From Dev & Kmart: These are two coupons for you and your fellow collectors to use this weekend when you go to the Disney Cars collector event at Kmart.  One’s for $5 off $50 of soda, chips and other “food and consumables”.  The other is a straight 50 cents of a soda.  My colleagues in […]

The TRADING POST has been reset but under this temporary-holding design – I won’t bore you with the background foundation of this design (not as many features) so for now, it’s in a temporary spot. Sorry and thanks! http://www.takefiveaday.com/2009/06/17/cars-trading-post-temporary/ Just in case you find any CARS this weekend and you might want to post to […]

Dev & his team are working on resolving the issue. Here is an official update. Thanks Dev! We have identified 85 individuals whose orders were cancelled. The email you received was incorrect. The cancellations were not because of an “out of stock”, but for paypal or credit card declines.  I have a team looking into […]

Leaving Mattel’s warehouse later this week – should arrive in your hands by next week.

This Saturday, June 20, 2009 -11 AM (YOUR local time). What Stores Are Participating? Official Full List of Stores on our EDITGRID page. Or at: http://www.editgrid.com/user/takefiveaday/Cars_Collector_Event_June_Store_List I have sorted it by STATE & ZIP CODE in descending order so it should be easier to search. If the Store is on the List, It’s 100% Sure […]

With the “more to come” listing and announcement of “40” CARS to come on the back of the forthcoming Target “classics” CARS … some things to clear up … The “40” list is a ‘general listing’ for August 2009 to October 2010. As always, just because it’s on a list does not mean it will […]

I’m sure Aroldo Pongetti spent many sleepless nights knowing that Artie, the TV Director did not have his technical assistant next to him 🙂 As you know, he sent us his artwork of converting Snot Rod into Artie … Then of course, he spent countless sleepless nights knowing that Artie needed his assistant 🙂 Here […]

For those who are going to SD Comic Con – please stop by on Sunday at 2 PM – Room 5AB. Martin Arriola, & Ryan Gleason of Mattel will be joined by Alan Porter, the writer of the CARS comic book to talk about CARS – I know, how will they fill an hour?  🙂 […]

CARS 7: Savage Bloody Desert Sands of a Hillybilly Hell In a world where transmission oil runs like blood … When his eyes change to agitated, look out below! Alternative post choices: “Better Red Than Classics Dead.” “Same Quality Control. New Eyes!” “Visine – Gets the Red Out … of Your Eyes, Your spray on […]

We might need to load up an RV of CARS to the Great White North … Me thinks all is not well beyond the Great Lakes … And since, there does not seem to be mainline singles, movie moments, launchers, haulers, 3-packs, promos … they have resorted to either collecting these or have mistaken these […]