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Disney Cars Lightning McQueen Costumes 2008

2008-10-06T09:45:00.000-07:00

Disney Cars Lightning McQueen Costumes 2008

Some of the most popular Halloween costumes for 2008 were also popular back in 2007 - the Disney Cars Costumes. But for 2008 we have a "new and improved" lineup!

What's the most popular of all of the Disney Cars Costumes? Lightning McQueen costumes of course!

I've done some research on what are not only the most popular, but the best quality that will hold up under not only "Trick or Treat 2008" but also additional playtime. (Many kids love to play "pretend" in their costumes rather than just limiting it to a single use.)

OK - so I've gotten together the very best of the Lightning McQueen costumes for 2008 (2 of them). Here they are, along with product info and discount shopping links to buy online:

Lightning McQueen Costume - Deluxe 3D: (This is the one featured in the photo above.) 3D version of a Lightning McQueen "outfit", with shoulder straps to hold it up.

Note: There are other "3D" Lightning McQueen costumes, but they're not as high quality as this one, and require a lot of extra work to get them to look right. This "deluxe" version should fit the bill, for any young guy who wants to be "Lightning". :)

Cost runs around $60 retail, but you can get it for a nice discount ($45) on Amazon - you can also see if you might be able to get a lower price on eBay - see links below:

Discount Links:

View all eBay Auctions for Lightning McQueen Deluxe 3D Costume

The second of the Lightning McQueen costumes that I found for 2008 is the "Lightning McQueen Pit Crew" costume. (See photo - right.) If you or your child prefer a jumper-style costume, this is a nice pick (and it's sooo cute!). It comes with the printed jumpsuit, logo cap and the toy headset.

The cost for this Lightning McQueen costume is around $24-$28, or possibly for less on eBay.

Click here to view all of the auctions for Lightning McQueen Pit Crew Costume on eBay

Hey! You wanna see 'em all? There are a few other Lightning McQueen costumes available, if what you see here doesn't quite fit your liking, you can do a bit more shopping around. Amazon and eBay consistently have the best prices for these - I've checked:

See all eBay Auctions happening right now for all Lightning McQueen costumes

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

All for now -

Tonya B.

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Related Links:

Disney Cars Costumes for Halloween on Squidoo

The Diecast Cars - "McQueens"

2008-08-24T22:20:00.000-07:00

The "McQueens" of the Diecast Disney Cars Line

Some diecast Disney Cars are harder to find than others. Take, for example the Blu Ray version of Lightning McQueen (shown left). This one goes for a pretty pretty penny, and is QUITE hard to find.

There are some other ones too - the "McQueen" line of diecast cars is by far the most popular - there are now about 10 - I think - and that doesn't include the minis.

Wanna see 'em? :) Cool.

Here they are on eBay (general search - the 10 earliest-ending auctions):

OK, now here's the tricky part. Can we find the "Blu Ray" version of McQueen? Let's give it a shot:

Now, one more stop - here is a page dedicated to the various types of diecast McQueens, and recommended shopping resources for each one: Disney Cars Die Cast: Lightning McQueen on Squidoo.

You just gotta love those diecast cars. :-) I hope that this helps you in finding the Lightning McQueen diecast that you're hunting down!

Thanks for visiting.

Disney Cars Mini

2008-08-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

Disney Cars Mini Adventures

I don't know about you, but I've noticed that the Disney Cars Mini Adventure Cars have become almost as much of a "hot item" than the regular diecast cars!

They number now (by my count) 23 different Mini Adventure sets as of August, 2008.

There are some very interesting combinations as well - I would never have thought of Red the Firetruck in blue - or - Lightning McQueen teaming up with Sarge and wearing military garb!

Fun stuff.

I've noticed something else - they are kind of tough to find all in one place. In other words, if you are looking for a particular Disney Cars Mini, you might have a tough time, unless you know just where to look.

SO, for convenience sake, I have sorted out the various sets of Disney Cars Minis (and some toy set that go with them) in alphabetical order. A link to each item is below, so they are easy to find:

Disney Cars Mini Adventures Cars and Play Sets:

Boot Camp Doc and Sheriff

Dinoco Dream: Chick Hicks and Lightning McQueen

Dinoco Dream: The King and Lightning McQueen

Doc and Red

Fabulous Hudson Hornet and Lightning McQueen

Flo and Ramone

Lightning McQueen and Mater Fire Department

Lightning McQueen and Red Mater

Lightning McQueen's Team

Lightning Ramone and Flo

Lizzie and Red (Red is blue!)

