More ONLY AT TARGET shopping … the Piston Cup Racer 4-packs will now be a Target exclusive … so maybe it’s likely they will re-use the current 4-pack box? And yes, now that they are calling him Spare O Mint, I’ll list him as such … Yet another Rev ‘n Go 🙂 Maybe they will […]

By the numbers for the Fall reset … Nothing really new but now you have it all on one graphic. Don’t have STORYTELLERS or MATER TALL TALE DPCI numbers as they will be on an endcap – different planogram. They are actually preserving space on the planogram for the 2009 Collector’s Guide. Most likely the […]

Coming back are the Storyteller CARS … based on stories from this book. There are also TWO VERSIONS of the book – the regular version is $10.87 – available at most bookstores including Amazon in the US. At Target last year, there is an EXCLUSIVE version with a read-along CD which costs about $5 more […]

There is a new carrying CARS Carrying Case which is nice in some aspects … not from Mattel, from a company called Tara Toys. It’s nice solid plastic and a nice graphic on the front. It’s only $9.99. The clip seems sturdy but once you open it, it does have some major flaws that they […]

In the short term, the Fall Reset is happening and the stores shelves are actually filling with new CARS … Mike E. reports and sends in photos – Target seems to be getting fully stocked on the playsets – will the Final Lap CARS show up in days or weeks? Many of the playsets have […]

The Target reset is scheduled first – for Sunday, August 2, 2009 but of course, it might take days or longer before everything is actually shelved. Thanks “NS” for getting us the ultra secretive DPCI numbers which you can enter into the red scanners scattered throughout Target and see if they are in the system […]

These are all the Final lap CARS scheduled for August 2009 to Autumn 2010. Of course, we may not see all of the due to some issue but for now, these are scheduled. I think it’s safe to say we’ll definitely see 90%+ of them but one or two might slip away or might slip […]

There is a list. What we don’t know about the Final Lap lineup is longer than the list though. Will this ALL be in CASE A – maybe? There are two major portions of this mathematical equation to figure out. A) Unlike the normal plan of a case every 3-4 weeks (with a different dash […]

The book, Mater Saves Christmas is up for pre-order – says pub date of September 2009. The final roll call for the diecasts of Mater Saves Christmas … Christmas McQueen Red Ribbon Ramone Holiday Sally Holiday Sheriff Reindeer Mater Santa Doc There will be six CARS available as singles – the 6 above. There is […]

How are you set for space? How are you set for spare cash? It’s been months since we’ve gotten any stimulus cash and of course, you are raking it in with the solar-squirrel powered bullet train stimulus money like we are knee deep in it here … so we will be buying CARS, CARS, CARS […]