The contest was officially closed yesterday and we have our two winners with the prizes graciously provided by Diecast Authority! If you recall, an official entry had to have the phrase CONTEST ENTRY (and the Disney Pixar CAR you would like to get graded) with entries being at least 12 hours apart which some of […]

Hey there, TakeFiveADay’ers! It’s not a friday but here is a new video post by me about two new collector case sizes available from our good friends over at Carney Plastics! They have a killer new 35-unit singles case as well as a 14-unit haulers case now available!  Sweet!

Via DisneyStore.com (though actually hosted on Disney Consumer Products YouTube Channel – Disney Living), John Lasseter is featured in short videos talking indepth about each of the special  Thinkway Toys Toy Story toys coming this Fall (most are already out) since Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D are coming in two weeks. From […]

There’s a very interesting article in the NY Times about the recent financial and creative history of LEGO. One area of focus was their financial and market share difficulties a few years back because … “The most popular toys would run out, he recalls, and Lego was simply unable to ship more …” “That began […]

As long as you’re building a rail system … of course, the new GeoTrax TREV is great … But don’t forget the Disney Store has the Disneyland-Disney World monorail! What’s a to-scale Disneyland-World without the monorail! 12 curved and 2 straight pieces build over 14-ft. of track Train moves forward and back Working headlights and […]

If you’re a fan of Disney Pixar films or know someone who is  – there is  very little you will not love about this book. Pixarpedia – 300 pages from DK Publishing. This was the ‘basic’ description. From before Toy Story to beyond Up!, this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia captures all the films, shorts, characters, history, and […]

CARS Disney backpacks are on sale – you can even personalize them. Thanks for heads up MiaSenorita. And if you live too far from a Disney Store, now you can buy Frank online. Frank posts are HERE & HERE. The Disney Store also has their “RC” playsets on sale – the playsets are mostly in […]

Yep, it’s pumpkin season … um, what did you think I was talking about? But this year, instead of a chain saw and dental tools, Jeanne S. found us some sharp implements of decoration … I expect to see this art of CARS in pumpkin form from all of you … along with a dozen […]

Naturally, the Japanese diecast company would rush out the Tokyo mater CARS first 🙂 A very nice 2-pack box. The Tomica CARS are 1:64 scale so narrower and slightly smaller … And of course, Tuner Mater … And the front side … The US version won’t be out for another 6+ months … As usual […]

“Mrs. Iamspeed” is offering a custom made Lightning McQueen Christmas bag … It looks very cool though since it’s not made of plastic or metal, I cannot tell you much about it other than it looks great. I believe this is made from some kind of cloth and held together not by rivets, bolts, solder […]