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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Mini Adventures TREV DIESEL TRAIN-Resistence is Futile

You know, the longer you hold out, the harder you have to work to complete your MINI set …

You’re still going to resist?

And not buy the 16 MINIS to fit into the “Trev Carrying Case?”

With rolling wheels!

Trev in case you don’t remember is a 1949 EMD Trevithick Electro-Diesel Locomotive. (named for Richard Trevithick who built the first steam engine locomotive) that McQueen races across a crossing …

Can you resist?

BTW, here’s is the MINI visual checklist of everything out (not including the latest shipment or the 9-piece box) and the SD Comic Con MINI roundup.

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29 Comments »

  1. no i shouldn’t, but i can’t…

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    //John
    18 August 2008 at 1:45 am

  2. Cannot….resist!

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    //Harry B
    18 August 2008 at 3:10 am

  3. Thanks a lot Mattel!!!

    I’ve been able to resist buying all the Minis for my son….until now!

    When he sees that train carrier, he’ll do his puppy dog eyes routine and the “please, please, please” will start…I know I’m going to cave.

    (sigh)

    Luckily, the Minis are so darn cute! :)

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    //fiddleheads
    18 August 2008 at 5:24 am

  4. Fortunately….I can! If I start on the mini craze, I will have to add an additional wing to the additional wing for the diecasts!!

    Very, very cool though!!

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    //Mr. T
    18 August 2008 at 6:31 am

  5. On my buying trip this weekend I kept putting the minis back, telling my family to focus on the diecast….arrhgghghh…I don’t think I am strong enough….maybe we will be lucky and they will have been painted with lead paint and recalled!!! Course then we will just want them more, cuz we can’t have them!!!!

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    //Shanon
    18 August 2008 at 7:42 am

  6. All right I have held off as long as I could on the mini’s, but this carrier takes the cake! The only issue I have is getting the normal paint jobs of the mini’s. I am not a big fan of all the “different” paint jobs that were not in the movie.

    My name is Chad Morgan and I am a Cars-O-Holic. I have had this dissorder for 10 months and 3 days now. The only problem is I don’t think there is a cure and I don’t want to know what it is if there is one…

    Whew, glad I got that off my chest!

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    //cptnmorgan_1972
    18 August 2008 at 9:08 am

  7. Shanon, I have held out on these too. Then they came out with the Banshee play set, and Banshee needed more than one car to eat. And the drive in little race track is real cute, and all of the newer stuff that sticks more to the original designs and color— resistence is FUTILE. I am a sick, sick woman. Epecially when it involves a cute tidy carry case.(I have six of the original race track ones with the stickers removed and properly labled with the proper car for the spot). I need help. But I also need the new trev deisel. My name is Mary and I’M a cars- a -holic .

    (MET: Don’t forget - you can get 6 at WM for only @10.99 - a huge savings over the previous pricing - like 40% off! :-) )

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    //Mary
    18 August 2008 at 9:43 am

  8. I was hooked on these the first time I saw them. And I thought Mini Mack was cool; this is awesome!

    I don’t mind that they have Cars that don’t look like they did in the movie. I think it gives the toys more staying power and it gives kids a chance to use their imagination making up stories about Lizzie working on LMQ’s team or Fillmore creating a big festival that everyone gets dressed up for.

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    //collectormom
    18 August 2008 at 9:45 am

  9. I just can’t help smiling when I read these posts…thanks everyone for sharing your addiction, admitting itt is the first step….and thanks Met for providing the church basement for our meetings!

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    //Shanon
    18 August 2008 at 10:00 am

  10. OMG that is the cutest thing EVER!

    My Fillmore’s Festival set is complete except for the last two packs that will be coming out and I am just starting my Race Rods and Tunerz.

    Banshee is a lot of fun to play with.

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    //Monica
    18 August 2008 at 10:05 am

  11. omg !!!! I want one !!! How much will it cost though ?? It only carries 16 and I have about 24 so I bset buy 2 !!!!!

