Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Some CARS in the UK & International Case Assortment
Well, the CARS situation in in the UK & Europe could be better but at least it’s not Dickensian …
“Rippers” sends us nice photos and a boatload of info – thanks!
Story Tellers have arrived at Tesco at £3.97 each – about the same pricing in the US …I believe an exclusive also – at Tesco in the UK, not sure about the rest of Europe. These appear to be all in English so UK only?
There’s no shots of the international release inside flap. I’m presuming Retro Ramone will be released in the next case – how about Tractor? Is he shown on the inside flap? If so, then it’s exactly the same as the US single releases. Though Tractor is being “retired” as a single in the next US wave of the Storytellers. US release info for Storytellers NEXT is here.
Rippers also reports that Case D Launchers (international backs) are also in Tesco:
Case C Launchers can be had at Debenhams and the Disney Store is up to Case E on the singles and has Elvis as well!
Rippers notes, “So its been an expensive couple of weeks in the UK!”
He has also been kind enough to list EVERY International ROR release – click on link for Photos.
[ ] Impound Lightning McQueen (Chase)
[ ] Impound Lightning McQueen (Chase) (without Confeti variant)
[ ] Ron Hover
[ ] Spin Out LMQ
[ ] Axel Accelerator
[ ] Lightning McQueen
[ ] Bug Mouth Lightning McQueen
[ ] Ghostlight Ramone
[ ] Pit Crew Member Fillmore
[ ] Snot Rod
[ ] Mater
[ ] Dinoco Lightning McQueen
[ ] Mario Andretti
[ ] Mario Andretti (with yellow wheels variant)
[ ] Kathy Copter
[ ] Chuki
[ ] Stacy
[ ] Impound Boost (Chase)
[ ] Jerry Drivetrain (Tank Coat Pitty)
[ ] RPM Crew Chief
[ ] Edwin Kranks
[ ] Bling Bling Lightning McQueen
[ ] Chick Hicks
[ ] Cruisin Lightning McQueen
[ ] Dale Earnhardt Jr.
[ ] Dale Cartrip
[ ] Doc Hudson
[ ] Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen
[ ] Tar Lightning McQueen
[ ] Tex Dinoco
[ ] Impound Snot Rod (Chase)
[ ] Tumbleweed McQueen
[ ] White Walls McQueen
[ ] Trunk Fresh Pitty
[ ] Lightning McQueen
[ ] Fabulous Hudson Hornet
[ ] Ghostlight Ramone
[ ] Brand New Mater
[ ] Fillmore
[ ] Dinoco Pitty Luke Pettlework
[ ] Dexter Hoover
[ ] Leakless No. 52
[ ] Charlie Checker
[ ] Pit Crew Member Guido
[ ] King
Case D has not been found yet but Case E has I need a few more to get a picture.
Thanks “Rippers” for the great photos and info.
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20 May 2009
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The Storytellers from Tesco appear to be identical to the US ones, so I am not sure if we can call these International. Only in one language! That probably means if any of the US collectors are missing some they would be able to trade for these.
just bought sponserless mcqueen story teller from tesco ,inside the packaging the picture of sponsorless mcqueen is actually swell smell mcqueen(mistake)
I think it is the writing that is incorrect as the pictures seem to be all the other cars that are in the series except the one whose packaging it is. Was this the same for the Sponsorless McQ in the US?
Any haulers in the UK guys????
i havent seen them anywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!
i want/need them hahah!!!!!
any help???!!!! thanx
Price etc…
James x x
Yeah you can find Haulers at John Lewis for £12.50 and it has been pointed out they have been seen at Tesco but i dint know the price.
i saw 2 mack haulers at tesco a few months ago, cant rememer the exact price but it was between £10 – £15,
havnt seen them since tho…i guess tesco doesnt want to restock something that sells that well!
They were £12.97
thanx guys will have to check John Lewis out at some point see if they stil have them in !!!!
Could i Just have a location check of all my fellow UKers, so that we can all know where you are finding things.
Just reply to this.
I will start I’m in Maidstone, Kent
hey there
james here
and i live In Lincolnshire
Steve from Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Roswell is from Hereford (unfortunatly) Storytellers in my tesco!
Paul from Essex
Hello, I’m in Sevenoaks, Kent.
The Tesco in the highstreet is still on WOC singles. They had 2 clip strips in today, the newest Cars on it being Stacy, Kathy Copter and Al Oft blimp. They were all USA boxes, not international ones. The Tractor Tipping set and Red’s fire station were on offer. They did not have Storytellers, haulers or launchers.
Disney shops in Tunbridge Wells and Croydon have both now closed down – apparently 1 in 3 Disney stores are now being closed down / already gone!
Asda in Swanley and King’s Hill have ROR singles, but they only have Mcqueens – standard, Impound, Dinoco, Bug-mouth etc
Fenwicks in Tunbridge Wells has ROR singles (case B I think) at £3.50 and ROR movie moments at £4.50 – interesting to note that the ROR Mcqueen / Kori has Mcqueen with the Rusteze sticker on its spoiler, but the WOC version has the blank spoiler.
I have never seen Oversized / Megasized or 3-packs over here anywhere, ever!
