Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Haulers Update 2009
The whole Hauler distribution plan is its own weird universe.
To save money, Mattel offers them as Direct Import which the large retailers won’t do because they have to arrange and pay for their own shipping so the large retailers just wait until it shows up at Mattel’s warehouse – hence the long time gap.
Timeline Choices:
Direct Import Air Freight
Direct Import Ship Feight
Mattel Warehouse to Retailers
Mattel Warehouse to Everyone
So, a good timeline is TRUNK FRESH. CTC received theirs around May 20th as they pay for air freight. If you Direct Import by ship, you should’ve have gotten it around June 15th. Lenin V. and others report seeing it at WM today so let’s just say June 25th is when it left Mattel’s warehouse so a little over a month from Direct Import to Mattel’s warehouse.
The wildcard is of course, Mattel can decide to create an entirely new case assortment for a retailer as they did a few months ago with the Wally hauler. Basically – you have to pay for shipping … unless your name is WM, Target or TRU – then all bets are off.
CASE F is scheduled to arrive at the beginning of August for Direct Import Air Freight resellers – though with the retailers Back-to-School/Autumn reset right around the corner, it may not be surprising to see the large retailers getting it. We know Target is going to the FINAL LAP/CLASSICS singles in mid August so they might add Haulers to the mix? Or if not – it might be available
NO CASE I
(Car not included).
There are essentially only 5 months left in the year and lots of cases still 7 cases left to go (not counting CASE G) so we might lose a case or have a consolidated case near Christmas but you shoudl pretty much expect all these before 2009 is truly over.
Well, it looks like the Hauler Display case for 2009 will be full by then 🙂
BTW, CTC is having an Independence Day sale on the G CASE at $80 if you order before July 7th.
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1 July 2009
56 Comments
Maybe I missed something about the Target haulers.
But heres a link to be notified with them in one list.
UPC and Item codes too:
Shiny Wax Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – Shine Wax
ASIN: B001Q8K31G DPCI: 087-07-1891
No Stall Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – No Stall
ASIN: B001Q8M7H4 DPCI: 087-07-1891
RPM Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – RPM
ASIN: B001Q8REK4 DPCI: 087-07-1891
Gil Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – Gil
ASIN: B001Q8MB16 DPCI: 087-07-1891
Trunk Fresh Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – Trunk Fresh
ASIN: B001Q8K2S0 DPCI: 087-07-1891
Nitroaide Hauler
Disney’s Cars Toy Hauler – Nitroaide
ASIN: B001Q8K2UI DPCI: 087-07-1891
http://www.target.com/gp/search/176-5912152-4925110?field-keywords=Disney+Cars+Toy+Hauler&url=index%3Dtarget%26search-alias%3Dtgt-index&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=24&y=1
NascarKev,
Now you know how it feels to have some spailing to do. LUCY……………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no worries this is just a fun thing that we’ll be celebrating between us Mattel/Disney/Pixar/Cars/T5ADAY peeps
Don’t burn the BBQ………..:0
I am also working on a block of rooms for this year (if more TFAD Cars Collectors are coming) for M6 on 2424 Hotel circle so we can get a few bucks off on price.
Got a call back on the tailgate grillout verification.
1 hour MAX and can be in the pool area. No Alcohol.
off to staples n office – depot
I have a Martin Project… cant be late or I will have….
summ splaining to do Lucy!!!!
Can We get a head count for how many TFAD people are actually going to be at SDCC? let me know…
So we can have an accurate price on TFAD badges?
nascarnbroncosfans@msn.com
NascarfanKevin,
Yeah, a Cars TFAD tailgate party could be pretty cool if management let’s you. Might depend on the layout of the parking lot and if there’s room in a corner somewhere. There will be many peeps stayin everywhere at all hotels so could be a wildcard.
T5AD badges could be cool. Maybe Met will let you use the Watercolor I gave him as a Christmas present last year. That would look cool in one of those clear plastic thingies that people wear around their necks.
