“Albert Hinkey” was nice enough to send along some photos … Pesky kids, always throwing stuff on the front lawn … Any knife will do … Hey, these are not the lenticulars I ordered! Hey dad, you finally ordered a decent case this time! I think I’ll open this one first and then this one […]

Of course, we get to celebrate the CARS Holiday this Saturday at Kmart. You even get a coupon … But later this year, or about 189 days to be mostly precise … yep, almost that time of the year – scary, huh … this will be the first year we’ll have real holiday CARS and […]

If you have anything you’re interested in trading or selling related to CARS, just list your WANTS and or SELLING list as a comment and people can reply either here or directly to you. Don’t forget to list your email address as it’s not visible to everyone. Also note – trades are not sanctioned nor […]

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 […]

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?  🙂 […]