I hate that most of all. When people steal broccoli off the top of my diecast cars … I cannot tell you how many of my diecasts are missing broccoli …

It’s just turrible!

I know some creepy guy is in his house staring at his prized collection of plastic brocolli patches … or worse yet, re-selling them on eBay for THOUSANDS?

And of course, returning the car for full value to the store after yoinking off the shrubbery … is tumbleweed shrubbery? Or is it shrubbery remanent? Oh the humanity …

Okay, the real story from reader Alana V. is actually better 🙂

“On December 23rd, I saw a Tumbleweed McQueen at Toys R Us.  Then I saw another one, but it was missing the tumbleweed.  There was a piece of plastic where it looked like the tumbleweed was started, but not completed.  I did not buy it at the time because I only had enough money for one.  My 3 year old son was with me and he really wanted to open the Tumbleweed McQueen, so I bought the correct one.  The more I thought about it, the more it bothered me that I might have found something unique, but I was going away and could not return to buy it.  Well, believe it or not I went back to the same TRU on January 2nd, and it was still there waiting for me!  Take a look at the attached pictures.  I think they are pretty cool!”

Of course, this is really a future release of McQueen …

Slightly Concussed Lightning McQueen

Infectious Head Cold Lightning McQueen

Cactus Lightning McQueen (variant)

Street Lamp Conk Lightning McQueen

Al Dente Lightning McQueen (Italian variant)

Scene Right After the Tumbleweed on Head Scene Lightning McQueen

Head Wound Lightning McQueen

Removeable Tumbleweed Lightning McQueen (variant)

WooHoo, Mattel Saved $.001 Lightning McQueen

Collect Them All?

Thanks for sharing and taking pics Alana V. Thanks for finding an orphan home for poor, poor ready for action but no tumbleweed Lightning McQueen.