Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Be Sold on the Very First One – Shop Around!
Ah, the freedom of the suburban open road shopping …
Walmart Reset … Um, I’ve seen better …
As from the last post, it looks like Sears is re-introducing a toy department … maybe it’s not all over the country but definitely on the West Coast Sears, it was down to a lonely shelf of Fisher Price toddler toys before this …
I did not show up for the “Grand Opening,” though I’m pretty my local Sears had a soft opening a while back as I was last there 3 months ago? And they had some CARS stuff and some non-toddler toys already …
Singles (lenticulars) were $3.99 and everything else was a few bucks more than at Target or WM but still nice to have another retailer selling toys …
And a few feet away by the registers?
Yep, remnants of the Kmart CARS Day II CARS. Guess I’ll have to check out this Sears before the next CARS Day …
And yes, they have GeoTrax also back in toys.
Then a burger, fries, a smoothie later, I had the strength to walk to the middle of the mall.
The Disney Store!
Plenty of Franks. That Lightning McQueen bank (far right) made of resin is pretty cool but I’ll wait for a sale. (the 25% is only for clothes). While we have done a post on the “RC” Courthouse, they now have an RC Luigi’s which is actually a pretty good scale for the 1:55 CARS as the Mattel playsets are a skoosh small. But I’ll wait for the 50% off sale.
So, happy shopping days and daze … remember, one school supply for the kids, 1 item for you.
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9 August 2009
21 Comments
where can i see the particapating store location list for the august 15 event?
is it going to be at all west coast sears?
(MET: It was a generic flyer in the Sunday paper with room on the back for store addresses – in our area, it was 4 stores with about an 60 miles radius …).
all my sears has is a rack but i didnt care when saw those kmart cars
In the photo of the remaining Cars from Kmart Day #2, there is a sign showing Tar Lightning Mcqueen. Has he been recalled? Thanks.
wow, wish I lived near a real town with real stores.
hey every one! I just went by my trusty Walmart and talked to my girl (toys manager) and she said they are resetting for Christmas starting next week. It should be interesting to see what they will have as far as new cars or stock goes. It would be nice to see some new stuff.
1956 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles…Shop Around..
Love Met’s blog titles..
I guess the LSMQ from last year was a lil’ bit more special, it bein’ the first one and all…
Plus McQueen is the star of the movie…
Can’t wait thirty years though, for them to finally make a ransburg-rust Fred with removable bumper!
Hey there Almighty Dude-Met-Dude,
I guess Matty will make as many of those Fireman Maters from SDCC as they can sell and THEN call it a “1 in ###” collectable?
…Or do they have a set number they are makin’ that we don’t know about yet?
(MET: No, they have a set number and they are done with the manufacturing … but I guess there’s less hoarding going on … but 6-14 months from now, it’ll be like Sidewall Shine – where was you then? :-/ ).
I was told at SDCC by a very reliable source that there were 8000 sets produced. 4000 for SDCC and Matty gets the other 4000 plus any leftovers from SDCC.
I was at the Disney store today!!!
(I wanna shoot myself right now as I think about what I am about to write…)
We went for the little ones, but I quickly let on that there might be a new super-super-sized Frank mullin’ around…
The wifey was kinda happy kinda ambivalent… He wasn’t there – Sad enough.
But then I saw a Lightyear tire lookin’ thang! It was a carryin’ case for 18 cars that actually made room for Mater and the other greaters!!!
It opens up to reveal two trays – one on top of the other – And the price was average – $24.99 CND…
But Wifey admitted we would need at least three if not four for all of his cars and that they would just take up room as opposed to the nice ten by ten box b=we have on the floor we a stock-pile of cars jammed together!
So we didn’t get it – That hurts.
BUT I DIDN’T EVEN TAKE A PICTURE OF IT FOR YOU DUDES!!!
That’s the part that hurts me the most. I don’t remember seein’ them before and I think I have more than one reason to go back and pick one up…
(MET: The tire carrying case has been covered & out a while so I did not bother to mention it).
Coo!
Still wants one!
if you need frank in the disney store and they do not have it ask them thats what i did they have 100 in the back. most stores did not put them out yet but they have them
The last time Sears had anything decent for toys was maybe 2 years ago, when I went there, and that was where I found my Dale Jr. and a couple others at the time.
Though my favorite collecting find/moment was when I was stumbling home from an office Christmas party, and stumbled into a Walgreens where in my drunken stupor, I purchased Fred and Mario Andretti.
Though I will say the lenticular massing onto shelves makes collecting a bit less interesting, when your choices are narrowed down to specific stores.
(MET: I believe you pass the sobriety test … now if you had bought a porcelain dog and $73 dollars of jerky, then you were really out of it 🙂 ).
Check out this interesting lot on ebay:
Search item #390078157690.
It’s Rev ‘N Go with rubber tires.
How’d that get loose?
someone left the back door open at the factory again . .. jeez
Hi I saw that one too together with 4 other piston cup racers all with rubber tires!These are supposed to be the new racers for the 3rd CARS day the guy selling them is adogcalledzero how he allready got them is A mystery!So the total for rubbertire piston cup racers is up to 14 now!Bet they are going to make all the racers like this!!Other news from Belgium:the megasize finally arrived cost 14,95 euro that is about 20 dollars!!!!!!ough!!!!!!prize of the normal single cars is up to 7 euro about 10 dollars!!!megaough!!!greets INDY!
Met, what was the sticker price on these Franks? Was it the same $19.50 that you photographed at SDCC?
(MET: Yes, $19.50 – not at SDCC though – not that it really matters).
i went to sears today! and they had the deer in the headlights look hah and said they wont have a toys section until at least october 🙁 bummer lol hopefully she didnt know what she was talking about LOL 😀
what ever happened to those kmart kars from carla l? never heard from her nor did I see if they were traded/sold
wow, its like some sort of dream…cars that met has blogged about are actualy on the shelves!
usualy my brain deletes old unaccessed memories way before anything new hits the shelves,
nice…
guess I was right about the Kmart cars =)