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 [...]
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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 CARS [...]
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 have [...]
Mater’s Tall Tales: Unidentified Flying Mater
The next “toon” in the Mater’s Tall Tales series Unidentified Flying Mater aired last night on Disney XD, and I missed it. Hopefully, you didn’t. But good news, it’s coming on again!
I live in the Eastern time zone, so your time may be different, but Comcast says it will air here at 6:56 PM on Wednesday, [...]
Kmart Cars Collector Day – October, 2009
The exclusive Kmart CARS Collector Event is back, and will be in-stores on Saturday, October 17th at 11:00 am. Collectors will also be able to pre-order a limited quantity of this special case of Pixar CARS Character Cars on-line at Kmart.com starting on 9/27 at 10am.
Each 24 pack case* contains 19 Kmart exclusive racer vehicles [...]
Mater’s Tall Tales: Rescue Squad Mater Checklist
Carded Mater’s Tall Tales have started to hit eBay. So I thought it would be good to release a checklist for the first series, Rescue Squad Mater, now that we know which ones will see normal release at retail. We have singles, 4 packs and Mega Size.
Singles
Burnt Lightning McQueen
Nurse GTO
Nurse Kori
Orderly Pittys
Rescue Squad Trooper
Rescue Squad [...]
Now With 100% More Forums!
If you are a registered member of this blog or if you are following on Twitter, you should have received a notice about the new forums recently launched on this site. It’s been live for a week or 2 now, so I thought it was time for a formal announcement. Go right now and check [...]
Free Cars Comic Book Day!
Free Comic Book Day will soon be here. Never heard of Free Comic Book Day? It’s a day where comic book stores promote reading by giving away comics for free. On the list this year, is the new Cars comic book from Boom Studios!
The only caveat is that it looks like this is issue #1. [...]
Follow Cars Toys Blog on Twitter
Ever heard of Twitter? If you haven’t, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. If you aren’t already on it, I suggest you check it out.
Cars Toys Blog is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/carstoys. You can follow @carstoys, and get [...]
Cars Toys Blog Meet and Greet Post
Greetings Cars Collectors! I decided it was long overdue for some introductions. For almost 2 years, I have brought you Cars diecast news, but I’ve never really talked about myself at all. I’ve decided its time you knew a little bit about me.
My name is Jonathan, and I live and work in Knoxville, TN. I [...]