Disney Pixar CARS: Road Trip! (New Disney+ Series)
Thanks “Travis S.” and “David V.” for the heads up … Announced by Pixar’s Pete Doctor at the Disney Investor Days that coming to Disney+ … CARS Spinoff Series “The untitled series follows “Lightning...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Have a Holly Jolly Holiday Hotshot Lighting McQueen
Okay, that might not work so great as a Christmas song but as a diecast, all spiffy and shiny, the 2021 version. Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos. The 2021 re-release is very shiny, not called...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: You’ve Got the Look, Piston Cup Racer Vietnam 11-Pack
Thanks, “Samuel K.” for the nice photos. The 11-pack from Vietnam, as usual has a different eye position and eyebrow look … Piston Cup Racer 11-Pack (Vietnam). Collect ’em all!
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: TakeFive’s Top 5 of 2020
While IRL, it was a terrible, horrible, no good very bad annum … in CARS Diecast World, 2020 was another nice autumn drive with Sally … While we may not have gotten the most new releases, the update to...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Racing Red Mater, Come on Over!
Thanks “Mark T.” for the great photos. There is a new subline within the Mainline in 2021 … “Racing Red” and its first release, Mater … As nice as the “metallic” blue Brand New Mater … maybe we’ll get...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Easy Idle Racing Tractor, Have a Cow, Man
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos. Another fun “dream” Racing Tractor, Easy Idle. Nice paint scheme.
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Kori Turbowitz, 2020 Real News!
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the scoop and photos. Reporter Kori Turbowitz is back – not too different so some of you might pass on the Thai variant 2020. Slightly less arch eyebrows and bigger eyes. A swoosh...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Tom W. Already Updated 2021
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice photos and heads up. Eyelid line and eye position … from 2019, already updated.
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Harumi 2021, Still a Cute Ute
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos. Harumi from CARS 2 returns … slighter less red … Old rims (left), new rims on right. Windows lighter and back windows. Mirrors at diff angle. The side by side...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Racing Start Luigi & Guido, All Systems Go!
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice photos. “Racing Start Luigi” is new with a new facial-eye expression plus a green flag. Flag is not removable (though if you have a 2-year handy, I’ll bet they can pull...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Dos Demo Derby Taco Please …
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the great photos and heads up. Taco, the Demo Derby wrecker is back with the eyelid line but also lot of other minor “tweaks.” With any “dirty” CAR, there’s bound to be production...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Rush Out for Vinyl Toupee Will Rusch + Piston Cup...
Sweet 1980’s design motif … Thanks, “Mark T.” for the heads up and great photos. Updated Piston Cup Racer Names Checklist. Gray bar means it’s unlikely we’ll get a “retro” CARS 1 race ar to fill in...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: The Complete 2006-2020 Checklist Magazine (Amazon &...
The Amazon version of the checklist is up (finally). They insisted I change the name of the checklist … I’ll let you guess what they objected to … So it’s called, the “TakeFiveaDay 1:55 CARS Diecast...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Fabulous Lightning McQueen 2021
Thanks, “Mark T.” for the nice photos. The 2021 version of Fabulous Lightning McQueen is out, slightly different from the last version … On the right, different tampo decals, slightly more orange,...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mini Racers Case F (Last 2020)
The last 2020 Mini Racers “blind box” case F is a great case with lots of new singles releases. (yes, some may have come out in multi-packs but no number assigned until now and in some cases, buying 15...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Lost in Time, Lost in the Desert Mini & Van
Thanks “Mark T.” for this interesting find from 2015 lost in time, the Lost in the Desert Mini & Van scheduled from 2015. Probably the last case of the year which sometimes means if they already...
View ArticleMattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mini Racers, Series 1 (2021), Case G
While Mattel is continuing the internal code for the Mini Racers (Case G), this is Series 1 for 2021. The numbering scheme is reset to #1. NEW to SINGLES: #1 Transforming Lightning McQueen, #2 Gabriel...
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