The whole Hauler distribution plan is its own weird universe. To save money, Mattel offers them as Direct Import which the large retailers won’t do because they have to arrange and pay for their own shipping so the large retailers just wait until it shows up at Mattel’s warehouse – hence the long time gap. […]

You say potato, I say po-tot-toe You say error, I say variant … let’s call the whole eBay thing off … Blue – Green, whatev. Easy Idle, Vitoline – whatev. Thanks for the photo Kevin NascarBroncosFan. I’m telling, I am NOT Bumper Save … we look nothing alike! No Stall – about to stall … […]

The long wait is over … He is bigger than life … And wide too … He is oversized AND mega sized. Hey tiny … You’re no Hummer … What are you the H8.25? I’ve got insects in my hair bigger than you … My hair will pump you up. Das Booty. Get out of […]

Megasize CASE K has arrived and first out of the box, No Stall Semi … Er, Collect Them All … I think there’s another new CAR in the box but he seems to be in makeup so check back later 🙂 Meanwhile, Megasize CASE L has been canceled and the next case will be CASE […]

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This post is mostly a repeat of an earlier post but now with new photos that were shown off at the Atlanta Diecast Show: The first go-around of the Storytellers series was a big hit … Make that a surprise hit. Well, maybe not to us 🙂 Hence, the giant gap between Release 1.0 & […]

I guess Aroldo was sitting around and was bored of looking at his masterpiece 🙂 So, he updated his Apple hauler – of course, the Apple race team is going to take more than one truck to the race … Mac iCar will arrive in his swanky trailer that will have all the latest Apple […]

The Pixar “Incredibles” release contained the CARS “preview trailer” on the DVD. On the surface of it, it seems quite non-canonical with “McQueen” sporting a Corrosion Seal sponsor and wearing the #57 … Plus a lot of oddball sponsors: Papa Rivera’s Low Fat Lard (Blue CAR) (Thanks, “BMW”) Corrosion Seal #57 (Red CAR) Jumbo Pretzels […]

“RedRansburgMcQueen” found a nice (and was soon to be discarded) CARS standee to use as a display … Holds 72 CARS. From Altan in Turkey, the very amusing Fillmore you get with the Fillmore” cover issue of the European CARS magazine … “RobertFlopy” has found Fillmore’s Cousin … “Lenin V” spots Snot Rod’s cousin in […]

Thanks to the great “ScobbyDoo,” we have proof and pics of Lightyear Launchers in the Netherlands. Lil Torquey Pistons. Clutch Aid. No, these are NOT rubber tires. The other Lightyear Launcher was (take a wide guess) … Lightning McQueen! But not a bad assortment – presumably in a box of 6 with two each. When […]