Looks like Walmart is changing up the mix of their stores to go after former Circuit City customers … As the WSJ reports … “Wal-Mart also is leveraging a more subtle advantage it boasts over standalone electronics chains: a mom-heavy clientele. Retailers say women often have final say over household purchases of new video games […]

Lo and behold, they have CARS for sale at the DisneyWorld. MamaCollector sends us some nice pics … MamaCollector also notes: Mickey and Minnie mini were easy to find at the 4 parks for 26.95.  However, the duo can be purchased at the WDW mail order 407-363-6299 (sku #40012776198). Disney uses their own SKU which does […]

Take Five A Day: The Magazine! You asked for it and now, you can on-demand it! Issue #1 of our magazine is available for order! 20 full-color pages devoted just to the DESERT ART series … Other than a few pages of text, the magazine is entirely comprised of full color checklists for however you […]

As if Aroldo Pongetti needed a bigger challenge but hey, what about a CAR body is not really available? Have no fear, Aroldo is here! If I had to guess, I would’ve thought Artie the TV Director was “Chuck Manifold” but Aroldo is right – he is definitely more of a coupe … or to […]

Monica & Podso spots the real Tow Mater roaming the country (Monica in SD and Podso in Eau Claire, WI) And now, the world’s oldest pun … Podso found these outstanding in their field … I wonder if the guy told his wife he was modifying the red coupe 🙂 Great work all around … […]

From the TakeFive mailbox … “Lorjas” & son spots Leonard Traffik (Leroy’s brother) who also hates sleeping on the pavement. 🙂 If you plan on motoring west to Disneyland this summer, the HoJo’s across the street has put up a mini pirate water park … “NascarBroncoFan” sends us this link for a sale at Disney […]

Let’s cut to the chase, it doesn’t have a happy ending. People are always asking about an international schedule or what goes on there. All I can say is that they are their own division and make their own decisions and they seem to think everything is just fine. In a small way, it makes […]

Frank is here and it’s a massive and heavy piece of diecast machinery. His thresher combine thing works great – it’s solid and not just for show – spin and it works and spins for a while. Who are you calling tiny? Let’s go to scale measurement thinger … Frank & the brain of a […]

The mainline singles were once simple. Go to store or go online to buy. Then CHASE CARS were added. But they were not all that different – some easy to find and some not so easy to find but basically – go to store or go online to buy. Now it gets complicated because the […]

Well, what do you know, it might be a case where hardly anyone has a quibble 🙂