WINNER UPDATE:Huzzah! A New Contest To Celebrate Metroxing’s 4,000th Post On TakeFiveADay.com
Tizmanian hangs head in shame as Metro schools him at posting
Holy squirrel carcass on a skewer!
UPDATE:
Too many good choices for me to pick… so… courtesy of Random.org, we have our randomly picked winner (you know we love you all!):
MIKE MANIFOLD!
Congrats, Mike! Just drop Tizmanian a return email (sent to you a bit ago) with your mailing addy and I’ll run to the USPS for you.
Thank you for all for your participation. We pulled in $45.55 just for Metro to splurge on more Cars or cappuccino!
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Metroxing recently completed his 4,000th post here at Take5! That is an AMAZING achievement. It truly boggles my mind and I work here (albeit down in the furnace room chasing squirrels anymore but you know).
Seriously. 4,000 posts.
I don’t think I can even estimate the number of images and videos we’ve posted here but it is a HUGE number. Let’s just say it’s a lot (ok, it’s been 13,467 images, videos, and audio files).
So let’s put 4,000 posts in perspective. You know that Metro, for the most part, does not write skimpy posts. They are lengthy diatribes, er posts, but to be fair let’s say that his average post is 500 words.
That means since March, 2007 in our first real post, he has averaged:
571 posts per year
67 posts per month
2.23 posts per day
That’s easily over 2,000,000 words if you consider 500 words per post on average (and for Metro that is a low average).
The man is a machine. I would name him Locutus but then he would try to assimilate us so we’ll pretend we all don’t know.
So in two tiny, teeny ways, I want to celebrate this milestone.
The first way:
Any and ALL donations made to the the Take5 Tip Jar in the month of June will go 100% to Metro’s pocket. Damn the squirrels! Dig deep, dig often. Metro can use the encouragement!
You can click on the handy Donate button at the top right hand corner of our website or click here.
I will post a recap post a few times in June and then a final recap with a final whiz bang announcement of how many Venti Caramel macchiatos Metro can buy.
The second way:
A contest!
First, the prize, and there can be only one. Watch this video to find out what you could win!
No strings attached for entering this contest. All you need to do is enter a comment below in the comments section with a link to your favorite Metro post he as created here on Take5 the past five years.
I should have mentioned that in the video but the video squirrels were driving me crazy (this was the fourth attempt and getting the dang sound to sync correctly…I am beginning to hate iMovie ’11).
So that’s it, T5ers! Thank you! And ‘All Hail, Metro! Blogging and news producing machine!’
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1 June 2012
35 Comments
Cone-grats to MM, randomizer couldn’t have picked a better T5er.
I know it is all for the glory, but I am sure Mama Met would be proud to know that Met has earned well over a penny in donations for each of his 4000 posts!
Thanks all! 🙂 Well, Flop, I bumped it up a bit, to break the $50 mark. Go hunt down dome new Cars, Met!
(MET: Thanks!)
congrats manni!!!!!!!!!
45.55 what don’t we respect this guy a little more than that??????????
-flop
Congrats to Mike and again to Met. Enjoy the candy!
Congrats Mike — truly deserving! Let us know if Tiz sneaks in some Cars goodies to your prize package.
Congratulations, Mr. Manifold.
Sorry for the delay! I have updated the post with the winner!
So what were the results?
Contest entry:
Congratulations Met!!!! This guy is great and even responds to emails quicker than my own friends and family!!!!
Is this contest still going?
CONTEST ENTRY
Sadly my PC had to be cleaned up last year due to a virus, so all my bookmarked sites are gone. It was there that the first few Take2 posts that I read were saved.
SO, I will go with THIS very post in celebration of 4,000. …oh boy, I hope Met hasn’t been gambling on the outcome of Cars cases as he approaches 4,191 and 4,256 posts.
Thanks for everything Met and Tiz!!
I don’t comment much but, I’ve enjoyed reading all the post over the years. Awesome job! Oh, and my fav…well they’ve all been great!
Awesome site! It was really cool to find this site shortly after starting to collect Cars. We started late and there were tons of people here who helped us catch up. Haven’t posted very much on the forums lately because there hasn’t been much to post about except not finding any new cars and that gets boring pretty fast. Still checked in 3 or 4 times a week and it was amazing to me that Met still had stuff to post about everyday. Thanks for all your hard work.
Of course my favorite posts have to be where BobbyJack gets his picture posted. He thought it was awesome being on a Cars website!
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2011/06/26/mattel-disney-pixar-cars-2-diecast-kmart-cars-day-6-your-thoughts/
and then the one where he got to show off his Cars playsets…
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2011/07/17/mattel-disney-pixar-diecast-cars-2-stunt-ramp-getaway/
Loved all the posts with the case listings too so we knew what we would be hunting for when we went Cars shopping.