Red material with the Cars logo printed all around it in white? Could say “I’m a Carsoholic” underneath the Matertake5aday logo?
Should be fun, my buddy Dean is coming down from Vegas as well, should be fun. Hope we sell out of our SDCC Mattel/Pixar/Cars Rescue Mater offering.
I’m so jealous!
If we could get Met to provide the header watercolor artwork above in the posts…
The clear holders for these TFAD badges…I can try Office Depot –
Staples for the lanyards and clear pockets like SDCC has, pictured
here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31059714@N06/3684355165/
I will research this today.
Okay… heres the first TFAD badge.
Opinions?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31059714@N06/3686709622/sizes/o/
Chucki mama and others:
Do keep and eye out for TFAD peeps….
others are going to be there.
maybe with Mets permission I can make some full color TFAD Logo badges?
Sounds cool!! Can’t wait to meet you and the other T5AD groupies… 🙂
Dont forget we are going to try a grillout at Motel 6 for TFAD and other Cars collector groups.
I have to clear it with the M6 management
When does Cars 2 come out?
June 2011 is the latest date.
chukiM,
I think I remember hearing from someone that our booth will be all set up by the time arrive but I’m sure it will need some redoing as sometime product could always be shown better.
Come say Hi, I’ll be the guy in the dark blue jacket with the words PIXAR on the front, a present from my friends up @ Pixar 🙂
I will DEFINITELY come by and say HI!!!
chuki mom & shelby,
I will be there Weds for Professional Only opening night as I help set up our booth.
Shelby, the jmor’s avatar I saw was Rescue Mater with the Twins which is what our SDCC Exclusive will be. I may be wrong. Hope that clears things up. Double Red Ransburg finish on Rescue Mater right quick. 🙂
If I volunteered, can I help you set up too? 😀
Ok, phew – that makes more sense!
Case G on CTC?
jmor,
We are off today/tomorrow, Monday I’ll find out when Tachomint is gonna hit retail because I know for a fact that are/will release ALL the Racers EXCEPT for the #84 Apple Racer.
Sure wish we could because we could do some really cool stuff. Arnoldo has basically already hand made everything I’ve pitched minus the acrylic display case 🙁
How do you like them apples? 🙂
BTW, love your avatar, we’ll be selling it like hot cakes at the Con! Hope to see everybody there, come say hi. I’ll either be in front of our Cars display or at the booth where we be selling the one of kind limited edition Art of HeMan book I worked on. Got that task because I’m the last Designer standing in the building that Designed/Developed toys from the Original HeMan line in the early ’80s. Fun times 🙂
My little brother LOVED the HeMan toys ❗
The new Kmart racers are sooo cool! 8) My oldest go to open No Stall with rubber tires for her birthday and can’t wait to build the whole No Stall team complete with hauler + mulitple pitties. 😀 She was so excited to have gotten the Kmart sign on the aisle endcap because the most prominent car was No Stall!
Can’t wait to meet you at SDCC!! Will you be there on Wednesday as well?
You are going to be selling the guy with all the signs hanging off from him (Brian antenna balls or something) at the Con???? That’s Jmor’s avatar – at least what I see. Did I miss something????
I think we, as a team, need to start a mass tantrum where we ALL HOLD OUR BREATH until Tach-O-Mint is released to the masses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O.K., in 3…..2…..1:
Hold your breath!!!
jmor,
I just design the stuff.
I do not control where it goes/when after that. Gotta remember that I’m always chasing the next years product one year ahead of time so once my team is done getting stuff approved other people decide what goes to retail when as it’s old news to me by then. 🙂
acura,
do you think that we will see tach-o-mint this year? and are you saying that besides apple everything will be made into a team hauler set? and im also wondering will you re-release all of the exclusives like N20, sidewall shine, gask-its (is it coming to america) and faux wheel drive? thanks again for all your hard work everything you make is loved in this house anyway 🙂
C’mon Barb, a promise from a toy company? 😉 BTW – Trunk Fresh hit TRU in StL yesterday.
