Thanks, “Carl P.” for the heads up. (Right click for the full res)

From Country Living, a nice pictorial and guide to your best Route 66 stops checklist (don’t forget to say hi to Tow Tator (sounds vaguely familiar, hummm …) Country Living article HERE. There’s also an app.

This looks like the complete list of singles & 2-packs for 2022.* Happy collecting! *Yes, there is a 2-pack with Kay Pillar-Durev & Mater but since Mater looks like every CARS Mainline Mater single so you should just pick up the single of Kay. There is also a box set, Circus Velocitas of the “SHOWTIME” […]

Here is the CARS Piston Cup racers by sponsor and number updated with the racer names/releases through 2021. We don’t have any new 2022 Piston Cup releases yet but there are some mysterious names on a list so we might get the CARS 3 racers all filled out by 2022? (you can right click for […]

The updated 2006 to 2021 checklist is available at Amazon or MagCloud. Over 1,500 high res photos! Everything from CARS, CARS 2, CARS 3, Toons, Storytellers, Expanded Universe, Disney Store 1:55’s are all here. If there was an eyelid line release, that release can now be considered the ‘correct’ release and it is generally the […]

It was a good year to collect Thomasville retro classic raceway paint schemes and inspired looks … My favorite sponsor, “Po ‘Tater’s” – They don’t sponsor ’em like they used to …

The Amazon version of the checklist is up (finally). They insisted I change the name of the checklist … I’ll let you guess what they objected to … So it’s called, the “TakeFiveaDay 1:55 CARS Diecast (Complete Collector’s Guide 2006-2020)” I hope you can figure out what 1:55 CARS Diecast I am referring to … […]

Sweet 1980’s design motif  … Thanks, “Mark T.” for the heads up and great photos. Updated Piston Cup Racer Names Checklist. Gray bar means it’s unlikely we’ll get a “retro” CARS 1 race ar to fill in that gap but you never know. Black is definitely a closed deal.

Since 2020 CARS year is over and completed, the annual TakeFiveADay Yearbook wrapup is ready and so is the overall open checklist! CARS 2020 Yearbook: Complete Visual Checklist & Guide #16 Another great year – especially if you’re upgrading your collection to the Thai eyelid line, every 2020 release is shown on card and OPEN! […]

The Series #5 Mini Racers “Blind Box” Singles are out … numbering #49-#60 for 2020. Red are new releases & the amount in the case. Green are re-releases. The chase is Metallic Miss Fritter. Series 5 boxes are purple and the number is stamped on the side so they are BLIND but not so blind […]