When you’re at your local market, when you’re picking up your butter, saran wrap & that fifth, be sure and look around the store … Here’s what Chuki_Mama found at Fred Meyer … a new mini Easter pallet with Hot Wheels, Barbie, & CARS Mini & CARS Megasized … yep, CARS is big time now. […]

Kari C. asked an interesting question about what would be more valuable – CARS cards that are sealed or CARS & cards opened … and of course, the general and quickest inclination would be to answer – sealed. Which is generally correct but CARS presents an interesting and usual set of further circumstances that might […]

From Southern Cal, look – it’s sunny! Look, it’s naked Ramone … yea, back in the days when cars were recognizable … the cool cat Chevy … Lenin V. is on his way to check out the new Target opening … in thsi economy, we probably won’t have that many store openings but remember to […]

For the Disney Pixar diecast CARS line, Mattel has not officially retired any CARS though there are some that have been unofficially officially retired … Generally, if a change or a fix is made, it’s unlikely to go back for another “fix” – for good or bad – but Mattel (and every other company) doesn’t […]

As I’ve said before, CARS is the greatest diecast line ever design & production wise. And unlike most other diecast lines, they have actually gone back and fixed certain CARS because of non-canon or production errors but MORE amazingly, they have gone back and even fixed scale issues – which is almost unheard of – […]

Crazyforcarsakajim is graciously donating an Elvis RV. Not this one – just to show you what it looks like in case you forgot. RULES: In CARS world what kind of CARS Food item would Elvis RV love? Sure, Gask-It Biscuits are nice and N20 Cola is bubbly and taste like your favorite antifreeze should 🙂 […]

The first six parts of the Collector’s Field Guide covered the single CARS on hanging blisters that were available to all authorized Mattel resellers including the main retailers, small retailers, online and other resellers. In 2007, the first exclusives were merely packaging exclusives at Target until the important Walmart 8 exclusives released in October 2007 […]

Leaving Mattel’s warehouse next week – so you might see it at the tail end of next week on the shelves or early the following week. NEW – Andrea & Milton. First ever CHASE CAR that is the exact same as the regular CAR release other than the packaging (presumably) – we’ll know more next […]

Some people have reported that Haulers are no longer listed in the system at their Walmart – no need to panic. Walmart is making some adjustments to their UPC and store inventory database. As you know, Walmart tracks CARS by their own individual UPC and the “group” UPC and they are making changes to their […]

You had a lot of questions and we have lots of answers … some of them even pertaining to your question! 🙂 I know Mattel would never just make a case of new cars but…. why couldn’t Mattel ship a case of mostly new cars with a few McQ’s or some of the older ones […]