Article Archive for August 2010

TakeFiveADay Has A New Facebook Fan Page!
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 August 2010
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Our existing page on Facebook was not set up as a fan page, so we went ahead and created a new Facebook page that is built to operate like a true fan page. This new Facebook fan page is not meant to replace our main website here at Take5 (perish the thought!) but the hopes […]

Disney & Pixar News & Rumors …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 12 August 2010
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LA Times Interview with Rachel DiPaola, Product Director of WorldofCARS.com It’s up & running for those who have FLASH on your computers – I’m out … Guess I’ll be WRECKED MOOD SPRINGS. According to CHIPANDCO.com, they are reporting this rumor … “Also if you weren’t aware Dustin Hoffman is set to replace the deceased Paul […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collecting … The Easy to the Hard … To the Rare …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 11 August 2010
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With 282 official releases* (including some variants, haulers, oversized, singles, box sets, exclusives, and mail aways), if you weren’t here at the beginning, it’s not always an easy slog to collect them all … (* Not counting lenticulars nor Expanded Universe Toon-Storyteller CARS). Some are obviously easy to collect as they are essentially re-released in […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater Toon Wrestling CARS Case Assortments
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 10 August 2010
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I think the first case is CASE F – I have sort of lost track so the assortment should be right even if the case letter code might be a tad off on the next CAR Toons Deluxe – Megasize releases … CASE F REPEAT (first case arrived or arriving). Next case … CASE H […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Scary Fire (Spoiler – Good Ending)
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 August 2010
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Yann lives in Paris and collects CARS … Boy, does he ever … Yea, he not only has the 2006 Factory Set and the MSOS but he has EVERY Semi Cab – that’s a collector πŸ™‚ … But oh, oh, dark cloud on the horizon … A fire started in his kitchen … From the […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Boom Studio CARS Comics – Allen Gladfelter Update
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 9 August 2010
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First, the latest Allen Gladfelter cover art issues of the CARS comic books are out! The new series – Adventures of Tow Mater … And the ongoing regular CARS series. Of course the two covers above are of A&B versions. For CARS issue #7, there is a C cover, the “blank” cover available at SDCC […]

Need a Online Dropbox – Try Dropbox!
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Posted in Internet on 8 August 2010
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If you need a free cross platform “dropbox” where you can drop files for friends or so you can access them yourself with another PC, a Mac or with your smartphone – try Dropbox! Get DROPBOX for free (and every person I convince to signup), I get another 250 MB free. πŸ™‚ Click HERE. Dropbox […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Kmart Price Rollback … To 2001?
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 8 August 2010
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Okay, CARS didn’t actually come out until 2006 but Kmart is rolling back the prices to 2001? Are just the Kmart CARS Day 4 CARS on sale? Do they have a different UPC than the lenticulars? IN STORE only – not online. And NOT everywhere? I could not find it in my circular but maybe […]

Disney Pixar CARS: New Disney Stores Coming …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 8 August 2010
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The relaunch of the new Disney Stores should arrive in the following order … For CARS Collectors, the news seems to be that each of the Disney Store relaunches will have Disney Store CHASE CARS + the Disney CARS in the display case … And the nice display case series … Every relaunch Disney Store […]

Star Wars … Nothing but Star Wars … Give Me Those Star Wars
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Posted in Toys on 7 August 2010
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After a long wait, the Star Wars All-Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) are back at regular retail so instead of having to pay a couple hundred (or more) … and for the first time, a “Galactic Hero” version! It’s about 2′ feet long and 2′ feet high and comes with the figure on speeder on the […]