• Cannon Mater
• Diver Mater
• Pilot Mater
• Rocket Mater
• Stunt McQueen
• Stunt Plane

Man do these look good. As I said then, this was my favorite short, not counting Tokyo Mater. Enjoy!

Coming this Fall, there will be more box sets although this time they will be exclusive to Target. Get ready for the Crew Chiefs and Pittys Box Sets. Each box set will come with 1 crew chief and 2 pittys. There are 3 box sets to start, Chick Hicks, Leak Less and Dinoco.

Leak Less Crew Chief, Earl Filter, was previously released as part of a 3 pack, but this is the first release of Dinoco and Chick Hicks Crew Chief. Both were previewed early last year during Toy Fair 2008. Why did they wait so long to release these? Who knows, so be glad we are finally getting them. Hopefully, both Pittys won’t be identical within each set.

By the way, what is with the Target exclusives this Fall? They have the Final Lap Cars, the Haulers box sets, Movie Moments, these 3 packs and also the story tellers. That’s quite a bit of Target exclusive Cars, wouldn’t you say?

Coming this holiday season are 3 new Piston Cup Racer 4 packs. These will not be exclusive. Notice that McQueen is included in all 3. They’re not super exciting as most are re-releases, but it may be a chance for some to complete their collection.

The theory is that the Piston Cup Racers only appeal to collectors and not children who are only interested in the characters who have significant roles in the movie. That’s why the Piston Cup Racers are more likely to be included in box sets, 3 packs, 4 packs and exclusive sets.

That way they don’t waste case space with these Cars. Plus it gives those who don’t nornally collect the chance to get many at once. Here is the complete list of Piston Cup 4 packs.

4 pack #1

Lightning McQueen
Chick Hicks
Fiber Fuel
Spare O Mint

4 pack #2

Lightning McQueen
Vitoline
Leak Less
Rev N Go

4 pack #3

Lightning McQueen
RPM
King
Trunk Fresh

Here comes the next wave of Cars Haulers. The only new Hauler in this case is Nitroade which is 2 per case.

The reason why the haulers take longer to show up at mass market retailers is that Mattel ships them to direct import retailers first. Mass market retailers usually don’t want to spare the extra expense and wait until they show up in the Mattel warehouse.

These are scheduled to ship to direct import retailers in August, and mass market retailers after that. Here is the full case assortment for Haulers case F.

Nitroade Hauler (2)
Leak Less Hauler
Jerry Recycled Batteries
Gray (Dinoco) Hauler
Octane Gain Hauler

More Look My Eyes Change Cars are arriving with case B which should be out soon. There are 2 interesting items in case B. One, the chase Car, with non-lenticular eyes, is Dinoco McQueen with Piston Cup included. This one was previewed almost a year ago at San Diego. The image at left was taken at San Diego. From the pictures I’ve seen on the Internet already, the final version does not have the Dinoco logo on the spoiler.

The second is the return of regular Sarge, although it will probably be considered a variant since his eyes do change. If you are paying attention, you know that Sarge has not reappeared since the 2007 recall until Salutin’ Sarge, the chase Car in case A.

So yeah, although I think they are a bad idea, they do seem to be flying off shelves, except for McQueen, which was 9 per case in case A. It looks like they are getting smarter by only putting 5 McQueen’s in case B. I do like the chase Cars though, if they weren’t so hard to find.

Here is the full case assortment for Look My Eyes Change case B.

Sheriff (1)
Mater (4)
Pit Crew Guido (2)
DJ (2)
Hydraulic Ramone (1)
Radiator Springs McQueen (2)
Boost (1)
Lightning McQueen (5)
Sarge (2)
Fillmore (1)
Hudson Hornet (2)
Dinoco McQueen w/ piston cup (Chase Car) (1)

Lightyear Launcher McQueen

In case you want to see how these work, check out the back.

Lightyear Launcher Back

So according to the back, we have Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, Lil Torquey Pistons and Clutch Aid coming. My guess is that’s what the first assortment will be.

Mater the Greater Super Stunt Show Playset

According to one retailer, this will ship in July 2009 and retail for $26.99. That seems early to me, but the price seems right. Here is the description.

Inspired by the Cars Toon animated short, the Mater the Greater Super Stunt Show playset lets kids play out the fun of the animated adventure! Playset includes 3 amazing mid-air stunts! Roll down the ramp and up and over “Carburetor Canyon!” Whoa you made it! Good job! Or shoot Mater the Greater from the cannon to catch air and go through the fire hoop–phew close one! Then get set with the launcher to jump in true daredevil style, just like in the Cars Toon short!

It doesn’t come with 25 Cars for Mater to drive over, so I guess you will have to provide your own. But it does come with the Carburetor Canyon jump! It also includes Mater the Greater himself.

• Mater the Greater
• Daredevil Lightning McQueen
• Mater the Greater fans Mia and Tia
• Mater the Greater Pittys
• Aviator Mater
• Stunt Plane

I don’t have pics of all of them, but here is a pic of Daredevil McQueen and Mater the Greater fans Mia and Tia (courtesy of Cars the Toys Forum.)

Mater the Greater McQueen Mia and Tia

This was my favorite Cars Toon, besides Tokyo Mater, so I can’t wait for these!

Well, Mattel knows when they got a good thing going, and as a result, Story Tellers are coming back to Target this Fall! And you know there will be new Cars to collect. The new Cars will be Bubba and the Cousins from “Hoodwinked” and the Motorama Girls from “Showstopper.” Here are some pics of the new Cars (courtesy of Cars the Toys Forum.) Click on them to view the larger versions.

Mater's Cousins

Bubba

Motorama Girls

Here’s last years post and assortments on the Target Story Tellers. I assume that the Motorama Girls will be in a 3 pack, as well as the cousins. Bubba is massive so my guess is he will be a single or something else. Last year, the story tellers showed up about October, so it won’t be long!