“Dolly P.” sends us pics of her latest find … #39 Eric Lanely (listed as coming in singles 2013 so maybe as soon as CASE B?) #44 Suki – moved to CARS Singles 2013 – just released in CASE A (US). #46 Nick Cartone – no US release listed now. Thanks, “Dolly P!”

While Alex Vandel and Otis is in US release limbo, they are taking a tour of Europe – thanks for the great pics, “David V!” Yes, Otis is based on-comparable to original FRED size. And yes, Otis is a new mold … you can really un-rust bump the Fred mold. 🙂 How many times do […]

Thanks for the nice pics, “John H.” While not every diecast is a perfect fit, the packaging is great! And the POP Display is great! Thanks for the great pics, “John H.” Typical Mattel. I could not actually find a listing for this series so sorry, no checklist …

In case you missed it in the beautiful visual checklist photos from “Unixed,” Rip Clutchgoneski is back at the Disney Stores with a new background … They might as well slap a CHASE sticker on him – both releases seem to be limited … Not online – you have to try your Disney Stores that […]

The Disney Stores switched from cards to acrylic boxes for their singles in late 2009, a nice upgrade … “Unixed” has a nice complete set and has taken photos of everything so if you’re collecting, now you know what a complete set should look like. (I will call the Disney Store CARS on card from […]

Part 1 of this post is HERE. As noted, the new releases of 2013 are now classified by theme. There are 8 so far, 4 mostly featuring CARS 1 in the earlier post … these themes mostly cover CARS 2 … It does look like ALL diecast releases are assigned a number – so it […]

While the new card design is bright, it does seem designed by a someone who did not realize they would actually place a blister over it and a car inside. … the back of the card is a very nice upgrade though – each theme getting its own screen shot and specific CARS to that […]

Congrats to the following two TakeFive winners in the Bellywasher juice contest: John in Mo Unixed You can read the original post here. Just drop your mailing address to Tizmanian (tizmanian(at)yahoo(dot)com) and I will get the goodies out to you! Thank you for reading and participating here on Take5!

It’s finally morning … and the switchover has begun to the new design motif of “2013.” The new design is bright and crisp and for the most part classy looking. While I like the colorfulness of the background screen grab, it seems a little odd the CAR logo is cut off and the white space […]

“Nikko” was nice enough to send along photos of his unboxing… Yea, that’s it – he couldn’t find a box knife … Just kidding … The “new” CARS? Suki & J. Curby Gremlin are it for the “new.” So, here’s the now Finalized case assortment – card photos and analysis coming in the next post. […]