Article Archive for June 2009

Kmart CARS Day Perspective: Pixar’s UP & A Girl With Cancer
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Posted in Film, Internet, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Toys, TV on 21 June 2009
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It is a sad story but poignant and a story that all the crazies who fought, shouted or ran off with a bunch of diecast CARS on Saturday should hear or read to gain some perspective on what’s really important. “Pixar grants girl’s dying wish to see ‘Up’” – From the OC Register.

TakeFiveADay Has FINISHED MOVING :-)
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Posted in Internet, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 21 June 2009
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Thanks for your patience! We have moved to a new webhost and we might even be running a little faster 🙂 So, no more blackouts or disappearing acts – we hope for a long while. Thanks for making us ultra popular and clicking on every post and every picture … for some reason, that annoyed […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Your Kmart CARS Day … UPDATE
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 20 June 2009
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Post your stories here 🙂 Still two hours away on West Coast … CHECKLISTS HERE. Back. Sounds like on the West Coast, there was definitely more action and more people versus the Midwest … and the store I went to had some crazy guy who kept asking for help and then during the free for […]

TakeFiveADay Tumblr Backup Plan … It’s All Coming Together
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 June 2009
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Hey all, first have fun tomorrow at Kmart-land. May the two people in front of you load up on Lightning McQueen’s! 🙂 We are beginning our move and just as the post office forwards your real mail, when you type in www.takefiveaday.com or click on your bookmark to us, we might not be immediate present […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Early Kmart Case Unboxing Pics
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 19 June 2009
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“Albert Hinkey” was nice enough to send along some photos … Pesky kids, always throwing stuff on the front lawn … Any knife will do … Hey, these are not the lenticulars I ordered! Hey dad, you finally ordered a decent case this time! I think I’ll open this one first and then this one […]

Kmart.com Shipping & Confirmation Issues UPDATE 6/19 6:40 PM PDT
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys on 19 June 2009
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From Dev of Kmart.com Dear Car Collectors, I understand the problems a number of you have faced – primarily due to paypal and credit card declines.  I understand that our automated email system sent out the wrong email saying your orders had been canceled due to lack of inventory, and some of you had misleading […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Viva Las Vegas Meet & Greet
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 19 June 2009
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From JoeyCars … Las Vegas Cars Meet & Greet June 20 from 1-5pm If you’re in Las Vegas or plan on coming to Las Vegas on June 20th (Kmart Cars collectors day) please make plans to attend the first annual Las Vegas Cars meet and greet! Johnnie (owner of 702 Gifts & Collectibles) would like […]

TakeFiveADay – SAME NAME – New Address
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Posted in diecast, Internet, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS on 18 June 2009
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As many-most of you know, we’re having trouble with our web host – apparently we’re using more resources than Al’s Dog Grooming Service so they have been randomly shutting us on and off. It’s apparent that we have to move but like any actual move – it sounds easy but its not. So, in the […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater Saves Christmas – It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 18 June 2009
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Of course, we get to celebrate the CARS Holiday this Saturday at Kmart. You even get a coupon … But later this year, or about 189 days to be mostly precise … yep, almost that time of the year – scary, huh … this will be the first year we’ll have real holiday CARS and […]

TakeFiveADay – Temp Viewing Problems
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys on 18 June 2009
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Yes, for some reason, this basic theme/template displays incorrectly in INTERNET EXPLORER 7 & INTERNET EXPLORER 8. The site seems to look fine in Safari, Firefox & Opera … You will need to either switch browsers OR you can cheat the system by changing the USER AGENT info … “The User-Agent (or UA) string is […]