There is a new promo in France … Buy 15€ of any Mattel CARS product, send in 1€ and get Faux Wheel Drive. (Or of course, buy 15€ of Mattel Hot Wheels products and get a HW Corvette). You have until October 2, 2010 to buy your products and until October 15, 2010 to send […]

TRU Exclusive 3-packs are out on the shelf … Mara M. & Mariela P. sends along nice photos … $19.99 for the 3-pack, I think TRU sells the Toon Deluxe series singles at $6.99 or $7.99 so you save a few bucks. Since its an exclusive, there’s no info on case assortment but no one […]

FROM DEEP WITHIN THE TAKE5 OPERATIONAL COMMAND CENTER – WE HAVE A WINNER UPDATE! AND THE WINNER OF THE 5-PACK OF TAKE5 COLLECTOR GUIDES IS: Samurai60 ! CONGRATS TO YOU!  We have dropped you an email to let us know where to ship your free 5-pack of mags.  Thanks for playing everyone!  We appreciate all […]

I think the first case is CASE F – I have sort of lost track so the assortment should be right even if the case letter code might be a tad off on the next CAR Toons Deluxe – Megasize releases … CASE F REPEAT (first case arrived or arriving). Next case … CASE H […]

Yann lives in Paris and collects CARS … Boy, does he ever … Yea, he not only has the 2006 Factory Set and the MSOS but he has EVERY Semi Cab – that’s a collector 🙂 … But oh, oh, dark cloud on the horizon … A fire started in his kitchen … From the […]

There are only two remaining lenticular 3-packs – will they all arrive in the next and possibly last case? Be nice if there were 3 of each in the next-last case assortment. Since lenticulars are done in 2011, will the switchover theme (October 2010) still feature 3-packs? Will they feature lenticular 3-packs until CARS2? Lenticular […]

“A new Disney•Pixar “Cars Toons” short will premiere FRIDAY, JULY 30 (9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. The animated short, directed by Academy Award®-winner John Lasseter with Rob Gibbs co-directing and composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (“Devo”), will also be presented on Disney XD on Friday, August 20 at 7:05 p.m., ET/PT.” (Yep – his ‘dreadlocks’ […]

“Rippers” found these at the Disney Store in the UK – very nice! Will the US Disney Stores eventually get them – hummm … As in the US, do not eat the shovel, the tray or Artie’s headphones – otherwise your 0-3 year with a giant cowl lick on his head shown above will be […]

From newest to oldest … CASE G (Greeeeaatttttt!) CASE F … (Fabuloso) CASE E (Excelsior Excellent) CASE D (Um, dynooomite!!!) CASE C (Cracka Lacka Good) CASE B (Beautiful but not bountiful) CASE A (A++ Graded) You can compare the original list from SDCC + the latest additions. Plenty more coming … well, not plenty in […]

Here’s a tip for budding photographers … Maybe a low-res photo of your product in a beat-up box is not the best way to showcase something … Because the box and CAR are actually quite nice and deserves some better photos … (I didn’t say I would take them … I grabbed these while passing […]