Here is the latest update for 2009 for all things Piston Cup racer teams. This chart includes everything released so far + what’s scheduled for 2009: Launchers (Pit Row & Lightyear Launchers). The Crew Chief & Pitty Box Sets coming to Target in Autumn/Holiday 2009. The Piston Cup Racers Box Sets also coming in Autumn/Holiday […]

Well, the great Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS Box Set lull is going to be over by this Fall & Christmas … Say hello to the latest – greatest – newest Bo Diddley-icious addition to the CARS lineup … “Crew Chief’s and Pitty’s” Box Sets. Yes, that’s right – it took this forever and a […]

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. […]

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 & […]

It’s gold, baby … It’s all gold. Well, Gold Ransburg. Final details are still murky but it’s coming with a DVD at Christmas time. Possible Configurations? CARS movie DVD packaged with this Gold Ransburg McQueen? CARS movie DVD and Mater Tall Tales Shorts on a separate DVD + this Gold Ransburg McQueen? Mater Tall Tales […]

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 […]

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 […]

The return of Sarge (in a way). The introduction of the new CHASE cards. Packed in the new lenticulars singles … It’s the new smaller card – how much smaller? Actually not by much … Though since the J hook is now “built-in” to the card, to retailers, it’s almost an 1.5″ difference and that […]

As some people are reporting, Walmart is showing deleted on incoming CARS singles. That is correct because Walmart will no longer carry the non-lenticular mainline CARS … aka, what we call the classics and what we’ve been collecting all along. Officially called “CARS Character Car Assortment” It is Item #M1054 with a master UPC of […]