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 […]

The GRAND PRIZE winner of the WELCOME TOY GRADER as an advertiser to TakeFive could mail in ONE Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CAR to be GRADED and SEALED for free! The winner, Jeanne S. mailed in her Desert 12-Back Sarge … GRADED at a 90 and sealed in its brand new container – with hologram. […]

The France Promo fulfillment has taken a new twist … The original offer … Rules are: 1 – Between 1st of January and 31st of August 2009, buy 4 Cars vehicles.* 2 – Send your receipt. 3 – Send or copy the barcodes on each pack. 4 – Write on a paper your name and […]

My custom of Ghostlight Mater is great if you’re standing 10 feet away and I wave my arms in front of your face … after I spin you around for a few minutes … during an earthquake … at night … and you’re swatting away hornets … while a naked Danny DeVito is leg wrestling […]

I started with two, turned my back and … What am I gonna do with all these hamsters? Don’t worry. I’ve hidden them all over the store like a good eBayer.  🙂 I’ve selected the least trafficked aisles at TRU … the Latin Video Game Section, the Granite Slab-Carve-Own-Toys Section and the Speed Racer Diecast […]

Sure, he’s burnt to a crisp – how much would you pay for that? But wait, for a limited time, he’s also soaked to the frame! He’s back. He’s here. And he’s BURNT and SOAKED! (well, ‘soaked’ in the tampo decal sense). Thanks for the nice and first out the gate pics, Nikko. Looks like […]

Here’s what’s on the SINGLES list so far … You get the UFO Dude & some Oil Cans … Dr. Upslognogging I presume? (Is that what the Mustache Pitty called him?) A two-pack Pitty – presumably one of these above plus Heer Mustache Pitty Dude? One of the open bed trucks … No Megasize or […]

UPDATE: Coming November 20, 2009 – the first broadcast airing of Unidentified Flying Mater – on The Disney Channel. Airing on the Disney XD channel will still take place on the 25th. Keep in mind this TV schedule is for MY cable system and my timezone! Depending on your feed, East Coast-West Coast AND your […]

The France promo of Gask-Its was a bear and a pain. You could only order one to an address and it seems after a couple months, they ran out of Gask-its and replaced it with Faux Wheel Drive … but if you got the official Gask-its from France, it looked like this and its official […]

First the good news … The TRU Early Doorbuster sale that runs from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning (minus the hours they are closed) starting tomorrow includes a CARS item … Luigi’s & Ramone’s playsets are $10 off and reduced to $14.99 so if you’ve been holding out … hold out no more … and […]