Lizzie and Sally

Luigi and Guido

Mini Adventure Flo's V8 Cafe

Mini Adventures Car Wash

Mini Adventures Drag Strip

Fillmore and Sarge

Sally and Fillmore

Sally and Mater

Sarge and Lightning McQueen Boot Camp

Sarge's Boot Camp

Sheriff and Mater

There they are - the Disney Cars Mini Adventures as of August, 2008. (I hope that your kids love them as much as mine!) Happy Minis hunting!

Disney Cars Beds and Bedding

2008-05-23T14:18:00.001-07:00

Disney Cars Beds and Bedding: some of the most in-demand items from the Disney Pixar Cars line of merchandise. (They really spiff up a little boy's bedroom - I know this because my son has a set in his room and loves it.)

Note: If you're on the lookout for Disney Cars Beds or Disney Cars Bedding - before going out and shopping at a department or discount store for either the Disney Cars Beds or Bedding, I strongly recommend taking a look around online - the selection is probably better than you think!

I did a bit of research on this point, and found that at the discount stores for the bedding, I was able to find one or perhaps two comforter sets in stock - there are actually many available and sometimes you don't even have to pay shipping costs - saving you gas money and time too!

Some of the types of beds available include:

Disney Cars Wooden Toddler Bed
Lightning McQueen Twin Bed
Slumber Roll-Up
Junior Disney Cars Ready Bed
Disney Cars Slumber Sofa
Toddler's Disney Cars Bed with Canopy
Disney Pixar Cars Room in a Box With Toddler Bed

Check out the most current auctions below for Disney Cars Beds on eBay (use the scrollbar on the right to see additional auctions):

There is a very large selection of bedding (comforters, sheets, blankets, body pillow) as well. Some of those include:

Disney Cars Flannel Sheets and Comforter
Disney Cars Comforter
Disney Pixar Cars Twin Bed Set
Road Racer Twin Bedding Comforter Set
Disney Cars Toddler Junior Junction Collection
Disney Cars Sheet Set
Junior Junction Ultra Soft Fleece Blanket
Lightning McQueen Twin Plush Throw Blanket
Disney Cars Body Pillow

Check out the soonest-ending auctions below for Disney Cars Bedding on eBay auctions - use the scrollbar on the right to view more auctions:

Pillows! Wow, nice selection of pillows for Disney Pixar Cars. (My favorites are the storytime pillow and the Lightning McQueen body pillow) You can see some of the pillows below on soon-ending eBay auctions (use scrollbar on the right to view additional choices):

If you have a little boy (or a little girl, for that matter) who loves Disney and Pixar's Cars Movie, and if you've been considering purchasing a Disney Cars bed or bedding set, hopefully the ideas above will help!<br /> <br /> Ka-chow - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. :)

News: Disney Cars 2 Coming in 2012

2008-04-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

Disney Cars 2 - Scheduled to be Released in 2012

I knew it! I knew it! Over the last several months I've been looking all around to find out if and when a new Cars movie would be released. I finally got the final word recently that there will indeed be a Disney Cars 2, and it's scheduled release is in 2012.

I was hoping that it would be sooner, but I'm sure that when the time arrives it will be a grand release indeed!!!

About the storyline - My understanding is that this will not actually be a follow-up of the first Disney Cars story, but instead will carry a whole different theme. Lightning and Mater will be traveling about the globe!

I can't wait to see Mater's reaction to European car society - since he's such a bumpkin I think he'll fit in like a square peg in a round hole - but that remains to be seen.

And, will Mater the "Cassanova" finally meet the love of his life?

Oh, oh, oh, I almost can't wait. I won't hold my breath for 4 years though - I guess I'll just have to be patient.

But - -why the delay on the release?

Well, first off Pixar animated movies - as I understand it - take much more time to create than a normal movie that is filmed. But also I believe that there is going to be a whole section of the Disneyland empire set up for the Cars, and it's scheduled to be complete at or around the same time of the movie release.

At any rate, it will be fun to see Disney Pixar Cars 2 "roll out". :)

(Photo of the Disney Cars 2 release above provided by the "Two A Day" blog.)

List of Disney Cars - Die Cast (Current and Future)

2008-02-18T16:16:00.000-08:00

Complete List of Disney Cars Die Cast as of February 18, 2008:

This post is being created by popular demand. I've recently received a number of emails requesting a list of all of the die cast (or "diecast") cars ever released but have not been able to give a complete list until now.

