The CARS universe like ours is ever expanding … into the happiest place on Earth sphere … you know the one in Orlando and Anaheim* … Coming in the next few weeks to Disneyland and DisneyWorld ONLY are three additional diecasts … (They are made by Mattel and 1:55 scale) Pirate Mater. Goofy Mater. And […]

I guess Barry Diesel RV is sipping high grade low sulfer sweet crude oil by the barrel … Barry Diesel will be released on April 15, 2011 … At MattyCollector.com Be here on Friday, April 15th at 9 a.m. (PST) … No, I do not know if Matty will ship internationally on these. Some items […]

Yesterday we covered the complete “mainline” from 2006 to 2011 – here is the Expanded Universe CARS – Toons & Storytellers releases. Again, this is an opener checklist so “repeat” releases from the mainline are not listed here, only releases with no mainline release – for instance, Flo was only released on card with the […]

Since we are closing in on the end of CARS Diecast – here is the nearly everything under the Sun released – complete checklist – Mainline singles-oversized-exclusives & haulers. Expanded Universe complete checklist coming tomorrow. I totally disregarded the numbering systems of the oversized-haulers, etc as they are just confusing – only the singles numbering […]

Barry Diesel will be released on April 15, 2011 … On MattyCollector.com of all places – HE LIVES! Be here on Friday, April 15th at 9 a.m. (PST) … Including … There’s no pricing or limit info on the MattyCollector CARS page yet. There’s no photo up yet but here’s what he looks like … […]

Owen Wilson (voice of Lightning) mentioned there would be a nice tribute to Doc/Paul Newman in the film, John Lasseter has finally said something official in yesterday’s LA Times. John Lasseter, the Pixar chief creative officer and director of the movie, said that the studio debated incorporating the Doc Hudson character into the June 24 […]

Well, at least at one Target soft opening … lots of stock, these are not the stock you are looking for … The pegs are warm and cozy but as most CARS fans and collectors can immediately spot – NADA NEW. Final Lap’s – Need a lot of Matti’s nad Marlon Clutches McKay? Haulers – […]

The Darrell Waltrip online store is still offering signed Darrell Cartrip CARS … $15 for signed ones and $10 for unsigned. Available HERE. Mario Andretti has a store online and used to sell them signed also but I could not navigate past the front page so if you see it listed, let us know. The […]

Two more surprise haulers – a drought of months and now, bam, bam, bam … Paul Valdez, Chet Boxkaar, Oliver Lightload & Ben Crankleshaft … all different and all amazingly detailed. While some of the diecasts are thinner and lighter now, no such worries about Ben – the cab portion is SOLID metal and HEAVY. […]

In a surprise, three more haulers showed up on the back of Oliver Lightload and Ben Crankleshaft – as “coming soon – collect them all.” Hopefully, they are coming soon and yes, we will collect them all! That is one giant pill. Of course, View Zeen is one of the few racers to get the […]