    (MET: No pricing or a release date but I imagine it’ll be around or less than $20 and might be out (logically) by this holiday season).

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    //macoos33
    18 August 2008 at 10:08 am

  12. that is WAY out of scale
    but WAY cool

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    //djbennett22
    18 August 2008 at 10:12 am

  13. When I first saw the mini’s I was thinking that they were not my sort of thing and that they were pull backs (I hate pull backs) !!! but I soon started collecting them because the are so cute !!! I coudn’t resist !!!! I now have over 20 and am still collecting so thumbs up to mattel on creating these fantastic cars !!!!!!!!!!!

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    //macoos33
    18 August 2008 at 10:17 am

  14. Wouldn’t it be great if Mattel made passenger cars and a caboose to attach to the back Trev. Then you’ll have to buy more Minis to fill up all the extra train cars. :)

    (MET: Great minds think alike … if Trev sells well … let’s just say you might need another 16-MINI’s … :-) ).

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    //fiddleheads
    18 August 2008 at 10:29 am

  15. Awesome, my daughter already has enough to fill it. She’s going to love that.

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    //Captain Chunk
    18 August 2008 at 10:49 am

  16. Wow, I was upset at Mattel at first for making all these silly different paint jobs, but no longer!

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    //coolstuff4uusa
    18 August 2008 at 11:35 am

  17. Great suggestion Fiddleheads. I wonder if Mattel reads this board. In case they do I WOULD BUY ALL OF THE TRAIN AND THE MINIS TOO. Thanks for the shopping tip Met. We’re off to Walmart as soon as kindergarten gets out.

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    //Mary
    18 August 2008 at 12:36 pm

  18. very cool, but i wish he wasnt a carrier! i dont think im going to get him as id like to keep my mini line exclusive… if, that is, we ever get any new ones over here.

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    //sunhuntin
    18 August 2008 at 2:29 pm

  19. Oh soooo cute! Help, I don’t buy minis. I don’t buy minis. I don’t…..

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    //Micky
    18 August 2008 at 3:09 pm

  20. Good luck Micky, I said almost the exact same thing about six months ago I think. Met’s right, resistance is futile, they are way too cute.

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    //Monica
    18 August 2008 at 4:28 pm

  21. I can resist this, as I do not like the mini’s….

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    //Will V
    20 August 2008 at 8:02 pm

  22. i need aboutt 10 of them!

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    //ALEX
    21 August 2008 at 3:41 am

  23. minis are rubish

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    //adam
    21 August 2008 at 12:09 pm

  24. Will and Adam, I didn’t like them either, but they give me something else to hunt for in the regulsr Cars off seasons. Now they have grown on me. I try to stick with the original type. Anyway you can try to resist. Have you seen the new trailers yet?

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    //Mary
    21 August 2008 at 12:46 pm

  25. MUST RESIST… ITS NOT FUTILE. MATTEL WANTS ALL MY MONEY!

    Hey its actually easy to resist…every time I think about jumping in I just remember all the made up paint jobs and start laughing… WHAT WERE THEY THINKING! PASS!

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    //Dean
    22 August 2008 at 5:29 pm

  26. Found the Mini 9pk today at WM. I just couldn’t resist. The Tunerz are so cute!! I think we have enough Minis now to fill up Trev. :)

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    //fiddleheads
    22 August 2008 at 6:47 pm

  27. Hooray! I’ve been waiting for new minis. Hope I find the 9pack this weekend. I love the tunerz and racerods.

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    //Monica
    22 August 2008 at 11:23 pm

  28. do not buy them they are eating your diecast collection

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    //adam
    24 August 2008 at 3:18 am

  29. My son and I have all of the minis and playsets. THIS IS SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! Can’t wait!

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    //marlaine8
    27 October 2008 at 1:41 pm

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