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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Gift 3-Packs Update FINALLY!

Presumably with the switchover from card design to mini box, that explains the apparent hibernation of the 3-packs just as they were getting interesting …

Here is a sample pic of what the Chick Hicks Pitty’s & Mater box will look like when it gets released in early 2009.

The bad news is that Sparemint 3-pack looks to have been pushed back in line and won’t appear in the US for several more cases. It’s still on the list - only at the bottom of the new list.

Instead, ready to ship in a few weeks, CASE B.

B CASE:

Guido, Luigi & Whitewalls McQueen (2)
Dinoco Mia, Dinoco Tia & Dinoco McQueen (2)
Chick Hicks, The King & Finish Line Lightning McQueen (2)

And the others in this order will be all starting in early 2009 …

NEW C CASE:

Bruiser Bukowski, Wide Chick Pitty, & Mater (2)
Dinoco Showgirl #1, Dinoco Showgirl #2 & Lightning McQueen (2)
Chick Hicks, Chick Phase “Green” Mia & Chick Phase “Green” Tia (2)

sorry, no pics yet of the Dinoco Showgirls …

NEW CASE D:

Dexter Hoover (with CHECKERED FLAG!), Lightning McQueen & Race Damaged King (2)
Others TBD

Beyond CASE D, there is no official case configurations - so Sparemint 3-pack is way down the line as of now. That could change but the Sparemint 3-pack is definitely not scheduled for release in the next few months.

(in other words, as soon as you open the singles pack of your Kmart Sparemint, the 3-pack will show up).

 

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43 Comments »

  1. Did the sparemint WOC ever come out?

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    collectormom Reply:
    December 1st, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    Read above

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    pw_cc_runner Reply:
    December 1st, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    lol how did I miss that, i r smrt

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    collectormom Reply:
    December 1st, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    You must have had OOOOOH first!! on your mind :)

    I wonder how much more Mattel will charge for these now that there is more packaging.

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    pw_cc_runner Reply:
    December 1st, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    I just look at all the pretty pictures.

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    pdas1996 Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 am

    Hey, so do I!

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    Twiggy Reply:
    January 6th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    It must have, because I saw a couple on E-Bay but they were listings in the UK.

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    //pw_cc_runner
    1 December 2008 at 9:06 pm

  2. I opened my Sparemint as soon as I got it, what’s the hold up?!

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    buckland-blowouts Reply:
    December 1st, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    Sparemint should be the collector’s Fave. One spare… One mint!

    I have one at work in my locker to remind me of happier times!…

    Oh yeah - got mail to open I forgot about… Those e-bayliens know how to brighten my day!!!!!

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    Brown Fury Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 am

    I hadn’t thought of it that way, way to think outside the box/bubble!

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    //Brown Fury
    1 December 2008 at 9:16 pm

  3. cannot wait.
    just more to the collection

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    //chaisson
    1 December 2008 at 9:55 pm

  4. Gotta love that marketing. Lets see how can we get more King, Hicks and McQueens out there. Oh I dunno instead of putting together a logical 3 pack with Race Damaged King, Dexter, and say oh I don’t know Finish line McQueen we will throw in another LMQ. As we say in the NE area they are wicked smart.

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    //L8rM8r
    1 December 2008 at 10:23 pm

  5. Now the Chick and Mia/Tia set would be ideal- if Chick had his ‘Thunder’ sticker on his front right fender.

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    //Mike H.
    1 December 2008 at 10:43 pm

  6. Canadian-Dudes are likely to expect the exclusive release of Elvis…

    Yeah right.

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    //buckland-blowouts
    1 December 2008 at 11:28 pm

  7. I hope Dexter comes with this “shock” expression and not the smile from the single

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    Roswell Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 am

    i think mcqueen should have a more shocked/sad/angry expression too, rather than using the same old…boring…overused model thats been used for 90% of mcqueens released.

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    Roswell Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 2:49 am

    see, prime example; out of the 7 3-packs shown here,
    mcqueen is in 5 of them, and 4 of them uses the same model mcqueen, how many more damn mcqueens does mattel want us to buy???

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    Jinzo Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 am

    Same thing I was wondering… I’ve lost count on how many Mcqueens I have now. I don’t even count them anymore. Met you should update your McQueen checklist you did a while back. Think last time there was 99 or so McQueens… LOL :-D

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    //collectormom
    2 December 2008 at 12:35 am

  8. No more Team Shiny Wax 3-packs? Got mine a while ago and it was coming apart due to the glue issue. No news for re-release again? Wasn’t Team Sparemint was going to come out the same time as Team Shiny Wax?

    (MET: Team Shiny Wax is still on the list so it too will get revised to the box 3-packs but not for a while).

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    Monica Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Team Shiny Wax was in the last case with Leakless and No Stall.

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    Micky Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    What about Team Spearmint? Was that ever out in a 3 pack?

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    Micky Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    I just checked ebay again and a guy from Singapore is selling Team Sparemint for $25.99 + 11.99 shipping. Too much for me :-(

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    Jinzo Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Saw that too on ebay. Nobody else seems to have it. This will be the best way for the Piston cup racers to be made. Piston Cup Racer, Pitty, and Crew Chief. Come on Mattel what are you waiting for!

