LAST DAY TODAY!

ChildrensToyCloset is offering a presale sale for CASE D of the Haulers.

It’s a pretty nice case …

And um, good luck finding Jerry Recycled on the shelf at any price let alone this sale price of $90 for a case of 6 Haulers.

For those who missed out, all haulers are now ‘direct import‘ so unless retail stores specifically order them from the Mattel factory, they will not carry them immediately.

These will be available around April 2009.

Basically, most retailers are unwilling to pay to freight it over and many smaller wholesalers (or indie retail stores) are unwilling to pay upfront (with a minimum order) to get these when they are first available. CTC is not only willing to pay upfront but willing to air freight them in so you have until Sunday night (1/18/2009) to get in your order before they place their order and pass the savings onto you.

So at some point when Mattel brings it to the warehouses, then others who don’t or won’t direct import can order it. That might be June, sometime in autumn or more likely at Christmas time.

Also, presuming Target keeps the Team Hauler program going, while some of the haulers might show in the next 3 months, Jerry Recycled will not likely be part of those since there’s no Piston Cup race CAR & Pitty to go with him …

And of course, the big 3 will on occasion participate in Direct Import and we have no real way of telling if they will do so for any of the forthcoming shipments, it is however, unlikely they would air freight them in … so you will definitely get your CASE a few to many weeks before they hit the shelves … again, presuming that they do …

So, here’s your direct link – you have until Sunday … enjoy your shopping! 🙂