A few notes about the list:

It's given in alphabetical order, for organization and convenience
It's given by name of car released rather than by series, release date or packaging.
For each car, if it is available for purchase online, there are one or more links to where it can be found online either as a single item or with a package.
At the bottom of the current list are the future releases for 2008 and beyond!

And without further delay, here they are:

Al Oft (Lightyear Blimp)

Al Oft on eBay

Barney Stormin'

Barney Stormin' @ eBay.com

Bling Bling McQueen

Bling Bling McQueen on eBay

Bob Cutlass

Find Bob Cutlass on eBay

Boost

Boost on eBay.com

Brand New Mater

Brand New Mater on eBay

Bruiser Bukowski

Bruiser Bukowski on eBay

Bug Mouth McQueen

Bug Mouth McQueen on eBay

Buzz (Lightyear)

Buzz Lightyear @ eBay.com

Cactus McQueen

Cactus McQueen on eBay

Chick/Chick Hicks

Chick Hicks on eBay

Collector's Edition "Blu" (Dark Blue Dinoco) Lightning McQueen (Available only with purchase of Blu-Ray movie)

"Blu" Lightning McQueen on eBay.com

Cruisin' McQueen

Cruisin' McQueen on eBay

Cruisin' Ramone (also "Old School Ramone")

eBay: Cruisin' Ramone

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Cars Dale Earnhardt Jr. on eBay

Darrell Cartrip

Darrell Cartrip on eBay

Dinoco Chick Hicks

Dinoco Chick Hicks @ eBay

Dinoco Helicopter

Dinoco Helicopter @ eBay

Dinoco McQueen

eBay: Dinoco McQueen

Dinoco Mia

Dinoco Mia on eBay

Dinoco Tia

Dinoco Tia on eBay

Dirt Track Doc Hudson

eBay: Dirt Track Doc Hudson

Dirt Track McQueen

Dirt Track McQueen on eBay

DJ on eBay.com

Doc Hudson

Doc Hudson on eBay

Dudley Spare

Dudley Spare on eBay

Dusty Rust-Eze

Dusty Rust-Eze on eBay

Fabulous Hudson Hornet

Fabulous Hudson Hornet on eBay

Fabulous Hudson Hornet - Red Rims

Red Rims Fabulous Hudson Hornet on eBay

Ferrari F430

Ferrari F430 on eBay

Fillmore

Fillmore on eBay

Flik

Flik on eBay

Flo

eBay: Flo

Fred

Fred on eBay.com

Gasprin

Gasprin on eBay.com

Ghostlight Ramone

Ghostlight Ramone on eBay

Gold Mia

eBay: Gold Mia

Gold Tia

Gold Tia on eBay

Guido

Guido on eBay

Guido with Ferrari Gear

Guido with Ferrari Gear on eBay

Hamm

eBay.com: Hamm

Hydraulic Ramone

Hydraulic Ramone on eBay

King

eBay: The King

Kori Turbowitz

Kori Turbowitz @ eBay

Leak Less/Leakless

Leak Less on eBay

Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen on eBay

Lightning Ramone

Lightning Ramone on eBay

Lizzie

eBay: Lizzie

Luigi

Luigi on eBay

Luigi With Ferrari Gear

Luigi With Ferrari Gear on eBay

Mario Andretti

eBay: Mario Andretti

Mater

eBay.com: Mater

Mater - Variant (Blue with "Mater" Logo)

Variant Blue Mater on eBay (no more)

Mia

Mia on eBay

Mike

Mike on eBay

Mrs. The King

Mrs. The King on eBay

My Name is Not Chuck

eBay: My Name is Not Chuck

Nitroade

Nitroade on eBay

No Stall

No Stall on eBay

Octane Gain

eBay: Octane Gain

Piston Cup Pace Car (Also Called "Charlie Checker")

Charlie Checker on eBay

Pit Crew Fillmore

Pit Crew Fillmore @ eBay

Pit Crew Guido

eBay: Pit Crew Guido

Pit Crew Hudson Hornet

Pit Crew Hudson Hornet on Ebay

Pit Crew Sarge (Discontinued - new one to be released in '08)
P.T. Flea

P.T. Flea on eBay

Race Official Tom

Race Official Tom @ eBay

Radiator Springs McQueen

Radiator Springs McQueen on eBay

Ramone: Green

Green Ramone on eBay

Ramone: Purple

Purple Ramone on eBay

Ramone: Red (See "Hydraulic Ramone" and "Cruisin' Ramone")
Ramone: Yellow

Yellow Ramone on eBay.com

Red (The Firetruck)

