Well, there are obvious clues and not so obvious clues … Uh, not reset … or SlicePie was just here … Not reset … or the Target is all tilty and everything is all askew … Yep, the reset has begun. As Target prefers to keep their employees busy and have the shelves look full […]

The Gift Packs (aka: 3-packs) did not get off to the best of starts. The first batch featured CARS packs that were not just terribly un-exciting but frankly, the card design was dull, dull, dull, dull … CASE A (late 2007-early 2008) Cactus McQueen, Dirt Track Doc Hudson (Red Rims) & Sheriff Pace Car (Charlie […]

A nice new addition to the CARS lineup – an exclusive at Target, new box sets featuring a Hauler, the Piston Cup Racer & a Pitty. Camera phone look at the first three from Bill H. – thanks. Carsmama sent us some nice pics of Chick out of the box … The nice new look […]

The blow by blow of the Haulers distribution situation is just another bizarre happening when it comes to CARS. The easy is never easy. When Haulers were announced, there was much rejoicing. CASE A was announced – 2 Mack’s, 2 Chick Hicks Hauler & 2 Gray, the Dinoco Hauler. But then we heard that Walmart […]

PUBLISHED LAST NIGHT BUT UPDATED TODAY with new pics & info – instead of doing a new post, I updated this one and moved it to today. At one point called the “CARS Spiral Race Track Set,” it is now called the RACE OFF RIDGE track set. SlicePie seems to be the first in the […]

Collecting CARS is not so easy … but I think we can borrow something from tool users who create an outline on the wall … so they know exactly what tool is missing? Here is the shadow guide for collecting CARS. Note, that for CARS, you will actually need a wall about the size of […]

Sally with Cone shows the dedication of Martin A. & his team at Mattel to getting it right. It seems simple enough – it’s an older release, just glue a traffic cone on her head and slap a new label on it … maybe other diecast companies do this or maybe even other divisions at […]

Target customers are pretty amazing. I went today and the Christmas candy & trinket section was pretty much wiped out … I hope that Starbucks mug & coffee candy set holds until 2009 🙂 At one Target, they had this setup in toys … maybe an employee made off with the pegs or they realize […]

You have a LONG wait and I was going to hold off until I got final confirmation but since others are running the list without details, here ya go. But we can take some guesses … CASE F is scheduled for the first week in the new year – January, 2009. CASE G is February, […]

BigMatt56 found this in the flagship TRU in Times Square … This looks like an international Stacy snuck into a regular box? I don’t think anyone else has seen this? Yea, I think that is all legalese in every language other than Sumarian. And for int’l customers, if you have have a giant question or […]