Yes, guess its asking alot but still..:lol:
Good news! Did you get the Trunk Fresh?
yes, I did!
Ladies & Gentlecars,
Team sets are coming, I believe early Fall. Maybe Target only? By the time we’re done with all the racer offerings you’ll be able to recreate Pit Row. All except for the Sacred Apple Offering. The forbidden fruit unless you are Arnoldo 🙂
When, when, when (stamping foot and throwing a tantrum) will we see Tach-o-Mint???
Throwing another tantrum myself, to say that Tach O Mint stays exclusive to the Speedway set!
Mattel promised that there would be Exclusive(s) plural. Which means more than one.
I don’t consider Dale Jr, with his Nitroade body and scowl a “exclusive”.
now that all the racers excluding Apple (which is easy to copy and make a custom of) and Tach O Mint have been announced in some form or fashion.
Its time to hold Mattel’s feet to the fire on their promise of exclusives in the Speedway of the South Set. I bought the set, and well I just want what was the “advertised” push to buy this exclusive. And no I don’t consider the box to be the exclusive…
I think “scowl” face Dale Jr. and maybe Apple will be exclusive. Rev N Go is comming out soon and I hope Apple, Faux Wheel Drive , Gaskits, and Tach o Mint will be avalible in the U.S. non exclusive. But Mattel did say some cars may be exclusive, but there’s only 1,000 in the world. That’s not enough for me to concider released. I hope 36 racers will be avalible in the U.S. non exclusive.
Why are they not including Sidewall Shine with his hauler? I will still get the hauler but I don’t have the car to go with it. Mattel should put the car with the hauler just like they did with the other racer haulers.
Team sets? Good idea!
We could only hope for team sets. But then most of us already most of the racers, lots of pittys and a handful of crew chiefs. But for those that haven’t come out in 3-packs it would be excellent.
Just found Trunk Fresh at TRU about 60 minutes ago. First new thing I have found in eons.
Where are you at??
West Metro Minneapolis, MN. Only one on the shelf though.
If team sets would be released they should include the hauler,car, all of the pittys, crewchief, and a pit box.
Go Stephanie!! My husband found one too at Target!! In So Cal..
so how do you get pictures of things that haven’t been released yet?
i love it by the way!
Great, more Shrinky Dinks!!
Is sidewall coming out as a single anytime soon – not the sendaway kind??
Is there a way to get the Mack, Dinoco, and Chick out of those cases?? The WM’s and Targets are inundated with these and cannot seem to unload them off the shelves!! If there isn’t room on the shelf because of stagnant merchandise, how can you make room for the new stuff?? Haven’t we discussed this one before?
Whoa………..this is like deja vu all over again……….
Completely agree!!!!
i can’t wait for them!especially Paul Valdez
HTB,
Hopefully you feel the incredible need to collect all these Haulers that you’ve only seen for a split second in the film is cause they are nicely Designed in 3-D and are in cool looking packages? 😉
yeah, kind of a rhetorical question.
Is the Sidewall Shine in the picture lenticular? It sure looks kike that.
wow these are great!! im ready for some new ones for sure!!
why is it I have this incredible need to collect all these trucks that are only seen for like a split second in the film?
I have nothing nice to say about Hauler cases from any retailer unless it’s wal mart so I will say nothing at all.
Your mother taught you well. 🙂
Gotta have a Gil, he’s too cool!
isnt it kinda stupid releasing a hauler for a racer that hasnt had a proper release yet?
apart from the people who got him thru the MSOTS or thru the ticket sendaway promotion or thru ebay, noone has him…so most will be a hauler without something to haul!
Which car are you referring to? I know a TON of people who have Sidewall, I got mine so I want a hauler! LOL
Based on the fact that Sidewall Shine is lenticular in that photo, I’d say we’ll see him again around the time his hauler arrives.