Three and half years ago I started this site as a side project. It soon turned into something much bigger than I had ever hoped. I had no idea that so many people would be as interested in Mattel Disney Cars diecast as I was. I have had a great time writing about Cars and [...]
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‘Cars 2′ First Official Trailer
Yahoo! has it in HD here. The YouTube version is embedded below. It looks fun, and I am excited to see it! What did you think?
‘Cars 2′ First Official Image, Poster and Plot Description
Via slashfilm.com, we have the first official image from ‘Cars 2.’ ‘Cars 2′ is set to release June 24th, 2011. And here is the official description from Disney. Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places [...]
Heavy Metal Mater Airing on Disney This Weekend
The latest Mater’s Tall Tales Cars Toon short to air on the Disney Channel is Heavy Metal Mater. Somehow I missed that it first aired on Friday night. But if you missed it like I did, it is airing again on the Disney Channel on Sunday night at 9:50 PM ET and Monday night at [...]
Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales – Two Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo
We all hoped for this, and now it is finally coming. On November 2, 2010, Disney will release Mater’s Tall Tales on DVD. It will be available as a two disc Blu-Ray/DVD Combo pack, but I would imagine it will probably be on DVD by itself, as well. Retail on the Blu-ray Combo pack is [...]
Monster Truck Mater Premieres July 30th on Disney
The new Cars Toon “Monster Truck Mater” will premiere on the Disney Channel on July 30th at 9:30 PM (via Pixar Planet.) It is directed by John Lasseter himself. Here is the official synopsis. Mater is a professional wrestler who works his way up the ranks from amateur to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler, wrestling [...]
New Recent Finds Thread
I just realized the Recent Finds page is closed for additional comments. I think this happened due to a spam setting I recently added so that posts are automatically closed to comments after a year. Anyway the old page is now archived, and I created a new page that should be used the same as [...]
Tokyo Mater Set to Air This Friday on Disney
Tokyo Mater is set to air this Friday, March 12 8:55 pm ET/PT on Disney Channel. The animated short will also be presented on Disney XD on Monday, March 29 7:23 pm ET/PT. I think this is the second time it has aired on TV in the US. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s [...]
Mattel’s 2010 Toy Fair Cars Press Release
The New York Toy Fair 2010 starts today, and Mattel will have a big presence there this year. Toy Fair 2010 will be held on February 14-17, and we will be bringing you all the Cars Toy Fair news we can find. Mattel has already issued a press release for 2010. Based on the popular film [...]
The State of Cars Toys: 2010
You may have noticed the lack of posts around here lately. That’s partly due to the lack of new Cars showing up after the first of the year. The other part of it is due to my lack of enthusiasm for the direction that Mattel is taking the Cars line. To be fair, Cars diecast [...]
