Mattel has issued a post Toy Fair press release. Although not much new Cars product was shown at Toy Fair this year, Mattel’s press release covers a few interesting things for diecast Cars.
Cars Character Cars with Lenticular Eyes
These are regular diecast Cars, except they have lenticular eyes, which are eyes that move! The first series [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Mattel’s 2009 Toy Fair Cars Press Release
Vitoline, Tank Coat and Shifty Drug Pit Race-Off Launchers at Retail Now
This may be old news to some of you, but the latest series of Cars launchers are now showing up at mass market. The newest ones showing up are Vitoline, Shifty Drug and Tank Coat.
I found them at Walmart this week. They have been out at retail for awhile, but this is the first time [...]
Jerry “Recycled” Batteries, Leak Less and Octane Gain Haulers Out at Retail Now
It was only a month ago that we thought the remaining haulers might not make it to the store, but now it looks like the haulers are not Internet only after all. 3 new haulers are now showing up at retail, Octane Gain, Leak Less and Jerry “Recycled” Batteries.
Jerry is different from the other haulers [...]
Walmart Exclusive Cars Walmart Hauler
The Walmart exclusive Cars Walmart hauler we first saw back in San Diego last year, is now showing up at Walmart stores across the country.
I haven’t seen one yet, so I haven’t been able to check it out. But it looks exactly the same as all the other haulers so far.
I really like the haulers, [...]
Cars at NYCC 2009: Mega Photo Post
I was finally able to obtain some pictures from last weekends New York Comic Con. Jeff Saylor over at figures.com gave me permission to post these. Here is the link to the full gallery. Don’t forget Toy Fair is this weekend!
Mega Size Case E with Gray Semi Out Now
The new Mega Size Cars are out at retail right now. Case E is next in line. The only new Car in case E is Gray Semi (2 per case). But you also get Chick Hicks Semi, which was new in the last case, and Al Oft Lightyear Blimp, which is on a Race O [...]
Cars on Display at New York Comic Con 2009
Mattel had a large Cars display at the New York Comic-Con this weekend. They showed a lot of new diecast along with some they have shown before but not released yet. Here are the list of unreleased Cars that were shown.
Mega Size
Sven Hummer
Frank
Elvis RV
Dinoco Crew Chief
Haulers
Trunk Fresh Hauler
Jerry “Recycled” Batteries
Nitroade Hauler
3 Packs
McQueen and Dinoco Showgirls
Chick [...]
World of Cars Online Coming Summer 2009
Disney Online contacted me about the upcoming release of Word of Cars Online. I wrote about the World of Cars Online back in October of last year. Anyway, I get the sense that Disney is really trying to make their mark with this online community. I think it has lots of potential because of the [...]
Announcing the Cars Toys Blog Community!
A few days back, I announced that I had added registration to the site, but about the only feature was the fact that you didn’t have to re-enter your information when you left a comment. Well, today I am announcing the Cars Toys Blog Community!
This is an area for people who have registered on the [...]