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    //Jinzo
    2 December 2008 at 2:50 am

  9. Case B sucks!

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    Monica Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Totally!

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    PirateDad Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Yeah BUT case C is Terrific!!!5 NEW cars plus we did not have the Bruiser for PirateSon to open, bonus!

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    //Re-Volting Rich
    2 December 2008 at 6:48 am

  10. Met,

    Was the Sparemint 3 pack ever released? I bought the Shiny Wax 3 pack on ebay a while ago but haven’t seen the Sparemint.

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    //Micky
    2 December 2008 at 7:41 am

  11. guuuuuesssssss wwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhhooooosssssssssss bbbbbbbaaaaaaaacccccccckkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i finallyy have a computer again after all these long months and months without cars=[ what did i miss?

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    PirateDad Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Mattel declared bankruptcy…moral bankruptcy!!

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    //djbennett22
    2 December 2008 at 11:32 am

  12. I am loving the Chick Fans Mia and Tia!!

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    Flik'sFriend Reply:
    December 3rd, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    but the girls look like they are afraid to admit that they like Chick!!!

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    //PirateDad
    2 December 2008 at 12:17 pm

  13. wide chick pitty - how pc of mattel. any word on the release of these “new cars” in the 3 packs as singles too?

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    //kd
    2 December 2008 at 1:10 pm

  14. about three weeks ago a guy from singapore had the sparemint three pack on woc on a buy it now for like 20 bucks. i forsaw this mess happening so i bought it for my kid. on kmart day i decided not to get the sparemint and shiny wax singles because i had ordered the case g from ctc. i asked ctc about case g and never heard anything so i kind of figured this was going to happen. o well he has the shiny wax and sparemint three packs for christmas.

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    //juicepirate05
    2 December 2008 at 1:31 pm

  15. Eventually you will be able to recreate the entire Piston Cup Pit Row..Pitty’s, Crew Chiefs on War Wagon’s, Lollipops’ with Number’s, all of it.

    Carefull what you wish for because it’s coming on a slow boat from China, pun intended. Hold on to your drivetrains as it’s coming…….as is Matty.

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    PirateDad Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    HAHAHA Matty is …nevermind…insert your own joke here!!

    I would LOVE to see Matty filled with cool stuff like the Sweet LSLM!! Bring it on!!

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    //acuransx
    2 December 2008 at 8:05 pm

  16. PirateDad,

    SDCC LSMCQ is done as a run as that what makes him collectable. That was our first SDCC Disney-Pixar Cars offering and much was learned from it.

    Next years SDCC will be even more compelling, the question will be IF nascarbroncofan will attempt yet another SDCC Cannon Ball Run one more time ;}

    As we all know, he did pay the price taking one for the team…….

    Gotta think of a better way to do it next year, stand by to stand by.

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    PirateDad Reply:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    NascarFan can borrow my forklift for next yer, beyond that… Don;t worry we’ll think of something!! Bring on the NEW One…this is exciting news!!

    Cannonball run…NascarFan as Burt Reynolds, now I really am LMBO!!

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    //acuransx
    2 December 2008 at 8:36 pm

  17. Well, loosing track here, time for a Met blog on
    Crew Chiefs, Pittys, racers.
    Which ones are out, in what packaging.

    I just wish that Mattel would continue the great 3 pack arrangement
    of Crew Chief, pitty and racer. Would make collecting these much simpler.

    And they would sell well. Not become peg warmers as some of these upcoming ones will become. Dinoco gold twins with Bling Bling anyone. They are everywhere warming the pegs.

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    //BMW
    4 December 2008 at 1:30 am

  18. Whatever happened to the Sparemint Gift Pack? When I bought the Shiny Wax Set it had a picture of the Sparemint crew on the back as a gift pack, however when I searched this on Ebay nothing came up. So is it MIA? I wanted to know because the only car I was not able to get from the Kmart Days was Sparemint. I wasn’t sure to hold off on buying him as a single if the gift pack would come out eventually, I didn’t want to rebuy him. But since they revamped the gift packs, my guess is that this one was burned?? If any of you guys can help, thanks…I might just have to give in and buy him on Ebay. ):

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    collectormom Reply:
    December 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Met noted above at the end of the post that Sparemint does not show it’ll be released in the next few months but of course anything can happen. For example you watch eBay for days looking for the right Sparemint auction to finally bid on, pay too much and get it 3 weeks later only to find it the next time you go to the store :)

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    //Twiggy
    5 December 2008 at 7:43 pm

  19. You what really sucks?!! The 3 packs do not contact the spare wheels!!
    This is of course a ploy so we have to buy the “with wheels” single pack BUT I was thinking what if I bought all the RPM Pitty Pegwarmers and repainted the wheels and sold them for 5 each to finish off the sets without wheels ehhh??? Any takers?

    I am contemplating buying the ebay sparemint 3 pack maybe it will be the SC Flea ad Flik of the 3 paks? GASP!! they’re all mine!!!!

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    //CaseStalker
    6 December 2008 at 6:11 pm

  20. spell check…? sorry.. lol I crack myself up

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    //CaseStalker
    6 December 2008 at 10:25 pm

  21. I want green twins and sparemint team!

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    //William
    8 December 2008 at 2:36 pm

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