First, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Black Friday! For those unaware, the day after Thanksgiving is designated “Black Friday.” In the olden days (pre-1980’s), it was believed that many retailers were operating mostly in the red until the last 6 weeks of the year where some retailers would do up to 40% of their business. This […]

Toys R Us is adding toys to many babies R Us locations as well as opening standalone “temp” stores in malls around the country though this final list sees pretty confined to just a bunch of states … though I’m guessing the number of Puerto Rico stores is suddenly much higher? Irvine Spectrum Center 95 […]

The Toys R Us Big Book is out-coming … and it’s UUGGGGEEEE! There are two coupons on the front – one for November and one for December – $10 off of $100 purchase … Plus if you spend $75, you also get a free $10 dollar gift card … (The “Buyer Protection Plan” does not […]

Now that the holiday season approaches, it’s time to finally figure out what’s out and what’s coming. So, this will be CHECKLIST WEEK here at TakeFive … Earlier, we did SINGLES … Now, BOX SETS (okay, a launcher is not really a box set but it fits better here) … This checklist lists box sets […]

“Popeye,” claims that these are photos of an actual TRU and not just a figment of his imagination and feverish Photoshop skills … Now I can believe the bottom two shelves are real and maybe the top shelf … The two rows of Ferrari Fan Guido Movie Doubles are a nice touch – it seems […]

Guess after you install a few thousand face plates, you get bored and wonder if it will go in the other way … From my box set, Frank Pinkerton … told you to buy genuine Ford parts. Jim G. adds to the face plant collection … Sorry Charlie … we will make you smile … […]

Sarge’s Boot Camp – all great. TRU Exclusive – $29.99 – arriving around the country. While might be hard to find presently, there should be another shipment before the year is out and it might be back online again soon. Sign up for an email. In a big country, we need big CARS … And […]

Part 2 of the Sarge Boot Camp box set review … TJ had a little too much HGH … Holy Houshmandzadeh! He’s bigger than life now … properly meeeeggggaaaasssiiizzzzeeeeeeeddddddd. TJ and TJ Junior. How does TJ stack up to the other BIG BOYS? No doubt, both H1’s … Or the recent Ambulance? Or the town […]

It’s very real … Thanks for the pic, “Nikko.” They are NOT out of production – clearly evident by this nicely updated box design … but TRU has also clearly not ordered many of them. The UPC-product number is 027084615357. Good luck! Yes, it’s Lizzie’s shop – so why is Mater pictured on the box […]

The pallet that was at Fred Meyer last week seems to have arrived at Kmart also … Pretty much what you see is what you get. Nothing spectacularly new but now early September releases that may have been hard to find in your area are a little easier with this pallet. It’s two sides of […]