Here is the latest unofficial official checklist complied from various sources of information. What does this list mean? Well, it may not mean anything – we can reasonable certain that most CARS shown in the 2010 Collector’s Guide will probably come out but beyond that, it’s impossible to say with any certainty. Um, of course, […]

Paul Valdez Arctic Ice Road trucker somehow has made it across the Atlantic Ocean to the UK … “Rippers” sends along nice photos of his find – 12.99£ Nice new changes to the inside. And with people reporting hauler finds at Kohl’s – looks like the self imposed Hauler embargo is over … Great detailing […]

There is a new promo in France … Buy 15€ of any Mattel CARS product, send in 1€ and get Faux Wheel Drive. (Or of course, buy 15€ of Mattel Hot Wheels products and get a HW Corvette). You have until October 2, 2010 to buy your products and until October 15, 2010 to send […]

TRU Exclusive 3-packs are out on the shelf … Mara M. & Mariela P. sends along nice photos … $19.99 for the 3-pack, I think TRU sells the Toon Deluxe series singles at $6.99 or $7.99 so you save a few bucks. Since its an exclusive, there’s no info on case assortment but no one […]

FROM DEEP WITHIN THE TAKE5 OPERATIONAL COMMAND CENTER – WE HAVE A WINNER UPDATE! AND THE WINNER OF THE 5-PACK OF TAKE5 COLLECTOR GUIDES IS: Samurai60 ! CONGRATS TO YOU!  We have dropped you an email to let us know where to ship your free 5-pack of mags.  Thanks for playing everyone!  We appreciate all […]

Our existing page on Facebook was not set up as a fan page, so we went ahead and created a new Facebook page that is built to operate like a true fan page. This new Facebook fan page is not meant to replace our main website here at Take5 (perish the thought!) but the hopes […]

LA Times Interview with Rachel DiPaola, Product Director of WorldofCARS.com It’s up & running for those who have FLASH on your computers – I’m out … Guess I’ll be WRECKED MOOD SPRINGS. According to CHIPANDCO.com, they are reporting this rumor … “Also if you weren’t aware Dustin Hoffman is set to replace the deceased Paul […]

With 282 official releases* (including some variants, haulers, oversized, singles, box sets, exclusives, and mail aways), if you weren’t here at the beginning, it’s not always an easy slog to collect them all … (* Not counting lenticulars nor Expanded Universe Toon-Storyteller CARS). Some are obviously easy to collect as they are essentially re-released in […]

I think the first case is CASE F – I have sort of lost track so the assortment should be right even if the case letter code might be a tad off on the next CAR Toons Deluxe – Megasize releases … CASE F REPEAT (first case arrived or arriving). Next case … CASE H […]

Yann lives in Paris and collects CARS … Boy, does he ever … Yea, he not only has the 2006 Factory Set and the MSOS but he has EVERY Semi Cab – that’s a collector 🙂 … But oh, oh, dark cloud on the horizon … A fire started in his kitchen … From the […]