Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: And Now For Something Completely Different
This might take take the cake for oddest release …
Who had money on a 2-year old card design turning up in Europe clearly intended for the US market but with the “slight” glut of Supercharged Buzz & Woody on the pegs – this was apparently hidden in some warehouse? And now unearthed?
And they dropped the helmet from the production since most thought their helmet had snapped off (it simply rested on his head) plus adults might choke on the helmet …
(blister shell has no room for helmet)
Very interesting …
See if you can spot the international legalese sticker? Anyone? Anyone?
Very interesting …
Found in France – thanks for the heads up, “David V.” and photos courtesy of “Burn Out.”
Everywhere around the world
They’re not coming to America
Every time that Europe Union’s flag is unfurled (It’s Le Buzz and Le Woody!)
They’re not coming to America
Got a dream to take them there
But helmet-less
They’re not coming to America
Got a dream they’ve come to share in France
They’re not coming to America
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27 May 2010
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Comments appear to be broken on the Kmart Survey page – no way to leave a comment or reply. I’ve looked at the page using Firefox and Safari; no dice. And yet we have comments on these other pages – weird! Squirrels in the works!
Anyway, I took the survey and had lots I wanted to share about it, oh well!
I am surprised that no one came up with Monty Python quips
“Dinsdale?”
“Dinsdale?”
About time eh?!?!?!?
I can’t tell you how many times my lil guy lost that friggin’ globe… I have hidden it to keep in as part of the collection of opened cars… But this is revolutionary – Not Canon though?!?!? Either way – a nice change as we are slowly getting through all the pixar films and he will – and so will his lil sis – be more interested in those character cars that show up at the end of the best carstoon ever made… CARS!!!
Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: And Now For Something Completely Different…>>>>
HOW ABOUT PUTTING SOME DAMN NEW PRODUCT ON THE SHELVES!???
I AM TALKING TO YOU, TARGET!!!!! WALMART!!! TRU!!!
THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT!!!
“How dare you remove a spacecar’s helmet on an uncharted planet! My eyeballs could have been sucked from my sockets!”
Comparing with the one I bough a couple of days ago in the uk, I just noticed, it looks like the helmet on Buzz has been airbrushed off the backing card picture aswell!
Rippers are they WOC cards you are finding?
Yes WOC US packaging, production date 0487EA. The back has an small sticker on the back saying
Caution: Not suitable for children under 36 months. May contain small parts.
IMO Mattel has had an incident with Buzz’ Helmet and had been waiting till the heat died down and stuck a load of disclaimers on them.
Although the other weird thing is the WOC singles that have turned up at all the TRU’s near me, pegs full of DJ, King, Chick Hicks, Dinoco Helicopter (small one), Sheriff, Charlie Checker, Chuki and Darrel Cartrip… NOT ONE LMQ thou??
Mattel Europe must be having a clear out
Thanks for replying. You may be onto something in your explanation about why this is being re released without the helmet. I recall parents glueing the helmet on Buzz when this set came out in 2007 as the helmut would never snap into place and stay on his head with the flimsy little tabs on the back of the helmet.
There were literally pegs full of these on SuperCharged cards left over here in the USA at every single Walmart in my area. So they must have recreated the card on WOC and airbrushed out the helmet and sent to Europe. This set was never released on WOC in the USA, way too many leftovers on SC.
MET:
any news on next Final Lappers artie, bert, etc.? shouldn’t they be out or coming soon?
(MET: No news yet).
Hope not…still haven’t seen them in California!! 😕
I mean..haven’t seen the case F
Haven’t seen Case F here either, Central Ohio. Checked eBay, they have had 18 listings (sold and un-sold) for McQ w/Cone, compared with appx. 63 listings (sold and un-sold) for Wet McQueen. With that many on the pegs they probably won’t order case F.
The spoiler isn’t there anymore!
The three local TRU’s to me in the UK have pegs full of these Buzz and Woody Movie Moments at the clearance price of £2.99 they turned up last week. I went through them all and they all had Helmets
The helmet was my favorite part of the Supercharged set that I opened… no wonder it doesn’t stay on though. I should have one of these coming from the UK in the not-too-distant future.
Yes, need one!
Nice post Met!
Buzz with-out helmet and wings, I’ll have one also, please!
So does this Buzz still have the holes for the helmet? I think there was 1 in front and 2 in the back, its hard to tell from the pictures
yes he has still the 2 holes
How dare they remove a spacecar’s helmet on an uncharted planet! His eyeballs coulda been sucked from their sockets!
(Had to be said!)
Too funny!, but yep, had to be said!
Wait; betcha they’re saving that for lenticular Buzz! Goes from “eyeballs” to “empty sockets” and back…
BTW, I want credit for that one, Mattel! (On second thought, no credit; cash only!)
That is really funny! Although I wanna see Toy Story 3.
Accompagnying this unreleased Movie Moment, is there a variant package for the WOC Mike and Sulley Movie Moment that lists the Buzz and Woody MM on the cardback. I will try to provide you pictures of it…
No thanks; Stig Jr. already has the real Buzz with helmet. Not sure why it wasn’t somehow attached, but he keeps it in his storage case and doesn’t really play with it, so the helmet hasn’t been lost.
What’s next, le Woody avec le chapeau remove?
😆
One error
two error
three error
potato four
And coming soon to eBay for $399.99!
LOL seriously. It is very odd that maybe it is the picture but it looks like they even changed the art on the box to support the new look. I like it and would like one please 🙂