Article Archive for December 2010

Disney Pixar CARS: USPS Postage Stamps Coming August 2011
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 31 December 2010
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The first Disney Pixar USPS postage stamps arrive in August 2011 … So how many will you buy and not use … the USPS post office is running a deficit of around $8 billion so remember to buy a bunch and not use them. 🙂 I can tell you the utility is not getting my […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Yojimbo the Last Toon San to Arrive …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 31 December 2010
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Thanks “BMW” for the nice pics … She also says the case looks like this … 2 Referee Pitty Dr Mater mask down Cho Dragon Mcqueen with Oil Stains Komodo Big Fan Kaa Reesu Manji Stripped Kabuto 2 UFM Mator with oil cans Dr. Alshlepp Wagen 5 Kojimbo Here he is from the short – […]

New Server at Take5 – Update
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Posted in Uncategorized on 30 December 2010
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Hello there, Take5ers! Well, it looks like our new server is up and running!  The small downside is I believe we lost some posts from earlier today [sorry Metro 🙁  ]. We have been having some behind the scenes server issues which some of you may have noticed us going offline here and there.  It […]

Sears & Kmart to Launch Movie Download Service … And Maybe the Feds
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Posted in Film on 29 December 2010
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Sears & Kmart to Launch Movie Download Service … Um … this may not end well? If you order INCEPTION and get CARE BEARS TEA PARTY, please call KevinNascarBronco for tech support … just kidding! “Sonic Solutions today announced that RoxioNow™ platform licensee, Sears, has officially launched its online movie download service, Alphaline Entertainment.The new […]

Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Store UK Dr. Frankenwagon …
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 29 December 2010
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“David D.” has also uncovered the Disney Store exclusive (as far as we know) diecast release of Toon Mater Monster Wrestling Dr. Frankenwagon … (we did post about it months ago but I guess no one looked very closely 🙂  ). Here he is in his tiny screen glory … how tiny? Very tiny … […]

One of Big Mysteries of Universe Solved – “How Much Did it Cost AOL to Send All Those CD-ROM’s in the 1990’s?”
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Posted in Internet, Retail on 28 December 2010
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For those alive in the 1990’s … every few days if not EVERYDAY, AOL would send out diskettes, CD-ROM’s and DVD’s in hopes you would slip in your computer and the AUTORUN would take over from there … (well, at least on PC’s). The rarest AOL disc offer? The one on an 8.25″ floppy disk […]

Free Books for Kindle For Kindle, iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch
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Posted in Apple, iPhone on 28 December 2010
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Whether you got a Kindle unit or if you have the free Kindle App running on your Apple device, Amazon is offering some free Kindle books. There are two ways you can do this. If you’re viewing this on a computer, you can log in this page of free Kindle books on Amazon and scroll […]

Disney Pixar CARS: New Disney Store “White” Tractor
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 28 December 2010
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“David D.” found something interesting in the Disney Store … A White Tractor … I have never looked closely at the scenes with the cows-tractors, are there mostly white ones intermixed with the tan & brown ones? The back of the card still shows the older design but that may not mean much as Disney […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Thug Pitty’s?
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 27 December 2010
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There’s no official new list of Mater Tall Tales singles 2011 but there is an addition to the list … “Thugs.” Presumably these guys? Not exactly hard to mold & glue a plastic “knit cap” on the head of Pitty’s … Or a couple of metal drums … or a stack of counterfeit tires as […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Post Christmas Clearance
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Posted in Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail on 26 December 2010
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I wonder what will be going on clearance? Already @33% off? $20.98? I there was mention the Wrestling playset was also on sale for about 33% off? Kohl’s is having a 10-50% off on all toys – not sure what’s available at your Kohl’s … Anything at TRU or WM?