Crazy For Cars

Cars collector since ‘06.

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Cars came out 20 years ago today, on June 9, 2006. I was 7 years old when we went to go see it at the drive-in. Doing the math, that makes me… really old now! To celebrate, I recreated the original 2005 Cars teaser poster with a Lightning McQueen diecast and a blue disposable glove. A comparison of my recreation with the original poster is down below!

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I’ve been experimenting with my stop-motion technique for my Cars turntables. The video is down below.

Here’s how I did it.

1. I rotate the table 1.8 degrees and take a picture. Repeat 200 times until full 360 degree rotation. I could just record a video of the turntable spinning, but lighting and focus are harder to control with a video, especially in macro/close-ups. With photography I can control the exposure and aperture. So I do pics.

2. Load all of the pics onto the computer. Run a macro that I created that applies a contrast adjustment to the picture to make the foreground pop and make the background even closer to true black. This macro runs for all 200 pictures.

3. Load the updated pics into Vegas Pro. Make each picture duration super short (i.e. stop-motion!) and export as a video. Done!

Hope you enjoy!

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I thought it'd be cute if they could open their doors but then I remembered Guido is based on a BMW Isetta which have a door on their front....

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I would've never guessed that Guido is a BMW. Now I like him even more (even if his face opens up) #bmw

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My wife was digging through our Cars totes and came across an old release we had forgotten about. Well, I forgot. She didn't even know it existed.

Presenting Globie, the mascot for the World Grand Prix and its official alternative fuel, Alinol. Globie appears in Cars 2 at the final WGP race in the UK. When Professor Z's bomb fails to blow up Mater (sheesh), the professor smashes out a second story window and lands on a blow-up version of Globie, which cushions his fall. He doesn't get far though--Holley Shiftwell catches up and shows him who's boss

Anyway, we took Globie out of storage and hung it up on the pegs in the Cars Room. Check out the full reel on Instagram.

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Hello there !

Howdy!

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Float like a Cadillac, sting like a Beemer

Hello good people of tumblr. This is my first post!

I am starting a microblog about my journey as a collector of Disney/Pixar Cars 1:55 diecast cars, made by Mattel. For those who don't know, Mattel is a leading company in the toy industry. They're best known for their original brands like Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Barbie. They have various licensed product lines too. Cars is one of them.

I've been a Cars collector since the first Cars movie came out in 2006. I was 7 years old at the time. It's now 2026, and I am 27 years old (the math checks out).

Recently, my wife and I re-launched an old Instagram account where we post short videos of our Cars Room (i.e. basement). The link is below. It's pretty neat, it's not your average horror-movie dungeon.

We are also working on a couple of really cool Cars-related projects. I can't share the details just yet, but trust me it's rad 🤙 More blog posts to come at a later date. Stay tuned!

Whether you are also obsessed with Cars, or you're just a casual Pixar fan, I hope that you enjoy the blog. Thanks for reading! Kachow

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