Mattel Disney Pixar CARS

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Scale Of It
By metroxing
[8 Feb 2010|17 Comments]

Mattel’s version of Lightning McQueen is @3.25″ inches in length and in the announced scale of 1:55.
1:55 indicates the ratio – he is 1/55th the size he would be in “real life.”
Of course, technically, you want to measure scale in overall girth (aka: volume) so you really want to measure and account for width & [...]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: It’s Not Bling But the Bling You Bring …
By metroxing
[7 Feb 2010|26 Comments]

Bring it on Bling Bling – Bringer of Bling to the Blogger Blong of Bling, Bring it!
Does that last sentence even make sense?
As much as a 13-hour Super Bowl pre-game show …
Today is the perfect shopping day – uncluttered … today is a red bling letter day!
Of course, you need the real Dinoco to go [...]

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Shop Carefully, It’s All Good …
By metroxing
[6 Feb 2010|21 Comments]

The nice thing about buying and collecting CARS is that someone is always buying something … as evident from a recent “buy ‘em” listing …

That’s about a 22% return on Bug Mouth even including taxes for a CAR most investors or collectors would rank as a “junk bond,” or below “investment grade.” I think most [...]

// Books

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Take Five With You Where Ever You Go!
By metroxing
[17 May 2009|18 Comments]

Take Five A Day: The Magazine!
You asked for it and now, you can on-demand it!

Issue #1 of our magazine is available for order! 20 full-color pages devoted just to the DESERT ART series … Other than a few pages of text, the magazine is entirely comprised of full color checklists for however you are collecting [...]

// Checklist

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Take Five With You Where Ever You Go!
By metroxing
[17 May 2009|18 Comments]

Take Five A Day: The Magazine!
You asked for it and now, you can on-demand it!

Issue #1 of our magazine is available for order! 20 full-color pages devoted just to the DESERT ART series … Other than a few pages of text, the magazine is entirely comprised of full color checklists for however you are collecting [...]

// Video Games

THQ Race O Rama Game Winners!
By tizmanian
[12 Dec 2009|26 Comments]

Welcome to Saturday and the announcement of our four winners for the THQ Race-O-Rama games contest!
Our two “NitroAde Style” Winners are:

SCANDELL
and
HEINZ57BABY
Here are their two winning entries:
“I love CARS gaming because the games give my 5 year old son the ability to win the Piston Cup all by himself; and the joy of revenge as he [...]

// Uncategorized

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Lenticular 3-Pack Visual Checklist
By metroxing
[18 Jan 2010|47 Comments]

It looks like there has been a couple new cases reported so here’s a visual recap of what’s out.
Thanks for helping fill in the gaps, “LCC-20.”

Latest one to hit the shelves …

What else is scheduled – new configs …
Not really new configs but new lenticular releases …

Will we get non-lenticular 3-packs with Final Lap & [...]

// Apple Mac

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Aroldo CARS2 Apple Piston Cup Racer Custom
By metroxing
[12 Mar 2009|16 Comments]

Of course, the official Apple logo is not a flat gray anymore but a beveled gray …
So Aroldo has updated his Apple Piston Cup Racer to be compliant – ready for CARS 2.

For typeface geeks, the “84″ looks like it’s the Myriad Pro Black SemiExtended font. Myriad Pro is the quasi official current Apple typeface [...]

// Computing

We’re Also Blogging at Acmeplex.com
By metroxing
[8 Feb 2009|41 Comments]

Once upon a time TakeFiveADay.com (and TwoADay) actually posted about other topics besides Mattel Disney Pixar CARS (yea, hard to believe) but we have now cleaved the blog into two parts as we build our EMPIRE!

So, be sure and check out our other blog at www.Acmeplex.com … where we will talk about the 11% of [...]

// Financial

New TakeFive Tip Jar Available Using PayPal
By tizmanian
[14 Jul 2009|61 Comments]

You may have noticed the recent addition of a PayPal logo on the upper right side of the TakeFive website that says “Donate” similar to this:
I have added the PayPal Donate link on our site for those so inclined to help us ensure Metroxing stays hopped up on pocky and Jolt to keep pumping out [...]