Congrats, Met; and thanks Tiz for the contest! The great editorial humor and insight plus the awesome community here really keeps me coming back time and time again. I have a great affinity for the posts featuring customs, especially Aroldo’s. Here is the first post I ever bothered to bookmark aside from the main site:
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/03/05/mattel-disney-pixar-diecast-cars-wally-hauler-to-apple-hauler-aroldo-instructions/
Contest Entry:
By far my favorite post is this one:
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2011/07/16/mattel-disney-pixar-cars-kmart-small-cute-trumps-grumpy-adults/
I had been following T5AD for years and finally decided to become a member. There were issues getting logged on so I gave Met a shout out for help. In our email conversations I mentioned my daughter & I and our collecting history, even sent a few photos. Met asked if he could use a photo and of course I said “sure”. Then a few days later I see an article all about my daughter (Mazzy). How cool was that? Needless to say, Mazzy was very excited to see herself on the site where we visit to check out the new cars coming out (as was I).
Congrats on the 4,000 posts, Met! And thanks for the years of entertainment.
-Chris
(MET: Thanks! – new collectors might only want to look at cute Mazzy and ignore the background … it’s just a dream when collectors could walk into a store and buy what they want – never true! just keep repeating that …).
Ha! Totally, Met. Little did we know that would be the last time we would see cars overflowing from the shelves into our shopping carts. That was a glorious day, tho (the 1st day of Cars 2 releases). It has been really sad to see what happened after that. I still check T5AD regularly in the hopes that somebody has spotted one of the cool new releases that you hear of but we never actually see. I am saving money, gas and time but miss the days of us running into every retail store at every opportunity.
Congrats Met on the 4K mark… pretty cool accomplishment! I don’t post here often, but I read the site and comments at least a couple times daily. Thanks for this awesome place to “hang out”, and here’s to the next 4K posts!
And I am a bit partial to this post… it involved someone that brought life to the Cars line in the past, and his influence is missed on the line now.
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2011/04/03/new-original-art-from-martin-arriola-nathans-playroom-charity-auction/
CONGRATS METTTT. I WISH I WAS A RICH MAN. BUT I’M NOT. I GOT FIVE ON IT!!!!! THX FOR ALL THE WORKS OVER THE YEARS. I LIVE OFF THE WORD OF THE ALMIGHTY. THX FOR ALL UR WORK.
HAPPY HUNTING!!!
-FLOP
Congratulations MET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONTEST ENTRY:
To choose any specific post would be like finding an icar in a finn stack. 😀 but if i had to choose, i might say it would be this one. http://www.takefiveaday.com/2007/04/23/mattel-pixar-cars-checklist-its-what-to-collect/ This is the one that started it all.(or close to it) It was moved from the old 2aday site to this one. http://2aday.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/mattel-pixar-cars-checklist-its-what-to-collect/ On this page there are 874 Responses. Yes, i said 874. I still remember reading it back in the day. good times. It was one of the things that got me more into collecting.
Congratulations MET! We appreciate all that you do to keep this site afloat, and you too Tiz to keep it squirrel-free. 🙂
My favorite post from MET is a little before my time on here, back when the Piston Cup racers were just surfacing. MET took the time to “shine a little light on the mystery” and explained the confusing ways of the 36 or 43 Piston Cup racers. I keep this post in my Favorites and often refer to it when in need of MSOTS info such as the Pit Row order:
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/08/14/disney-pixar-cars-42-losers-a-little-light-shined-on-the-mystery/
contest entry:
It is hard to select just one post as my favorite as this site helped bring my cars collection to the next level. With all the information, checklists, and analysis of the cars related stuff it was posts like the one below that always kept me coming back for more. Thanks for all your hard work and great sense of humor to all things especially cars collecting.
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2010/08/11/mattel-disney-pixar-diecast-cars-collecting-the-easy-to-the-hard/
CONTEST ENTRY
I love the full title of this post (you’ll need to click the link to see the full title):
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2010/12/02/mattel-disney-pixar-diecast-cars-the-price-is-wrong/
Thank you, Met!! As someone who’s been late to the party, I can only imagine how awesome it would have been to read your posts every day since they started…as it is, you’re how I start my day; who says bloggers don’t post before noon?? 8^)
A favorite, there have been so many, so instead here is the post that I first commented on on August 8 2007 Has it been that long?, and influenced me to collect them all!
http://2aday.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/mattel-pixar-cars-checklist-card-backs/
and a thank you to Metroxing. Congratulations on your 4000 articles.
BRAVO MET!!
and Tizmanian is toooooooooo funny!!
Mamma mia
Congratulations Mr. Met!
I’m pretty sure I’ve read at least 3,900 of them.
As far as my favorite post. It’s gotta be this one. http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/06/28/mattel-disney-pixar-diecast-cars-early-cars-trailer-not-so-canon-except-that/
I’ve linked to it several times. These preview cars are on top of my most wanted list along with Mitch and ‘Sepia Tint’ Hudson Hornet .
Met, you rock, congratulations!
Tiz rocks too! He’s a combination of Max Headroom, John Lasseter, and Chevy Chase.
Felicitaciones KC!!! 😉
Thanks for everything you do… 😀
Thanks Met, your awesome. Cars collecting wouldn’t be half as fun if it weren’t for you and Tiz.
Conegrats Met! Keep up the great work.
Way to go Met! Here’s to 10,000 more!
Contest Entry:
This is my favorite Met post! Mostly because I’m mentioned in it! 🙂 Keep up the great work guys I love this site!
http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/02/03/disney-pixar-cars-worldofcarscom-update-codes-update/
-Blake
Conegrats, MET!!!!!