Kids, avert your eyes! (or kids shouldn’t know that CARS can be taken apart so easily …). John in Missouri sends us pics of his scalpel to Dustin … “A couple of years ago, we attempted to make our own custom Dirt Track Doc Hudson by putting the wheels from Fabulous Hudson Hornet onto Doc […]

As you know, there are a lot of Macks to choose from – including the non Mattel ones and here comes another one … It’s pretty cool for a mini toy with lots of elements and lots of play value … It doesn’t look like much in package, essentially a tiny square like a paperback […]

Bow down to your master!  Revealed for the first time anywhere on the internets!  Behold, one room of the collection of Metroxing! Just kidding, fellow TakeFivers!   The photo above is from an article in Wired for the Action Figure and Toy Museum located in … wait for it … Pauls Valley, Oklahoma!  You can view […]

For anyone who wants to introduce themselves, step right up and answer these questions three (or more) (or make up your own- we’re not picky other than answering the FIRST one so we know who you are) 🙂 SIGNIN NAME? BIO? WHEN DID YOU START? WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR YOU GOT? HOW LONG BEFORE […]

From Jestrjef … “We had the grandparents come over today.  They took us and the kids to the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford, FL.  On the way into the parking lot we crossed over railroad tracks and thought nothing of it.  We parked, unloaded the Suburban and my daughter yells “TRAIN!!” I turn around and what […]

Pretty safe for work unless you’re the type that likes to faint easily over thinking about eBaying a Frank prototype … As you can see, pretty close in scale … And full of that heavy metal we love in our diecasts … Coming in early summer … yea, might sell a few Frank’s … FINALLY! […]

The first 2009 CARS item being offered at Matty Collector will be 1:24 scale Lightning McQueen. But let’s backtrack a little … normally, with 1:64 diecasts (CARS, of course 1:55), you cut some corners … Here is a $.99 Hot Wheels Ferrari 250 GTO. It’s a solid looking sculpt – sure, there are lots of […]

In honor of the MINI, a tiny package of goodness, artistry and fun … a mini MINI’s contest … To be precise, a Mini Haiku contest. A real haiku consists of 5-7-5 syllables for each line but that’s way too much reading and ‘riting 🙂 Instead, you get 5 WORDS to form a winning entry. […]

For the longest time, Lightning McQueen #1, the original was missing something … Not our love, not our admiration and not our purchases over and over and over again 🙂 No, he was missing the Rust-Eze decal on his back spoiler as for most of the film, he was wearing that decal … The first […]

Amazon has been selling toys and other products in what they accurately term frustration free packaging. If you need a quick refresher course on what we are talking about, here you go: It becomes pretty clear within a few seconds doesn’t it? 11 minutes vs 44 seconds…hmm…I wonder which version I will pick from Amazon?  […]