It took a while for our three esteemed judges to come together to declare a winner (I was not a judge since I qualified the entries). WINNER: Little cars. Big KA-CHOW. Minis. From “Ace.” RUNNER-UP Super Calla Fragelistic Expi Minidocious From “DaddyO” GRAND PRIZE WINNER: RUNNER UP PRIZE: Original post HERE. Ace & DaddyO, please […]

Wally Hauler, the Walmart Hauler has arrived (thanks Tony S.) Wally is not numbered – instead he has a tiny truck drawing and the words RACE O RAMA on that tiny ticket … I think it’s safe to say it’s the best looking thing ever with the words Walmart stamped on it … though if […]

Mini Chick Hicks hauler has arrived … Sure, a million details, cool, fun, and the back opens … like that’s a good couple dozen reasons to but this … Plus, you can mess with the Chick … “Dude, your ego is too big for your trailer HA-HA!” This economic stimulus is not working for me! […]

What, you mean you can’t just randomly walk into a WM and pick up all 7 Haulers? Who will be the Dinoco driver the year after? Like Chick could get out a contract signed with an outfit called Hostile Takeover Bank 🙂 I guess it’s legal to boost your octane if you say it upfront? […]

I guess we will make this international week at TakeFive 🙂 Gui, who introduced himself a few days ago is only 13 but has amassed a pretty impressive collection thousands of miles away from the nearest WM 🙂 He sends us some pics on shopping for CARS in Brazil … His local toy store,  “Meninos […]

“Country music star Keith Urban performed a surprise two-song set for reporters to kick off his day at the Daytona 500, where he was the featured artist for Sunday’s pre-race concert.” “Urban took brief questions and laughed awkwardly when asked what his favorite racing movie is. “Uhhhhh … `Cars’?” he stammered, choosing the animated movie […]

Since it has come to my attention that recent trades have involved CARS & cards are not listed correctly, plus questions about yesterday’s post … here is basic primer on listing-grading your CARS & cards. EVERYONE judges everything different so there is no definitive guide that will over every detail – this is just a […]

I guess somewhere along the line, Mattel figured out that it was a shorter boat ride from Hong Kong to Australia … as with Al Oft & The King Semi that arrived first in Australia – the ELVIS RV has left the building in HK and has arrived in Australia! Rachel (QuidCars) sends us some […]

eToys was one of the more notable dotcom launches way back when … Company was garnering sales but they went big time in spending to build up the website so they couldn’t quite make enough money to sustain themselves. The website name (eToys.com) was scooped up by KB Toys who continued to run kbtoys.com along […]

The CARS singles are known as the “mainline.” It is borrowed from the Hot Wheels line connoting that the single CARS on the blister pack is the mother trunk line of CARS, the diecast. But for new collectors or those who for some unfathomable reason were not collecting these in 2006 🙂  , it can […]