There was a devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand a few months back and Michael H. (aka: Man-I-Fold) took it upon himself to gather up toys for kids who need a little levity back in their lives. Thanks to everyone who sent in something and if anyone wants to help out Michael on the shipping […]

It’s FINALLY HERE – the good news is that we have a final visual checklist of EVERY mainline CAR released from 2006 to 2011.* (CLICK the link for a FULL PREVIEW of EVERY PAGE!) So, what’s the final verdict of how many CARS are there? The count is 365 which includes: every “classic” non moving […]

I think John in Mo did too good of a job … Now, I’m all sad – it’s like watching parts of Toy Story all over again! What, where’s the newspaper background? Since you made me sad, I can be all demandy … Why, he’s not even sepia toned. Hrumph! I could not find my […]

Cristo sends along amazing dioramas and lifelike displays created by Sam Bricole and presented at the Paris Comic Con 2011 recently. You can check out the rest of the photos at Cristo’s FLIKR page HERE of the Comic Con. My personal favorite … 🙂 Great job Sam – and thanks for the heads up Cristo!

Like most people, the CHASE “Van with Stickers” was pretty much just “Van.” “AF” has thoughtfully provided us with a high res bumper sticker … You can download it and resize it or if you just want to print and glue on immediately … Don’t accidentally inhale it. And of course, I’m sure you’ll want […]

Well, someone clicked BUY IT NOW … And you thought collecting CARS was some hobby … It’s the Berkshire Hathaway of collecting. So, now the highest price secondary market re-sell of the Hot Wheels Red Line Club items are: #1 Disney Pixar CARS Factory Set #2 Disney Pixar CARS MSOS 🙂 Yes, this is a […]

In case you’re wondering what your collection should look like … And thanks for supporting TakeFive & our magazine checklists! Full version of photo is HERE at ImageShack. Thanks “Luigi!”

UPDATE 2:  Take5 Reader “Nick” was kind enough to pass along some stills that were taken from the trailer for those that didn’t see it yet or wanted a closer look at some of the modeling going on.  Tip of the hat to ya, Nick! Can you feel the Pitty fever?   I visited one […]

Issue #7 of the Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Checklist Magazine is HERE! This 24-page issue covers the CARS Expanded Universe – Toons, Storytellers, Holiday Storytellers and Disney mail-aways and in-scale CARS. You can check out a FULL PREVIEW HERE. As always, you get everything on card, in box sets, playsets photographed in high resolution. Includes […]

It’s time for our monthly quarterly when we remember to do this Q&A time! So, if you have questions, we will have answers. Ask away in the comments and in a few days, we’ll put on our thinking caps and our pants – and all the mysteries of the magical land of CARS will be […]