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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: I See Red CARS

“Hey look, I’ve worked here for 3 weeks and I’m telling you, this is the complete line … those pictures on the back are coming next year.”

“What do you mean we have a poor selection? We got 200 CARS in stock.”

“Sure, I’ll put out CASE H - as soon as we sell these CARS.”

“My toy manager lost in liar’s dice … All our Haulers are in the Poughkeepsie store.”

“I think the Ferrari is the CHASE car, there’s only one here … it’s the red one”

“The green CARS? They’re in the green section of the store … haven’t you visited the new Walmart?”

“We’re the leading edge of technology and information retail systems. We can tell how fast a truckload of Gillette Fusion razors are traveling across Interstate 10 … don’t you DARE imply that this is out of order - this is EXACTLY how we ordered them … besides, a red CAR is a red car …”

“No, we have no Banshees …”

“This is Chick Hicks country!”

“Too may Lightning McQueen’s? How can there be too many Lightning McQueen’s?”

“Yes, this is the rarely ordered 208-piece M1054-999Z box with 206 Lightning McQueen’s, one Ferrari F430 and one Sarge … and we can’t sell you that one.”

“You did cross the border in Canada, why?”

Thanks for the pic, Teal048 but sadly this WM’s computer will show 220 CARS so this store might not be getting any more singles for a while. Time for the toy manager to call in their Mattel rep for an adjustment …

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24 Comments »

  1. That’s how my box looks like sometimes depending on how I put them back in. Nice Met. Target looks like that too. LOL :-D

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  2. BULLS-EYE !!!

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  3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I saw 2 KB toy stores that looked like this over the weekend!! What a joke!!

    I think LENIN could use these to make some sweet Santa McQueens!!

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    Lenin Reply:

    LOL We can have all the variations Tongue Santa MQ BugMouth Santa MQ Tar Santa MQ or you can make your own Tar Santa with the ones we send and a sharpie but you get the idea.

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    jammes Reply:

    “chimney tar” santa mcqueen.

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  4. At least this store has them on an endcap!

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  5. 1 of the 4 Walmarts I stopped at this weekend had over 100 diecast Cars. 8 were various Lightning McQueens, and the rest were Al Oft and Cactus McQueen - most of those were the original Walmart exclusives, a few with New, and the rest without New. No wonder some of the Walmarts never got the Walmart exclusives - they were all at this store.

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  6. I think its time they retire the older McQueen models or limit them to one per box.

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    racerguyinsd Reply:

    Yeah, you think? No, we don’t have enough Bug Mouth McQueen’s; after all, there are 2 new collector’s that just joined that don’t have them yet, so we should put 2 in every new case to make sure they get them, right? Wow. If I didn’t love Cars so much, I would join the ever-increasing crowd of collectors leaving this ill-fated line. Hopefully, Black Friday will mark the time when things will start turning around.

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  7. MET, I think you forgot a couple:

    “Don’t worry, we’re expecting a new shipment of Green and Yellow Ramones any day now”

    and

    “Hi, I’m Satan, and welcome to HellMart”

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    PirateDad Reply:

    whhaaaa haah hhhhaaaaa !!!!!

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  8. I used to live in Poughkeepsie; sure is a long drive from El Paso!

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  9. Wow, that surprises me. Even my local WM (a total failure) has a better selection than that! (although they haven’t stocked for about a month, which, strangely, is a repetitive pattern around here… :D

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  10. The Walmart that I visit has over 300 of assorted Mcqueens on a display just like that but more condensed. Every time I went down to find new cars I felt like Moses parting the Red Sea looking for a different color.

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  11. I tink I’ve seen enough of McQueen for one day. Why don’t they make someone like Flo the star of Cars 2, someone who only has one variation.

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  12. Yep, Mattel is killing a hot Disney toy property with their lousy case selection. It’s the same all over in western Washington State. Although, I would say we are better off. Two of the local Wal*Mart actually have depleted inventory, i.e., maybe less than a dozen Cars each. Fred Meyer at one store actually dragged out their stand alone display and loaded it up with many castings, although yours truly had previously acquired them. People were actually picking up half a dozen or so while I was standing there. I saw several Axle’s at various Walgreen’s.

    It’s time for Mattel to Impound McQueen in their mainland China warehouse.

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  13. i have an idea for a case 16 mcqueens lol j/k

    how about
    1tex
    1 yeti
    1 flo (come on every1 has a single let her already)
    1 dale jr.
    1 bob cutlass
    1 dexter hover
    1 sally cone
    1 tank coat pitty
    1 rpm crew cheif
    1 luke pettlework
    1 dj
    1 SARGE (HMM)guess he is in iraq
    1 race damaged king
    1 spinout mcqeen
    1 ron hover
    1 noman dunes
    1 earl filter

    yea i know shelves would be empty couldnt have that.mattel should find out about this site im sure they seen it tho.
    and let all the new collectors get the mcqueens and ramones off ebay for 99cents

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  14. Let’s not forget TRU. My TRU looks like this WalMart, except not so many cars. So if I want to order another promo car, I’ll have to buy 5 assorted McQueens :-(

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  15. do you want photos from italian stores? it’s better not……..

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  16. Oh look, I wanted to make a McQueen garland for my tree this year. This is the place I have to go!

    If you took those to the aisle they sell fabric and hide them behind all the rolls would they notice?

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  17. Hey Met and everyone.
    I went to my local TRU which recently had about 10 ROR case A and was so exited to spot 4 yes 4 case B on the floor. SO I proceeded to ask someone to open for me and they did. As Im looking at the box looking for impound boost I don’t see him (I’m looking at the side of the cars without pulling any out) but I do see Snot Rod so I think maybe they put Snot Rod instead of boost on this one so I pull him out and what do I find??? WOC this were 4 WOC base B’s about a year late I think. It was laughable really so I walked away empty handed but I did have that adrenalin rush for about 20 secs. I guess it’s better than nothing.

    (MET: It’s like 2007 all over again!).

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    megaheat2008 Reply:

    LENIN I have to chime in here on the east coast I scored 2 rons 1 kathy and impound mcqueen and axle …..so 2 more case “b” b-as it may 2007 case “b” lol……but I scored KA-CHOW thanks to TRU !

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    Lenin Reply:

    Nice Score thanks for the trade BTW

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    megaheat2008 Reply:

    YOU ARE WELCOME,ANYTIME !

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