Articles in the Mattel Category

Metroxing Sucked Into Street Sweeper
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 19 March 2009
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According to TV 19 in San Francisco, Metroxing has been sucked into a streetsweeper in a nasty street accident. See the live report here: Apparently, Metroxing thought he saw a rare Red Ransberg in the gutter outside his home.   We hope he is on the mend soon and we apologize for any TakeFive news update [...]


T-Shirts For TakeFivers
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Posted in Design, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, T-Shirts on 5 March 2009
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There are plenty of ways to show ones affiliation, angst, anxiety, pleasure, pain, and desire via the American propensity for t-shirts.  As such, we at TakeFive, thought you, dear intrepid readers, would establish a ken for our cotton based zen such as here. Shameless plug aside, I think it is time to survey our readership [...]


A Snapshot of TakeFivers Around the World Part Deux
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Disney Pixar, General, Internet, Marketing, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Media on 3 March 2009
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Taking a further look into the entrails of our web analytics we find another interesting nugget of info.  The Top 10 cities where we currently are gaining visitors reveals mostly U.S. cities but there are indeed two non-U.S. cities that make the Top 10. Have your guesses in place before reading on.  Are you ready? [...]


A Snapshot of TakeFivers Around the World
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Posted in CARS, Disney Pixar, Internet, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Science, Toys on 2 March 2009
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Peeking under the hood of the TakeFiveADay.com can be rather interesting.  When Metroxing and I decided to tackle another blog, we really didn’t know just what would turn people on regarding content which is why our first six months or so we wrote just about anything.  Since we are both media and culture omnivores, it [...]


Metroxing’s Mattel Pixar Cars Collection Revealed!
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Posted in CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 12 February 2009
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Bow down to your master!  Revealed for the first time anywhere on the internets!  Behold, one room of the collection of Metroxing! Just kidding, fellow TakeFivers!   The photo above is from an article in Wired for the Action Figure and Toy Museum located in … wait for it … Pauls Valley, Oklahoma!  You can view [...]


Mattel Pixar Cars: Licensing Faux Pas
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Posted in CARS, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 16 January 2009
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I ducked into a KB Toys close out store to see Cars I could nab for a song when I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this: Man, I have seen some stretches in the licensing game and while this is not one of the most egregious examples, I think the licensor could [...]


Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments Featuring Disney Pixar Cars Luigi and Guido
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 7 January 2009
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Over the years I have received some fun ornaments from Mrs. Tizmanian that have fueled my passion for comic books, scifi, and other fun stuff such as Batman on the Batcycle, Superman flying over Daily Planet, and a little lunch box replica that came with the thermos such as Super Friends featuring Batgirl, The Flash, [...]


TakeFiveAday December Contest Winners
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Posted in CARS, Contests, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 10 December 2008
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The December contest produced some really nice entries across the board.  Here are our four winners: An HHR submitted by Supergrassgirl. A wood skinned lambo submitted by h1topper. A unique tank submitted by Gervart. A nice bluesmobile submitted by Jarrod. Submissions came from across the U.S., the UK, Australia, and France!  Well done folks!  We [...]


For Mattel Haters: There’s Something In My Eye ….
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Posted in Mattel on 20 November 2008
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