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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: The Scale of Fred

Ah Fred, who knew you could create such problems …

It seems, based on this scene, we got original Fred … but we knew he wasn’t quite right …

It’s been suggested that Fred is a Studebaker Lark though he looks more in line with several Fiats* or its European/Russian knockoffs like the Riva or he’s really a combo of everything … In Wikipedia, Fred is listed as a 1962 AMC Rambler but I don’t see it.

* The Yugo was based on this Fiat.

The problem is that if Fred was really a 1962 AMC Rambler, he would be almost exactly the same length as a Dodge Dart which Rust-Eze is but in this screensnap, he clearly bulkier and more square than streamlined … he’s more like a combo Fiat & the Nash Metropolitan and from the scene above, he’s a short but tall sedan …

But here is talking to Marco & Mario Andretti … he is much more Fiat/Nash like …

Since Marco the Ford Expedition SUV is not out, Dexter Hoover (Ford 150 is about the same size) so new re-scaled Fred is about right - maybe a smidgen small but close enough.

Original Fred’s hoodline was clearly too tall and the rest of him too big.

Re-scaled Fred & McQueen, just about spot on.

Original Fred, clearly too honking big.

The rusting car on the far right is more like a K-car and since Chuck Manifold isn’t out yet, Axel Accelerator is about the same front profile …

Again, re-scaled Fred is just about right sized.

Original Fred - ridiculously large … “Sir, this is not a class one commercial license as you are clearly a giant truck …”

I think this pretty much clinches that re-scaled Fred is scaled just about right. (this is the new ‘oversized’ Mack).

Original Fred … um - some 1:40 scale car? Or maybe Fred was drinking the Rust-Eze as some sort of steroids for cars …

Rescaled Fred & original large XL plastic Mack.

Aye, carumba!

So, I think the evidence is now pretty clear that while we still don’t quite know what kind of car Fred is, clearly he is much closer to the original intended size when we see him next to the other character CARS.

And now, original Fred versus re-scaled Fred …

Still Life - Fred at Rest.

Traffic is getting worse in Radiator Springs …

I hate it when the time-continuum timeline gets messed up and future me & present steroid me arrive at the same time …

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29 Comments »

  1. I like fred EITHER WAY! But he should fit in the helicoptor!

    1st?

    [Reply]

    //Dean
    16 November 2008 at 12:47 pm

  2. Does anyone else thing that Dj is a little too big too?

    (MET: I’ll take a look :-) ).

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    William Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    No.

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    //Roswell
    16 November 2008 at 1:11 pm

  3. Ahhhh . . . a man with more time than he knows what to do with!!

    Thankfully, I like what he finds to do with it!! Wish I had that kinda time!

    The pictures are great. Overall, I think Fred should be about 10% bigger to be perfect, but he is much better than Fred-hulkamania!!

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    Lorri Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    I agree, I think he needs to be a tad taller.

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    //jestrjef
    16 November 2008 at 1:52 pm

  4. Hey,
    Fred, Fred, Fred What about T.J.? The scaling can’t possibly be right on him, can it?

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    collectormom Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    Sarge is way off too

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    //joe-seven
    16 November 2008 at 2:06 pm

  5. LMBO…you had WAY too much fun with this one MET…thanks tho…I am going to stop writing the letter to my Congressman about his…Fred is close enuf…besides…Size doesn’t matter!! ;)

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    buckland-blowouts Reply:
    November 17th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    … Its the RUST that counts!

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    //PirateDad
    16 November 2008 at 2:52 pm

  6. hmmmmm what else could MET post about??????

    How about what the children of certain couples wood look like…The Obvious Ramone and Flo….the not so obvious Flik and Mater!!!

    I suppose, after that alternative dimension, robot overlord post, MET could also delve into the Mating habits of Cars, but that might be pay per view site!!!

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    crazyforcarsakajim Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    How much per month sir Pirate. Please dont charge an excessive amount as us Americans are enduring a recession. Wheres my Discover card so I can buy more cars…

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    Flik'sFriend Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    that little hook up must’ve been in Flik’s drunken stupor!!! ;)

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    //PirateDad
    16 November 2008 at 3:57 pm

  7. I dunno,he doesn’t really seem just about spot on to me even based on all of those comparisons…granted, the original is much bigger than he’s supposed to be, but the new version still doesn’t seem substantial enough. Toss a few more millimeters on there and he’d be perfect (and of course at this size a few millimeters make a lot of difference).

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    //Rich
    16 November 2008 at 4:06 pm

  8. Mater appears to be too small as well! Van and Leroy are slightly bigger than Mater. Fred is right sized now. Red is too small. DJ too big, TJ way to small, Sarge is too big. Dusty and Fillmore are too small; need to be slightly bigger. Axle is too small. Tom is too big.

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    PirateDad Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    [Reply]

    //zachrcer
    16 November 2008 at 4:13 pm

  9. are any more cars scheduled to be enlarged or shrunk?

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    zachrcer Reply:
    November 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    Hopefully a new oversized Mater will come out, a bit bigger than the original!

    [Reply]

    //jammes
    16 November 2008 at 4:33 pm

  10. now we have the bigger packets in the line up, it opens the door for the 400 rv’s, elvis being the first.

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    //jammes
    16 November 2008 at 4:35 pm

  11. DERF!!!FRED

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    //buckland-blowouts
    16 November 2008 at 4:39 pm

  12. HONEY MATTEL “SHRUNK” THE CARS ?

    [Reply]

    //megaheat2008
    16 November 2008 at 6:03 pm

  13. OH , I GUESS THE MINI’S WERE PRACTICE?

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    //megaheat2008
    16 November 2008 at 6:03 pm

  14. I’LL HAVE A MINI,A 1:55,AN OVER-SIZED,AND AN “EL GIGANTICO”, ON THE DOUBLE !!!

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    //megaheat2008
    16 November 2008 at 6:05 pm

  15. Met any details on this? Saw this when I was viewing toywiz website. Disney Store exclusive says on the box. 59.99 is a lot though…Looks like it has Sarge! Wonder if its the 1:55 die-cast line…

    http://disneyshopping.go.com/disney/store/Product_10002_10051_1229589_-1_15000__Toys-Mack-Transporter-with-15-Die-Cast-Cars

    (MET: Nope).

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    buckland-blowouts Reply:
    November 17th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    TOMICA? Right?

    [Reply]

    //Jinzo
    16 November 2008 at 6:56 pm

  16. I think of Fred in a whole new light….Thanks Met!!

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    //PistonDad69
    16 November 2008 at 7:36 pm

  17. Fred would make a great bite-sized chocolate, NON!?!?!?

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    mia, tia and njm Reply:
    November 17th, 2008 at 7:25 am

    I’ll have a bag of those, please! And don’t wait for Christmas. Now!!

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    PirateDad Reply:
    November 17th, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Save me some mia, tia and njm!!! Fredolicious!!

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    //buckland-blowouts
    17 November 2008 at 2:04 am

  18. “Fredolicious”~ now that’s not a word you hear everyday….

    [Reply]

    //Flik'sFriend
    17 November 2008 at 4:00 pm

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