Now officially called the Tokyo Mater: Ninja Knockout Track set. Comes with plastic Dragon McQueen and launcher … Of course, the coolest part is it comes with Mr. Crane … McQueen lands on the ramp on the ramp, triggers and trips over the two plastic blue cars and speeds on his way. The two plastic […]

The 2010 version of this … Will include a RANSBURG Dragon McQueen… At SDCC, we saw the “Dirty” version which will also see a release but maybe in a box set? Will this drift into your collection? Don’t drift away … Follow me! This is NOT Ransburg …

Metroxing and I want to thank all you out in Take5-land who opened up their own wallets to help keep the old Take5 machine rolling in publishing digital ink by providing us with a donation to the new Take Five Tip Jar in July. The monies are already at work oiling the webhosting machine, paying […]

By the numbers for the Fall reset … Nothing really new but now you have it all on one graphic. Don’t have STORYTELLERS or MATER TALL TALE DPCI numbers as they will be on an endcap – different planogram. They are actually preserving space on the planogram for the 2009 Collector’s Guide. Most likely the […]

Coming back are the Storyteller CARS … based on stories from this book. There are also TWO VERSIONS of the book – the regular version is $10.87 – available at most bookstores including Amazon in the US. At Target last year, there is an EXCLUSIVE version with a read-along CD which costs about $5 more […]

Ah, the freedom of the suburban open road shopping … Walmart Reset … Um, I’ve seen better … As from the last post, it looks like Sears is re-introducing a toy department … maybe it’s not all over the country but definitely on the West Coast Sears, it was down to a lonely shelf of […]

Thanks Samurai60 Family (David,  Ethan & Kieran for helping out … in their latest PAY IT FORWARD effort (original entry rules here) … as always, it’s really for the kids … Alexis and Anthony got a nice surprise! Nice paper! CARS! All Openers … Nice Flik, PT Flea & Lil Torquey Piston … Let’s see […]

Thanks to Nathaniel Binns, the Take Five A Day Race Team is not just sitting around eating Tony’s Frozen Corn Dogs or Papa Rivera’s Low Fat Lard. We are now fully staffed are rarin’ to go. As McQueen learned, hard to race without a Pit Crew 🙂 You need a nimble guy … And you need […]

Matty delivers … Each Rescue Squad Mater nicely wrapped … yes, there was packing material so all safe and snug … John in MO came home to something completely different. John definitely has mail. What the holy hand grenade is that? Run for your lives, it’s spring loaded. It’s from Eye Queda – cover your […]

Hope your international and domestic ordered Rescue Squad Mater’s are winging their way to you … Shipping confirmation email notices are going out …