As promised, from Altan’s other post about shopping for CARS in Turkey … the other side of CARS … Every manufacturer knows that there are counterfeiters and pirates out there creating a knockoff from their hard work … well, in this case, the pirates didn’t work all that hard … Pretty freakin’ uncanny, huh? Well, […]

Bob Eckel is on target – as he writes … “Well it seems to me, everyone (to include Mattel) keeps forgetting one very important car. Oh they (Mattel) hit at it, but the miss was a lot bigger than the car.  Today we have Orange Ramones, Sheriff Sally’s, Red and Black Lizzie’s, Army Green Mack’s, […]

Altan takes us on a great toy excursion in Istanbul and Turkey. Sure most people are there for the thousand years of history, the art and the architecture … We are there are CARS 🙂 Since the shelves are currently invaded by Wall-E which I believe very disappointed for retailer, only small shops are still […]

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 […]