What once was is no more … But I know he’s cheatin’ on me I look him in his eyes but all he Tells me is lies to keep me near I’ll never leave him down though I might mess around it’s only Cause I need some affection oh So I creep yeah Just keep […]

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 […]

Well, Tach O Mint might be back in the Toys R Us Promo plans … BTW, I drew the X across Gask-Its … This was the old internal note from late 2008 about the (then) 2009 TRU promos … As many of you might remember, the Gask-Its Buy 5 Get a Free CAR was canceled […]

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 […]

Posted in May – thought it would closer to Christmas time but TRU seems to have it in stock. From the looks of it, you try and launch MINI SPINOUT (TIRES) McQUEEN out of Flo’s over Sheriff & the Impound Yard, careful of the telephone wires and into the back to Mack to escape … […]

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Well, for those eagerly awaiting your mini Piston Cup AND the actual return of SARGE! Case B of the Lenticulars are leaving Mattel’s warehouse … Yea, hate to pile on but why aren’t there 9 Sarge’s and 1 McQueen? Just to be clear – lenticulars are the new mainline so available everywhere now – especially […]

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. […]

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 […]

David V. was kind enough to send a photo of the bottom of Gask-Its … no drill holes for mounting to the display case as is/was the case with Sidewall Shine & N20 Cola … So clearly there was always going to be France Gask-Its promotion whether or not the US one went ahead or […]

Gask-its took a turn off of TRU-ville and is in France. Gask-its, the engine grease filled cream biscuit, not the delicious French macaron … Original post here – runs through August, 2009. Rules are: 1 – Between 1st of January and 31st of August 2009, buy 4 Cars vehicles. 2 – Send your receipt. 3 […]