As usual, “Nikko” was able to talk them into selling him one … I guess I’ll start wearing my TARGET MYSTERY SHOPPER shirt also 🙂 Too nice! It’s December 25th – Nikko opened that right up! Doc – pretty festive! Hey, look it’s 2-part Cruisin’ McQueen! Ramone’s pretty talent … to be able to paint […]

The Toys R Us Big Book is out-coming … and it’s UUGGGGEEEE! There are two coupons on the front – one for November and one for December – $10 off of $100 purchase … Plus if you spend $75, you also get a free $10 dollar gift card … (The “Buyer Protection Plan” does not […]

Yes, the Christmas reset is coming – Sunday 11.1.2009 so you can start calling and seeing if these have arrived yet … BUT keep in mind, just because the reset is 11.1.2009 does not mean it will all go out on that day – Target “resets” are more like a casual get-together, all very casual, […]

Hey, if you didn’t get enough or want more cases … there are more back online HERE. There a bunch of online coupons including: Free Ground shipping on toy orders $49 or more. All toys on sale! This is the listed case assortment … As cases are arriving as we speak, we’ll see if the […]

Suddenly it’s a love fest and a feast of CARS all over … Yes, the U.S. Disney Store (online) is now selling Mattel CARS! Yep, haulers, regular, megasize and a few lenticulars. Note, when it says DIECAST CAR BY MATTEL, obviously it’s not a Disney Store manufacturered item but a Mattel one so look closely! […]

The $10 Hauler Sale – um, actually $9.49 … Yep as the sign reads – “EVEN LOWER than OUR ADVERTISED PRICE.” Nice. 5.1% Nicer. Remember, you can price match with an ad at other some other retailers and you can get a price adjustment if you bought a hauler a few weeks at Target … […]

“Dear Valued Customer, We want to thank you for your recent Kmart.com order for the Disney Cars Case. We know you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of your item. We did experience a delay in receiving the Disney Cars. Rest assured we have received the cases today and will ship your order(s) by Friday October […]

The newly launched Mattel website has Mater Tall Tales Singles & Megasized:

Now that the holiday season approaches, it’s time to finally figure out what’s out and what’s coming. So, this will be CHECKLIST WEEK here at TakeFive … Earlier, we did SINGLES & BOX SETS (part 1), here is BOX SETS (Part 2) – aka: The Target Box Sets. This checklist lists Target-only box sets released […]

Now that the holiday season approaches, it’s time to finally figure out what’s out and what’s coming. So, this will be CHECKLIST WEEK here at TakeFive … Earlier, we did SINGLES … Now, BOX SETS (okay, a launcher is not really a box set but it fits better here) … This checklist lists box sets […]