Articles in the collecting Category

TakeFiveADay Announces Diecast Authority Sponsored Contest Winners + Custom 1/24 Scale Cover News!
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Contests, diecast, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 1 October 2009
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The contest was officially closed yesterday and we have our two winners with the prizes graciously provided by Diecast Authority! If you recall, an official entry had to have the phrase CONTEST ENTRY (and the Disney Pixar CAR you would like to get graded) with entries being at least 12 hours apart which some of […]

New Carney Plastics Pixar Cars Collector Cases Review Video
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Posted in CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys on 22 September 2009
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Hey there, TakeFiveADay’ers! It’s not a friday but here is a new video post by me about two new collector case sizes available from our good friends over at Carney Plastics! They have a killer new 35-unit singles case as well as a 14-unit haulers case now available!  Sweet!

Video Review and Discussion of Diecast Authority Custom Cases
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Posted in CARS, collecting, Contests, Design, Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 18 August 2009
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Welcome to the first edition of Tizmanian Live! I kept one of the cases from the great folks at Die-Cast Authority which was provided to us for review.  I wanted to take a much closer look at their construction and I came away even more impressed than I was initially but you be the judge.  […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Case M Mega Sized Update!
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Posted in CARS, collecting, diecast, Disney Pixar, Mattel, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 22 July 2009
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Bad news from Metro’s road trip to Comic Con: I just received word from Metro that the mega sized Case M which was to scheduled to include the much awaited and anticipated Richard Clayton Kensington Police SUV will NOT be included in Case M. This is a bit of a downer but there is other […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Your Kmart CARS Day … UPDATE
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 June 2009
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Post your stories here 🙂 Still two hours away on West Coast … CHECKLISTS HERE. Back. Sounds like on the West Coast, there was definitely more action and more people versus the Midwest … and the store I went to had some crazy guy who kept asking for help and then during the free for […]

TakeFiveADay Tumblr Backup Plan … It’s All Coming Together
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 June 2009
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Hey all, first have fun tomorrow at Kmart-land. May the two people in front of you load up on Lightning McQueen’s! 🙂 We are beginning our move and just as the post office forwards your real mail, when you type in www.takefiveaday.com or click on your bookmark to us, we might not be immediate present […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Early Kmart Case Unboxing Pics
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 June 2009
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“Albert Hinkey” was nice enough to send along some photos … Pesky kids, always throwing stuff on the front lawn … Any knife will do … Hey, these are not the lenticulars I ordered! Hey dad, you finally ordered a decent case this time! I think I’ll open this one first and then this one […]

Kmart.com Shipping & Confirmation Issues UPDATE 6/19 6:40 PM PDT
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys on 19 June 2009
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From Dev of Kmart.com Dear Car Collectors, I understand the problems a number of you have faced – primarily due to paypal and credit card declines.  I understand that our automated email system sent out the wrong email saying your orders had been canceled due to lack of inventory, and some of you had misleading […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Viva Las Vegas Meet & Greet
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 19 June 2009
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From JoeyCars … Las Vegas Cars Meet & Greet June 20 from 1-5pm If you’re in Las Vegas or plan on coming to Las Vegas on June 20th (Kmart Cars collectors day) please make plans to attend the first annual Las Vegas Cars meet and greet! Johnnie (owner of 702 Gifts & Collectibles) would like […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater Saves Christmas – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 June 2009
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Of course, we get to celebrate the CARS Holiday this Saturday at Kmart. You even get a coupon … But later this year, or about 189 days to be mostly precise … yep, almost that time of the year – scary, huh … this will be the first year we’ll have real holiday CARS and […]