Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Whipplefilter! Lightning Variant!
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 25 September 2017
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Thanks for the headsup and photos, “Samuel K.” Thanks “John H.” for additional photos of Chester Whipplefilter. The new Demo Derby Chester Whipplefilter is more than just a variant with rubber tires and tow metal barrels aflame ,.. His eyelids are higher up on his right – “bracing for a collision.” The right side – […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Natalie is Certain it’s Chick Hicks with Headset
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 25 September 2017
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Thanks, “John H.” for the great pics … Two RSN race announcers, Natalie Certain with the cool metallic paint … One of the few releases with no apparent variant. And CARS 3 Chick Hicks with Headset (available as a single and with Natalie in a 2-pack) Compared with CARS 1 Chick Hicks – believe it […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Chip Gearings is a Chip From the Block
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 22 September 2017
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Thanks for the fun photos, “John H.” A new Piston Cup racer from a new sponsor. Great design, great looking diecast. Though do you want your online bank to combust?

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Dinoco Cruz Ramirez, Total Winner!
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 21 September 2017
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Thanks “John H.” for the great photos. A great design and a great 1:55 scaled sculpt. Sweet rims. Cool to see the Dinoco Dino is back! Cruise with Cruz. There’s also the Jada 1:24 version. And a MINI version.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Ponchy Wipeout Blackout?
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 20 September 2017
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Thanks for the great pics, “John H.” Ponchy Wipeout is the interim CARS 3 “Bumper Save” PC racer. This is his look for the 2017 CARS poster … But his actual appearance? His eyebrows got blackened. Do we call him the Goth version? The black-out version? The eyebrows in almost all cases matches the “main” […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Fireball Beach is a Firecracker Box Set
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 19 September 2017
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Thanks “John H.” for the great pics. The Target exclusive Fireball Beach 4-Pack Box Set It’s really 4 unique releases – pretty rare for a box set these days … Sandy Lightning while the expressions (mouth & eyes) are the same of the regular release of Rust-Eze Center Lightning, the “sandy” version contain white tires, a […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Bank on Tommy Highbanks
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 18 September 2017
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Thanks for the nice photos, “John H.” of the CARS 3 Faux Wheel Drive. He’s happy because he got handed his Faux driving papers. CARS 1 version.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Funny Talkers Louise Nash
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 16 September 2017
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It’s plastic but pretty darn cute … Louise Nash with 10 phrases from the film. The voice is of the actual actress, Margo Martindale … Amazon has it but only through a 3rd party seller – retail price is around $12.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Go See Cal (Weathers), Not Hank
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 15 September 2017
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Thanks for the nice pics, “John H.” Hank Weathers, the new Dinoco racer at the start of CARS 3 got a name change to CAL when the movie was finalized but the early ones not only sport HANK on the nameplate but his name is one of the few actually on the diecast … which […]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 3: Collecting CARS 3 Diecasts
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Posted in Disney Pixar CARS, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3 on 14 September 2017
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For those of you joining the CARS diecast bandwagon, welcome to the Star Wars of diecasts. Let’s just concentrate on CARS 3 for the time being in this post. In a perfect world (and it was for about a year in 2008-2009) – new cases of CARS diecasts appear on store shelves every 2-3 weeks […]