Mattel Disney Pixar CARS 2 Diecast: Shop Around For a Surprise Find
Mark F. found these at Kroeger’s (supermarket) so sometimes it pays to check out supermarkets that offer a toy selection …
And the price of $3.99 is not bad … places like Walgreen’s and CVS will also get stocked by third party distributors who jack the price up to $7-$10 per single diecast …
Probably not worth an extra trip but if you’re there for Walgreen’s Scotch, Depends and a 10-lb Jar-Jar Binks cannister of knockoff Cheese Balls*, wander over and take a look …
* That was my last cart … just saying …
Of course, Mark F apparently also lives in some weird land where Kmart’s get restocked and has the latest CARS items – even the bandaged plane?! Wow. Is this store next to corporate HQ?
Thanks for the nice photos, “Mark F.” Nice shopping score!
metroxing
16 November 2012
Disney Pixar, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3
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Our Wegmans has no Cars, tons of Hot Wheels and Matchboxes, but no Cars.
I will have to hit Kroger when I’m in Georgia at Christmas, there’s one on every corner.
Our grocery store used to be a great source of CARS; Stig Jr. got the entire first set there, including Lizzie. But of course, that was then, this is now, and they’ve not only been besieged with the same pegwarmers as the Target/WM/TRU but have since cut their already-miniscule toy section by half and haven’t ordered any CARS at all since May 2011.
WOW! Love the sight of Prince on a shelf … no signs of that here … I guess I need to widen my grocery store search! LOL
It seems like the non-major retailers like Wegmans and Kroger’s are getting stuff lately… it’s amazing how these guys are doing better than WM and Target!
Sweet! Planning on a car run tonight without the kids. Should cover more ground.
Found a Galloping Geargrinder @ Jewel\Osco grocery store the other day.
Saw a few elusive Finn @ CVS going for $7.99. I don’t get it. Who prices this stuff? I could understand if it was 10 or 20% higher but over 60% higher than TRU?
(MET: Basically they just take what the ‘rack jobber’ charges them and double it … since they rarely devote more than 1 peg to CARS, they figure it’s an emergency when you shop there so …).
I heard about toffman’s Kroger find so I checked out a couple different Kroger stores this week… the local one had loads of Take Flight for $6.99 each – Aviator Mater, Autonaut Mater, Autonaut McQueen, Stu Bop, and Rescue Chopper… the other one had just Finn and Mater singles and Submarine Finn Deluxe.
Kinda reminds me of a couple of small UK stores that have a tiny toy selection! as they dont get huge amounts of stock then sometimes they have the latest cars on the shelf. Great selection!
Hey Met,
I found the Deluxe case R at a King Soopers (also Kroger)
Here’s a link to the pic:
http://i48.tinypic.com/2im58af.jpg