Mattel – The Big Tent of Discount is Back Up
Every year, Mattel moves some stuff from their warehouses and puts up a tent near their corporate HQ in El Segundo to make a little extra before re-selling them to consolidators.
This MOTU discount might enrage some – pretty steep … it’s the fabled white box of exclusivity (well, not so much now). Looks like a giant pallet of them.
Surprise, they have Lightning, RT Mater & Finn left over from last year! They probably don’t have much CARS 2 left – there is the mega Mack Raceworld – Mack unfolds into three scenes from CARS 2 – no, it does make much sense. Down from $49 – I think.
If you’re a Toons collector, this makes a nice display for the Wrestling CARS – especially at $14.
This was the big Mattel launch for 2014 – Max Steel – not going so well. No surprise, the cartoon is 100% generic, if Iron Man is not selling so well, how do you expect a character no one has heard of …
And a sign of the times, a white tape over the EXCLUSIVE SNIPE … Walmart?
Next step after the don’t sell at the Mattel Big Tent is a cut rate sale to consolidators/liquidators (who then re-sell to small discount stores/re-sellers) or to discount/outlet chains such as Big Lots (who have their own buyers who buy direct from Mattel) as some remaining cases from 2012 are popping up at Big Lots (NC store – photo by Steve N. – thanks Steve!)
Happy discount holiday shopping!
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6 November 2013
7 Comments
Wow… I knew the MOTUC prices were high. To have deals like that is upsetting to see they’re willing to sell that low while online trying to suck us dry 27.95 a pop, not to mention high shipping costs. Great deal for the closeout buyers. Too bad you have to live out that way to get those deals. Lame.
TjMaxx and Marshalls have been getting the Wheeling wave for months.
Tjmaxx and Marshalls have getting Becky Wheeling cases for months now.
I saw a white box Ghost Busters figure at Big Lots a few weeks ago. I figured it was some type of collector’s item special because of the box.
FYI Disneyland California Adventure had a lot of Star Wars cars at Sarge’s surplus store. I also found. The Time Travel Mater sets there as well as other stores inside the park and at World of Disney store in downtown Disney. Sarge’s was the only place I saw the Star Wars cars as well as the Radiator Springs Racers ride cars and Mater’s Jamboree Tractor.
You can find all of the Star Wars Cars in the shop next to Star Tours.
I figured they were but I didn’t look hard for cars in there. I was looking for the Star Wars potato heads there. 🙂
I mainly looked for cars in world of Disney and cars land.