Only ever seen haulers in Tesco, they had Mack, Gray, and Chick’s. They all sold very fast then they never had any again.
Hope this helps people out – let us know what you find and where eaxctly you find it!
Jon
*phew* just checked the uk disney store site just to make sure birmingham still had one, and they do, going on saturday,
but since the TRU closed down a few years ago there realy isnt any toy shops there…
Just found out today that The Entertainer seems to be getting 3 packs in now but they are WOC case D, Team Leakless, Al oft 3 pack and 3 pack with Gold Mia and Tia.
First time i have seen them in the wild in the UK.
Hey i live in lincoln but head to birmingham every weekend!!!!
the disney shop in the bullring had all the mega sized in asked when they got them in around two weeks ago the guys said!!!!!
managed to get them all from there and grey semi and mack semi from disney store in chester!!!
The entertainer also cars that just across from the disney store in the bullring in brum and that just has single in really now ror yet but they do have a number of 3 packs only WOC ones though !!!
Oh yeah – BUBBA!!!
Forgot about him!!!
Yeah tesco here in the UK are doing a cars promotion!!!!!
cars has its very own promotion end yippee!!!!!
selling story tellers and the storyteller book along with ROR my first mcqueen
New ror movie stunt cars
Mini adventure tractor tippin
Mini adventure firestation loop the loop thing(comes with red)
Bight Lightining storm mcqueen
As of yet they had a bulk load of storytellers in 6 cases looked through all cases no tractor or retro ramone 🙁 fingers crossed soon though!!!!
managed to pick up all semis and dustin and elvis at the disney store!!! they seem to be stocking all the mega sized range now which is a good sign
No haulers as yet that ive seen boo hoo!!!
Bring no more launchers had new ones in tesco but there werent on there system yet so couldnt sell me them grr!!!!
retread and shiny wax
Also seen vitoline and tank coat launchers in Asda here in the uk too…..
yay
peace
james
The UK Disney Store seems to doing its own importing as all the megasize singles they are currently stocking are the US version and not an international version. When the first lot came out earlier this year they were international and had the picture and not the writing on the name plate on the front. All the current ones have the writing on it and it appears to be case E (I think)and has the race code info on the back. The 2 I visited today both got 5 cases in this morning.
So the US dumps their pegwarmers in the UK (not only in Canada).
Now if only Canada can find a place to dump our pegwarmers. WE GOT DIBS ON THE MOON!!!!!
Eh!
I’ve never seen Wedding Day Ramone before…very neat.
Also for UKers Haulers can also be found here in John Lewis
Which haulers are present?
In the wild i have seen Mack, Grey, Chick and Leakless. That is it so far
Well i am yet to see Case E at disney store yet, They have been on offer at £2.50 a single so all that is left on the shelves is………….
You’ll never guess…….
Yes more mcqueens!!!!!!
I would sure like to see a picture of the so called variant Mario Andretti with “yellow” wheels. The normal one released in the U.S. of course was the one with “brown” wheels and then later on with the short cards with the correct “red” wheels. Are we sure this so called “yellow” is really not the “brown”? After all, it is a light mustard brown so it can be mistaken for yellow.
They are the mustard coloured wheels, and these were only available in the early Case A singles, through the Disney Store. The ones appearing in the current case A are red wheels, but they are pretty hard to find, unlike Impound Mcqueen which is warming the pegs in some stores!
The picture shows brand new Mater WITHOUT a hood. The glare on the diecast makes it difficult to verify. Is brand new Mater missing a hood now?
No — just another example of incorrect artwork on the card.
yeah i saw these today in tesco,
they had both retro ramone and tractor on the inside but i couldnt see either on the shelf,
would have bought my nephew a few tractors for his collection so he can play tractor tipping,
going to a big city for the weekend and they have a disney store and a few big department stores, so fingers crossed i find something i want!
just wish they didnt close down the lego store 🙁
I currently can’t find our Sponsorless LMQ; we’re moving next week so yikes!
So the international cases contain exactly the same chase cars as the USA cases. Seems so strange that UK gets these and not Canada. Are there more collectors in the UK than in Canada?
One of the problems with Canada is that packaging needs to (typically) be English/French because of the province I live in -Quebec. Strict language regulations here prohibit anything being sold in Quebec if it does not have bilingual packaging. Believe me, we even have “language police”.
Sometimes, stuff like the unilingual WM exclusives are sold in the rest of Canada, but not here. Most of the time, the rest of the country suffers because of us.
Why Mattel does not make a multi-linugal package for everyone, I will never understand. Maybe because it would make sense?
I think they should go with the multi lingual on the back of ALL packaging and the neat little Picture on the Ticket, with their collector number…wood save them a ton of money in the long term!
(Again, in PD-language) But that wood make sense?
I like the International cardback Cars; I’ve traded for several and have several more pending. Doesn’t the name Cera Brillante sound awesome?
I’m glad to see these are coming to the UK… it would be great if our friends in Canada and Australia could get new Cars too…
Thanks for sharing your photos, Rippers.
HEAR HEAR!!!
I like how Shiny Wax gets a translation, but Retread doesn’t.
Shiny Wax’s translation is in Spanish only. Typically they add at least the French translation as well so that is odd.
Retread translation in Spanish= Recauchutar