eBay: Red the Firetruck

Richard Clayton Kensington Security Van

Richard Clayton Kensington on eBay

RPM #64

RPM #64 on eBay

Rusty Rust-Eze

eBay: Rusty Rust-Eze

Sally

eBay: Sally

Sarge

Sarge on eBay

Sheriff

Sheriff on eBay

Snot Rod

eBay: Snot Rod

Stanley

Stanley on eBay

Sulley

Sulley on eBay

Tex Dinoco

Tex Dinoco on eBay

Tia

Tia on eBay

eBay: TJ

Tongue McQueen

Tongue McQueen on eBay

Tow

Tow on eBay

Tow Cap

Tow Cap on eBay

Tractor

eBay.com: Tractor

Vinyl Toupee

Vinyl Toupee on eBay

Wingo

eBay: Wingo

Woody

Woody on eBay

Yeti

Yeti on eBay

Note: As far as the actual count, if you subtract out "Ramone: Red" and Pit Crew Sarge (discontinued) the count is 91 in all.

Whew! That is a LIST! But wait - there's more! Here's the new releases scheduled for 2008!

The 2008 New Release List (also given in alphabetical order):

Axle Accelerator
Brian
Chick Hicks Crew Chief
Chick Hicks Pit Crew
Chuki
Cora Copter
Dexter Hoover
Dinoco Crew Chief
Dinoco Pit Crew
Dustin Mellows
Elvis
Greta
Jay Limo
Leak Less Pit Crew
Lightning Storm McQueen
Mini
No Stall Crew Chief
Octane Gain Crew Chief
Octane Gain Pit Crew
Pit Crew Sarge
Ron Hover
RPM Pit Crew
Security Van
Super F/AV-18
Sven
Tar McQueen
Timothy Truecoat
Tires McQueen
Trunk Fresh Crew Chief
Van

More Releases Predicted for the Future:

Apple #84 Matthew Overtaker
Bumper Save
Creme Filled Gask-Its
Easy Idle
Lil' Torquey Pistons
Mood Springs
Retread
Rev-N-Go
Shifty Drug
Shiny Wax
Spare Mint
Sputter Stop
Tach-O-Mint
Tank Coat
Transberry Juice
Vitoline

I'm sure that there will be many more in the future - I'll stay on top of the list and keep it updated with new posts.

Thanks for visiting!

PPSS: Have you heard about the diecast minis? Check them out:

Click Here to Find Them on eBay

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PS: If you are looking specifically for the different die cast cars for Lightning McQueen, you can check that out here:

Disney Cars Die Cast: Lightning McQueen

Disney Cars: Mater and the Ghostlight

2007-12-02T14:13:00.000-08:00

Oh Mater, Mater, Mater.

Mater and the Ghostlight is one of Disney Pixar's film "Shorts" and is one of the funniest short films ever - at least in my opinion.

This film shows a perfect example of "What goes around comes around": After Mater has acted out many silly and scary antics and mind-games with his friends in Radiator Springs they gang up on him and get their sweet revenge, and they get it but good!

Mater and the Ghostlight" is one of the extra film features of the movie, Cars, you can access it from the main menu. It can also be purchased in Pixar's new Short Film Collection (can be purchased for about $10 less than in stores when purchased on Amazon).

There is also a new children's book with the story (I will be getting that for my son for Christmas this year).

I love the "Cars" movie - but the truth is I would have bought the whole movie just for this few minutes of laughter. :D

You just gotta love it - and you just got to love him too.

If you haven't seen the "Mater and the Ghostlight" short film yet - or even if you have - you can view it just below:

(Embedding disabled due to trademark - click here to view the video on YouTube).

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Welcome to the Disney Pixar Cars Online Blog

2007-10-27T23:48:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the Disney Cars Online Blog! Glad that you could visit.

Since the movie Cars was released by Disney and Pixar, it has become a kind of phenomenon in the movie industry due to the fact that it's popularity has not decreased - on the contrary, much of the merchandise is becoming increasingly popular and the movie is still selling like hotcakes.

If you are a parent of a child who loves this movie, you have likely noticed that some of the merchandise is rather difficult to come by because stores run out of it regularly!

That is part of the reason that I created this blog - other than the fact that I love the movie. (I've seen it probably a hundred times or so and it always makes me laugh.) This blog (as well as my website) to help people actually find Disney Pixar Cars items for the best prices possible -- or you can just hang out, watch videos, have fun!

Take your time and browse around - there are some videos you can watch, check out the merchandise, other links and Disney Cars Online resources. And remember, Life is a Highway - Ka-Chow!