Who said there’s no Santa Claus!  And he’s early! That’s right!  Many Bothan squirrel-spies died to bring us this information… Oh, yes!  Now you have seen both Metro in the video flesh….we weep for your retinal dispersion fields.  Especially if you watch this oldie but goodie: So there you have it – unless the T5 [...]

I found these old Mattel PR pics … Apparently even they could not figure out which were Desert Art 12 CARS and which were the Desert Art 16 CARS. DJ looks naked. Closer but still an incomplete and inaccurate assemblage – guess they finished Ferrari F430 early … and speaking of early … This Mater [...]

Fellow Take5ers! It is without further embellishment, our pleasure, to announce the name of our Head of Security courtesy of T5er – ‘Lorri’: Welcome “VLAD”… Congrats, Lorri! We have sent an email out to you to get your mailing address for your grab bag of goodies which include: * One (1) copy each of Volumes [...]

As you requested, there is a new COMBINED CHECKLIST with everything Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 1:55 in one photo checklist – our biggest issue ever! (click for a FULL PREVIEW) … so what’s the final count? Including updating some variants, it’s 433 + 21 Haulers + 35 rubber tire racers + 2 racers in boxes [...]

Stalwart Co-Founder Metroxing is pounding the aisles at D23 and sent in this pic over the wire: Metro says he has more photo goodness coming our way soon… Tweet This Post

Frankly, we have a lot of Franks (the Combine) and they have all sold well and has been highly sought after. Of course, the one from Mattel is the official one. It has been issued twice on RAVE O RAMA and on the NIGHT SKYLINE card. Obviously, as a fan favorite, he has been never [...]

There was a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a few months back and Michael H. (aka: Man-I-Fold) took it upon himself to gather up toys for kids who need a little levity back in their lives. Thanks to everyone who sent in something and if anyone wants to help out Michael on the shipping [...]

It’s FINALLY HERE – the good news is that we have a final visual checklist of EVERY mainline CAR released from 2006 to 2011.* (CLICK the link for a FULL PREVIEW of EVERY PAGE!) So, what’s the final verdict of how many CARS are there? The count is 365 which includes: every “classic” non moving [...]

I think John in Mo did too good of a job … Now, I’m all sad – it’s like watching parts of Toy Story all over again! What, where’s the newspaper background? Since you made me sad, I can be all demandy … Why, he’s not even sepia toned. Hrumph! I could not find my [...]

Cristo sends along amazing dioramas and lifelike displays created by Sam Bricole and presented at the Paris Comic Con 2011 recently. You can check out the rest of the photos at Cristo’s FLIKR page HERE of the Comic Con. My personal favorite … Great job Sam – and thanks for the heads up Cristo! Tweet [...]