Tales card with the Mater Tokyo Tuner … Yes, this is the non Ransburg (Metallic finish Dragon McQueen). And the first of the Tokyo Mater tuners … And the close […]

Thanks “Pit Stop Shop” for the update and new photos of Mater Tall Tales, Megasize CASE D … It’s Buck, the 2 Buck Teeth for 1 Buck dude … And now original prototype from SDCC 2009 … Also new in this megasize case, the variant of Daredevil Lightning McQueen … The 4-pack contains the version […]

The Disney Stores are definitely giving an all-out fight for your CARS dollars … the first 4-pack … “Ricky S. (jadafiend)” was early to spot this and send us these great pics. Reasonably priced at $24.50 – as you can see, comes with Rescue Squad trooper, Rescue Squad Mater, Lightning McQueen (variant) and Rescue Squad […]

“sijack1” has brought these home … Another great looking box set from The Disney Store …a lot of metal for @$15. As usual, great decal details. Tuner Mater … Front view. Nice expression and teeth … And for fun, “sijack1” has gathered up all his Mater’s … NICE! Is you is or is you not […]

With the Collector Booklet 2010 coming any day now, we can attach more names to more CARS coming from Tokyo Mater … There are still 3-4 CARS that are on the singles list but just names so we’re not at 100% yet … and here the megasize listed … We do not know what the […]

Here is a sneak peek at some of the pages of the Collector’s Guide Booklet 2010 coming soon with Ransburg Dragon McQueen courtesy of Priyanka K.(“thegilmoreboys.”) Guess they are going to save the copyright-trademark licensing issues and just call it a ‘metallic finish.’ Car looks great. I don’t think this plastic base comes with the […]

Tomy Takara (of Japan) has not made as much of a commitment to the diecast line as Mattel has – they mostly do variants on the main townies but it’s interesting to see what the line might’ve looked like – at least width, height and girth wise … Normally the CARS come in single boxes […]

The Heavy Metal Mater short is now online – it is in French for now. Mater is known as ‘Martin’ in France. Surf on over to the French Disney site: http://home.disney.fr/carstoons/index You will be asked if you want to visit the Disney FRANCE site or the Disney INTERNATIONAL site. Click on the left, Disney FRANCE. […]

There is a new Rescue Squad Mater playset – strange this did not arrive before the Mater the Greater one … it does contain the mystery megasize ambulance with opening doors – so that’s nice. I don’t have one opened but I imagine both included CARS are all plastic – but we all await your […]

Mater Tall Tales: Heavy Metal Mater premiered in France on Channel TF1 the other day. David V. points out it’s posted online but only if your “internet address” range is in France. It’s all in French and actually titled, “Heavy Metal Martin,” as Mater is known in France. However, with David’s help, we were able […]