When it’s something you want to hold onto and or display, especially a great line such as Mattel’s Disney Pixar CARS, you want the card & box design to be as interesting, as cool and as classy as the CARS themselves … and as I wrote when I first saw the 3-packs, I realized that […]

Not quite FINAL FINAL yet … Apparently the CAR on the blister will actually face to our right or in the direction of the name-plate arrow. Also not final because of course, this is Radiator Springs McQueen with wrong nameplate. And another little tidbit … under the T5 watermark above is the ONLY AT TARGET […]

The first poster included with the first release of CARS under the RACE O RAMA motif & design was this one-sided poster: It was replaced by this two-sided version for most of the Race O Rama series. This poster is of course, folded under the mainline singles CAR so it’s on the “grass.” This was […]

New list of 2009 Kmart Stores participating but again, call or visit to verify. It is up on our EDITGRID page. Or at: http://www.editgrid.com/user/takefiveaday/Cars_Collector_Event_June_Store_List It is a live worksheet so you can sort & copy/paste. Basic Information for Kmart CARS Day 2 in this post HERE. Updated FAQ HERE. See you on the 20th – […]

At your Walmart, here is the last look at the entire gang … the mainline singles will be at Target-only soon as well as the Movie Moments. There are rumors the MINI’s may go exclusive also .. And yes, there is some confusion at some Walmart’s. It is not the current overall plan to mark […]

Team Haulers are back at Target … I’m presuming Team Leak Less has not been released? They do ship in packs of 4 so this looks like a repeat of CASE A. But if you love the variant thing, you might have two more to buy … I think Bruiser’s eyes are blue … I […]

And now, the geekest post … today 🙂 Right face?* OR … left face? Which is the less common one? Well, A & C shipped facing left leaving the right facing one the less common one … notice I did not rare … AND it’s coming in two more shipments so we’ll eventually get a […]

Since a lot of people seem to be out there spreading rumors, here are some things to keep in mind. When is it shipping? Mr. Dev Mukherjee, SVP & President Toys & Seasonal Business Unit has announced they will begin shipping on June 19, 2009 (Friday prior to event). Why not sooner? It would detract […]

From THQ, a new CARS racing game, “Cars Race-O-Rama,” is coming this October … High bandwidth trailer … From the Press Release: “In Cars Race-O-Rama, players will join Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks in Radiator Springs as they prepare their academy of student racers to compete in the Race-O-Rama Exhibition. Players will encounter 12 new […]

According to Mr. Dev Mukherjee, SVP & President Toys & Seasonal Business Unit, it look like CARS CASE K will start leave their warehouses starting Friday, June 19, 2009. Presuming those who paid for overnight shipping will start getting them Monday, June 22, 2009. Anything not shipped out on the 19th will ship on the […]