Surprise, when you take three great artists & combine their work – it’s no surprise, really – MASTERPIECE! Martin A. helped create the Wally Hauler it once was … Nathaniel B. created the TakeFive Piston Cup racer out of a blank metal canvas (all we did was supply the logo): Jason P. animated the TakeFive […]

Martin Arriola, former lead designer on CARS at Mattel has generously created this beautiful painting as an charity auction showcase to help a friend of his with some health issues. Of course, web resolution hardly does it justice but as with any true art, it is evocative on a visual and emotional level and a […]

A few weeks ago, Jason P., a great customizing artist offered up a great prize package of Mattel Disney Pixar diecast CARS … And if this HUGE package wasn’t enough? He threw in a CUSTOM of the WINNER’S ENTRY!!!! The winning entry from “Schlitz” not only won all the CARS you see above BUT his […]

It looks like the Kmart CARS Collector Days events goes smoother and smoother … no one seems to have faced a riot and in most cities and stores, plenty to go around. Other than self inflicted injuries 🙂 … “Beav” from a Niceville had a nice time … You say, 5912? “Yo, Right here!” You […]

Success in Georgia! Open Those Cases! The Kmart CARS Collector Day here in Georgia was fairly well attended with lots of master cases being opened with the internal cases opened up and set on a table for open season.  While the tag system was available (see photo below) it wasn’t used.  We (the little Tizmanians […]

Are we there yet? Or more importantly – are you there yet? Send pics to metroxing (at) gmail.com At around 10:30ish PDT , I’ll be at Kmart and posting updates at: http://takefiveaday.tumblr.com/ Meet you back here with stories, pics and bacon. If you’re new to this, all the info is in yesterday’s post. SCAVENGER PICTURE […]

Holy Moley, it’s really the 21st century! What’s next, rooms that can be air conditioned so the temperature is more comfortable when it’s hot outside?! It’s at Shop.Mattel.com There’s a CARS section (above) – nothing really new or that’s all that difficult to find except … I don’t think this is out in stores – […]

What is it again? This Saturday (October 17, 2009) at 11:00 AM, Kmart’s around the country will be selling SEVEN exclusive Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS with “rubber” tires that are ONLY available at Kmart. Here is your checklist. It’s the CARS on the left in full color – the CARS available ONLY at the […]

One more update, the Blu Ray CARS DVD + 2 Bonus CARS is only about a month away and a couple things of note … It looks like you get the DVD, the Blu Ray DVD + 2 CARS all in nice mini suitcase (the airlines will still charge you $50). But it also looks […]

COUPON DETAILS UPDATE BY TIZMANIAN (duplicated from main post): I just confirmed the details about the coupon for this weekend’s CARS event at Kmart.  Here is the response to my question about whether we can use the 10% off coupon on CARS 3-car gift packs,  playsets, etc since the coupon prohibits using it for a […]