Comments on: Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collectibility, Present Value & Future Value

By: MackDaddy

MackDaddy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:55:04 +0000

SOLD!! Instant payment too! Pretty good return on that investment!

By: John in Missouri

John in Missouri — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:07:40 +0000

By: chuki_mama

chuki_mama — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:53:13 +0000

Love the visual!

By: PirateDad

PirateDad — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:53:07 +0000

Keep up the good work, collect cuz you LOVE it…make it fun, and you will always enjoy it…now send me that confetti car and I will appraise it for you!!!!

Welcome Sweet Bug…..

By: John in Missouri

John in Missouri — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:43:07 +0000

When I find the good stuff, I tend to the routine John Belushi did in the Church of the Rock in “The Blues Brothers” movie. You know, I take a running start and do multiple flips and cartwheels down the aisle.

By: SweetBug

SweetBug — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:37:16 +0000

My husband and I have dubbed our hunting trips “Cars Day(s)” We are the “jumbo sized” adults and our son, the “miniaturized version” of us, that jump up and down in the toy car aisle at Target, (Disneyland, TRU, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Kohl’s, Big Lots, Marshalls, TJ Max, and countless pharmacies). We have even converted my sister to the collecting of Disney Pixar Cars, who screamed in the aisle at Target when she found non-lenticular Wingo! The other people in the aisle shied away from the “crazy lady” screaming at a desert-backed diecast car with a ridiculous spoiler.

The cars are valuable, because of the fun we have finding them, the joy our son has opening and playing with them, and the time we get to spend together. We haven’t purchased any cars with the intent to sell for profit, our profit is knowing that our child is learning to “imagine” and playing with them while he still enjoys the movie and calls Lightning “Ka-chow.” Mind you, we are collecting some cars and not opening them, such as the confetti blister pack car which my husband found at a Big Lots. We’re not sure of its value, but he’s proud of it. My favorite finds are Elvis RV and The Dinoco Showgirls with Agro McQueen – talk about works of art! And we only started collecting in January ’09 at my sons second birthday! His first Car was Spin-out McQueen, most recent Dinoco Lightning with Piston Cup.

(MET: Glad you joined us ‘normals.’ It’s the non CARS people … there’s something crazy about them ).

By: kd

kd — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:33:45 +0000

i saw with ebay, everything has a value. i saw strawberry shortcake dolls i played with when i was a kid for sale for $50 on ebay. wish my mom didnt throw everything out.

By: John in Missouri

John in Missouri — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:08:04 +0000

Same here — the tubs and bins full of Cars is wonderful!

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:51:05 +0000

I collect purely for fun. I have no expectation of them ever being worth anything more in $$ than the day I bought them, but they will always be worth more to me because I enjoy them and enjoy collecting them with my boys.