Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Play & Race Launcher Townie Playsets
There was a hint a few months that townie playsets are coming back in some form … now, we have details and a few photos …
“Ride into Luigi’s Casa Della Tires Shop to keep your wheels in champion shape or cruise into Cozy Cone Motel for some R & R with other racers. Each iconic location features whimsical elements, jumps, ramps or loops plus multiple play areas and options for 6 different configurations! Multiple connection points also allow kids to connect with other play sets, accessories and transporters in the Story Sets system for more ways to expand the creative, storytelling play!”
They connect to each other AND it seems they are selling tracks separately called “track packs.”
It looks like there will also be a Mater Tow Yard, Race Pit stop one (which might be cool) and a Radiator Springs Speed Trap set … plus this (plastic) Frank and Tractor Tippin’ one …
“Escape From Frank Track Set … this engaging play set features Tractor Tippin’, backward driving and Frank the giant combine harvester! Using a kid-powered booster, cars launch out forwards and backwards just like Mater does in the film! Take one of two possible tracks and speed around the fields. Race through a huge loop or try to tip two tractors. Be careful and quick, or the fence at the end of the track may drop revealing a large, menacing Frank! When he pops out to scare Lightning McQueen and Mater, he exposes a huge jump! Cars can blast down the track one last time, aim for the jump and fly over Frank to safety, or miss and get trapped below. This iconic set is modular for diverse reconfiguration and even more creative ways to play! Its multiple connection points also allow kids to connect with other play sets, accessories and transporters in the Story Sets system, to further expand the movie themed adventures. Connect, collect and create … Tractor Tippin’, forward or backward driving and Frank the giant combine harvester! • Huge loop, two track options and a kid-powered launcher blasts cars into the field! • Tractors tip over as you drive by! • Frank hides behind a fence until cars trigger his reveal. Try to jump over him without being trapped below. • Track set connects to others in the Story Sets line to build out the world of Radiator Springs.”
So, these playsets look like a huge commitment and essentially a re-launch … What do you think?
13 August 2014
7 Comments
Why oh why do they insist on making flipping track sets!!! Kids and collectors alike would LOVE to have just the town buildings that the cars can drive into!!! Come on, stop over thinking it Mattel.
And the real question is; do these things have more than a five minute playtime appeal? I think not …
Well that’s not what I was hoping for at all…
Fillmore said it best.
Oh well, I am glad I have my originals and the Luigi’s diorama which is movie accurate that my grandson made.
Some one at Mattel should go to CarsLand and look at the real Radiator Springs, duplicate it in scale and then make it. Sell on dead Matty’s collector site, or Toys R Us. Or sell it as a SDCC Collectors playset like what was done this year with the Alien’s playset, which sold out.
Thanks, Mattel, for completely shattering all hopes I had for the return of realistic Radiator Springs buildings.. I guess eight and a half years wasn’t long enough of a wait. Can’t wait to see these gather dust on the shelves like every other playset.
However, I guess they aren’t horrible.. The Cozy Cone one looks cool, and the Tractor Tippin’ one could be as well. (another plastic Frank..)
I’ll definitely buy Fillmore’s tent if they make that one!
Semi-horrible.
New playsets… I was hoping for buildings along the lines of the original 4 from Toys R US… a full Radiator Springs would be awesome… Depending on the price I might get the Cozy Cone and possibly Mater’s Tow Yard (I have the Disney store version).