I think John in Mo did too good of a job … Now, I’m all sad – it’s like watching parts of Toy Story all over again! What, where’s the newspaper background? Since you made me sad, I can be all demandy … Why, he’s not even sepia toned. Hrumph! I could not find my […]

Cristo sends along amazing dioramas and lifelike displays created by Sam Bricole and presented at the Paris Comic Con 2011 recently. You can check out the rest of the photos at Cristo’s FLIKR page HERE of the Comic Con. My personal favorite … 🙂 Great job Sam – and thanks for the heads up Cristo!

Like most people, the CHASE “Van with Stickers” was pretty much just “Van.” “AF” has thoughtfully provided us with a high res bumper sticker … You can download it and resize it or if you just want to print and glue on immediately … Don’t accidentally inhale it. And of course, I’m sure you’ll want […]

Well, someone clicked BUY IT NOW … And you thought collecting CARS was some hobby … It’s the Berkshire Hathaway of collecting. So, now the highest price secondary market re-sell of the Hot Wheels Red Line Club items are: #1 Disney Pixar CARS Factory Set #2 Disney Pixar CARS MSOS 🙂 Yes, this is a […]

In case you’re wondering what your collection should look like … And thanks for supporting TakeFive & our magazine checklists! Full version of photo is HERE at ImageShack. Thanks “Luigi!”

UPDATE 2:  Take5 Reader “Nick” was kind enough to pass along some stills that were taken from the trailer for those that didn’t see it yet or wanted a closer look at some of the modeling going on.  Tip of the hat to ya, Nick! Can you feel the Pitty fever?   I visited one […]

Issue #7 of the Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Checklist Magazine is HERE! This 24-page issue covers the CARS Expanded Universe – Toons, Storytellers, Holiday Storytellers and Disney mail-aways and in-scale CARS. You can check out a FULL PREVIEW HERE. As always, you get everything on card, in box sets, playsets photographed in high resolution. Includes […]

It’s time for our monthly quarterly when we remember to do this Q&A time! So, if you have questions, we will have answers. Ask away in the comments and in a few days, we’ll put on our thinking caps and our pants – and all the mysteries of the magical land of CARS will be […]

So, which Red (the Fire Engine) is best? Normally, in a given toy line, the most to-scale and appropriate character to collect is the one from the company that manufactured the rest of your collection in that line (yea, seems obvious, d’er, doi and duh – as one might say in Latin) … but every […]

Most people just returned their Sarge back in ought ’07 when he was leaden with lead and got a refund from Mattel but apparently you could also join in a class action lawsuit – the modern day stoning – only with lawyers … Mattel folded after 4 years of lawyering … $175 – not bad […]