Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: France Gask-Its Update, Not Good News …
The France Gask-its promo has taken a turn for the worse.
They have run out of Gask-its and have begun fulfilling the remaining orders with Faux Wheel Drive …
As David V. reports in from France …
“First, the promo ended in August. But while the cars were sent during a period of 2 to 3 months before ending, we could expect to continue to receive more cars between August and November. Unfortunately, I have received nothing.
I phoned the firm (http://www.tessimarketingservices.fr) that sends Gask-Its. Unfortunately, they told me there were no more Gask-Its available and that all the Gask-Its Mattel released for this promo have been already sent. They told me too that they stopped to manage this promo at the very beginning of November.
I phoned to Mattel France too, to know if there were Gask-Its available anywhere, they told me not.
Today, a member of our French forum who sent a letter for the Gask-Its promo during August received Faux Wheel Drive, so we can guess there is no more Gask-Its available since a long time already and they sent Faux Wheel Drive for the last letters sent…”
Maybe they will start getting Sidewall Shine’s also …
Thanks for the update, David – guess Gask-Its is going to be the new Sidewall Shine of promo CARS.
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12 November 2009
48 Comments
Patience, people. There are probably gobs of them stashed in a corner of a warehouse womewhere. They’ll turn up eventually.
Yeah, I agree. He will show up again in some form or another.
K-mart Day 4? 5? some of us can only hope.
I couldn’t wait, but didn’t want to spend $150, so I broke down and bought one of the Hong Kong Gask Its for $45. A relative bargain. I will fill everyone in on the quality when I get it.
I have one coming to as a gift to check out the quality.
I will chime in too
I agree…
Whooooosh! (that’s the price of Gask-Its on eBay)
A trade friend in France also emailed me three days ago with this “news”. He received two Faux Wheel Drives instead of 2 Gaskits.
Luckily a trade for a number of Gaskits with him went through before this happened.
oh no thats terrible!
Maybe they sent the remaining Gask-Its to Mattel Canada for the Canadian promo?
Yeah, right!
Thanks! That comment made my day up here in the frozen north! A Canadian promo! Diabolical laughter. Cheers!
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHH
LMAO!!!!
Now that’s funny right there?!
We would probably get Yeti/abominable snowplow for the promo…LOL!
Thanks Matty for thinkin’ of us!
Wow… I’m not optimistic that more will be turning up in the near future. Guess the 5 FWD that I have left over from the winter 2009 UK promo are not going to go up in value anytime soon…
There are gaskits on eBay cheaper than blu-ray Mcqueen so I don’t see the shortage.
I of course am a hold out, trying not to pay $15-50 for a single car.
I’m with you on this. But I’m slowly starting to break down.
Zut alors!!!
Sacre bleu!!!
Every day is exciting in this wonderful addiction of ours, eh!?!?!
I wonder if the UK will get the N20 Colas left over when the Sidewall Shines run out?
That’s been my guess all along.
Aw crap!
There are a bunch of these on eBay from the same seller with the green background — can anyone tell if they are legit or not?
Ships from Hong-Kong… so …. irregular legit? (ie. Factory leftovers… but does that mean they’re making a bunch??)
All those from this seller have multiple chips as can be seen on the photos. Guess they are returns or so called factory seconds. Glad I have got mine (even though my son managed to get some chips in it as well) and I am glad that I was able to help a lot of members here on the board to get theirs.
Any other connections gipsy. I have been looking for one at a decent trade or price with the baggie and French letter. I have lots to trade including Factory Sealed Rollin Bowlin Mater and 12DB Sarge WITHOUT the license to win promo on the back. Any takers out there? Let me know.
mthurber13 AT hotmail DOT com
No, no other connections besides ebay france and some sellers there who came back to me to offer me someimes two or three at once as they know I am looking for them. Nevertheless, to get a Gask-Its on a so-called decent price is a dream. Sorry, to say that, but even before the UK promo car was announced I paid between $100 and $150 for one car and they are not getting cheaper right now. At the moment nearly none is available for less than $150. So if anybody wants to spend that much money I may be able to help as some of my contacts may still come back to me, but as I offered some on this board already and there was only one person interested, I guess that there will be no intereset.
A very good friend gave me the following advice: Gaskits should eventually be released as a Launcher, so if you can wait for a few months…
Thanks for your help, gipsy_02!
I too saw the bad photos.
Car is actually mint, I guess he used that pic to get up and running while the lads were stealing the required number. A very good friend has one and cannot tell the difference between this car and the promo car.
Mattel deserve to get ripped off like this for messing us around with promos. I drove miles to collect cars for the UK promo only to get Sidewall Shine. I didn’t do it for profit as I advertised the promo on here for cost regardless of if it was Gaskits or SS before we knew the identity ofthe car. Then I learn that all plm171 has to do is ask Mattel and they hand them over from the warehouse! I am not dissing Paul just highlighting the poor way collectors and children are treated by Mattel.
Good luck to this guy in Hong Kong, his prices have been steadily increasing each day as more and more people realise that Gaskits cannot be found in any other way. I have a French promo car in baggie and I traded the equivalent of $120 to get it. I wish mattel would get real and sell the items that people want. Paul Valdez my ___!
The next mystery promo? They can stick it where the sun don’t Sidewall Shine! As can be seen by the MTT cars if you make what people want in quantity they will buy it. It is so exasperating trying to collect these things that it actually puts people off. I have two MSOS sets which are both missing Tach O Mint. He was in the movie in a central scene and he is not available! Yet we get Gil and all the other extras who were sleeping at a truck stop!
And finally, if you want Gaskits, here he is the real thing knock yourself out
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Disney-Pixar-Cars-Gask-its-French-Promotion-with-baggie_W0QQitemZ180430223620QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a027ab904
ok, so what does this mean, no more gask-its, thats it bye-bye, so now gask-its is like apple and dale or will he come out as a launcher or better yet kmart days 4 in rubber tires along with tach-o-mint
It is nice to see that we might have some rare cars out there – not just Icar and/or Tach-o-mint…
for us collectors it has to be a little difficult, non?
Help us Nate-o-wan Ken-obi! You’re our only hope! (giggle)
I still haven’t got mine yet i still need both so i will take either but i sent it in June im getting very Angry
I need the package to come in i hope UK accepted my entry
i had a friend send it in for me, started worrying as to why they had not got it yet, so i guess i get a FWD which i don’t need as i traded n2cola for it.
I was just going to post the same thing!
On a brighter note, here’s a look at a No Stall Hauler that’s popped up on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Disney-Pixar-Cars-NO-STALL-HAULER-new-great-x-Christmas_W0QQitemZ320448333390QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9c35864e
Well that’s just fine!
Now my little girl will not have Gask-It’s for Christmas.
(Singing)She’ll have a Blue Christmas without Gask-It’s”
I have a SDCC Mater set to trade if anyone needs it.
Rich
rdivizio@gmail.com
rpm and no stall haulers are on the way:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Disney-Pixar-Cars-RPM-64-HAULER-new-great-x-Christmas_W0QQitemZ320448334170QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9c35895a#ht_500wt_1182
Ok on Childrens Toy Closet i found Mood SpringS and Sidewall O Shine Hauler in Package same as the new wally Hauler
Great little toy, defo will be collectable in years to come
Have no fear, If you are patient he will show up in a launcher.
Ya i hope the same is for the Apple Car
Good Point