Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Rubber Tire Inventory Time
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14 June 2010
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Since we are talking about Apple Car,
Question for my fellow collectors:
For those lucky enought to own an original SOTS Apple Car, how perfect is the paint on these? Is it true that they are “flawless” I am asking because I bought a couple years ago an Apple Car with correct date stamp in the right font. The car looks great except for a minor paint flaw and a flea bite in another spot. The sponsor decals on it are of great quality and very legible. At the very least I think it is a factory reject, but I would like to know if it is an original. The wheels fit normal. So basically I want to know if original SOTS Apple cars have minor flaws or not.
Thanks!
send me closeup photos and I will tell you
nascarnbroncosfans@msn.com
Hey, thanks! I’ll try later tonite…
Nothing is flawless, but the IMAC Apple in my SOTS is very nice.
pictures on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26216606@N06/3323586211/
Bottom of car and font should be as in this picture.
BMW and Kevin are great at Cars surveying. I am sure they will be able to tell if an Apple car is real or not.
However, right off the bat I would doubt the authenticity of any supposed real Apple-Imac car that does not come with the SOTS baggy. Not that someone couldn’t pull a bait and switch but I wouldn’t trust one without the original packaging.
I would have to ask if someone really had a Speedway set, why would they not have the baggie it came in?
Of course an inspection would still be needed from experts like BMW and Kevin but an Apple with the SOTS baggie would be a good start- not without and loose.
Its a bit more complicated.
Here’s the issue about the baggies , the baggies were not specific to the car. The only baggies specific were the ones with Gask its or Blu Ray, which has the cars name on it. Gaskits baggie here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26216606@N06/3951353447/
I had more to post but my comment is awaiting moderation, probably due to a link I posted. BuT Met has covered the generic baggie issue before in his blog. These baggies used by Mattel all have the same trademark on them, they are made in Germany by gruen punkt.
http://www.takefiveaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/german-bag-front.jpg
I recently sold a VERY NICE Apple “BACKDOOR” car and have comparison pics with my REAL APPLE side by side saved somewhere.
I found the pics of the Apples Side by Side, I will load them on Flicker and then post a link
Please do as I have been reading this and that about apple iCars that have recently been sold on Ebay as not being true SOTS apple cars but factory seconds/backdoor, and would love a full breakdown of this and how to tell. Thanks in advance.
I am just looking to set aside all the confusion and if I ever decide to get one from somewhere be able to spot the fake/reproduction.
If anyone has seen “Pawn Stars” on The History Channel, Rick often confers with ‘his buddies’ on items his customers are trying to sell him. If he ever gets an Apple iCar, he would probably call in his buddies BMW or Kevin! 😉
once again you make me laugh John.
Rick and I are “Buds”
Thanks, Beemer. Great pictures! The date stamp and font matches mine and the quality of mine is same par as yours, except for a couple tiny flaws. I cant seem to get some good close up pics of mine and I have a decent digital camera, but nothing fancy.
Glad to help and put your mind at ease. The Nikon I use has a great macro lense. Did you look at the series of my Apple pictures especially the high resolution ones? I specifically made those at the request of people who are looking for the real Apple.
Not to out do BMW, but the camera I use had a 40x macro, you will see them here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31059714@N06/sets/72157624152945341/
Best viewed ALL SIZES, then click on Original size for Super detail
Here side by side with the Real APPLE on the LEFT the factory second on the right….
This gives you the “shadows” around the insides or outsides of the tampos – double hit tampos when they sent the factory 2nds back thru the line to “fix them”
NOTE: the perfed – dotted line on the doorsides of the car. VERY TOUGH to get right the FIRST time.
view these fast because I wont have them up very long
Kevin excellent points about the dashes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26216606@N06/3322758007/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Here is a close up on my Apple showing the dashes around the sponsors quite well. this is a permanent link btw.
And yes there is the tiniest spot of paint below the 4. It is very hard to see in person,but the camera shows every little detail.
Oh, forgot to say the fake is on the right in the comparison pics of yours Kevin LOL.
I did say that….
Sorry, was only looking at the pics. Missed it in your message.
sharp photos BMW, perfect example of an Apple car. Note to everyone look at her pics and see how “metallic” the tampos are and not FAT n FLAT n shadowed-double hit as factory 2nds are.
Metallic tampos should “POP” when viewed just as she has photographed
Thank you for the comments Kevin,
I especially like the way this one turned out to show the beauty of the hood Apple tampo. You are right on regarding the metallic silver tampos. Just beautiful.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26216606@N06/3323590806/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Erno2’s Apple car pics are renamed ERNO2 and then the photo # they are at the front of the link I posted
Erno2:
Other than the passenger rear post flaw and the flaw on the lip, this is a REAL APPLE in my opinion, smooth silver tampos, and no shadows I can see. dotted line on the side is right as it should be.
without the flaws probably any EASY $600.00 car.
With the flaws: $350.00 – $400.00 ish probably with very little trouble
Rick, See ya Buddy……….
Anyone want to see Erno2s car? I can post them on flickr if its okay with him
Added Erno2’s pics to the front of that Apple Side By Side set.
If you arent okay with that erno I will take them down
fine with me for you to post them. thanks!
I just went through them very carefully and compared them to mine and Kevins. Other than the flaws as Kevin has already noted, which may have occured after this car left the factory, it looks real to me. The spoiler vertical support bars are very telltale. All back door Apples have sloppy paint on the bars, on every one I have seen. And I collect pictures of Apple fakes. Must have 2 dozen or more.
the angle on your pic is not optimum, but from what I see the vertical bars are cleanly painted. So how did the chip on the spoiler happen?
If his is a “FAKE” then its the best one I have ever seen. I dont think it is.
I did not say it was. I said: I think it is real. Just the photo angle on the back was not optimum to see the paint on the vertical bars.
I dont want to insinuate you did, Just saying outloud as a final… This is the real thing, to bad its lightly damaged
The vertical bars look great on mine. The car’s condition is how I bought it and its been kept wrapped in bubble wrap and baggy and taken out for occasional viewing. No, some toys werent meant to be played with. 😉
Thanks NascarFan and everyone else with their help!
where do you get your prices from?
Personal sales, watching what others are selling real apples for
Release them all…Collect them all. 🙂
 Well I have the Speedway set and paid quite a bit, because although we bought some Cars early on, I did not get seious about collecting until just after they offered the set for 300.00.
 I say they should make them All available again. This isn’t about me or our collection. I believe in second chances and would like to see all the new collectors and people who missed out on the SOTS to have another chance to own all the racers.Â
  I don’t even care if Mattel originally promised something would be exclusive to the set. Let it be the SOTS Dale for all I care. As a lover of these cars I want as many people to have them as want them. Â
  I hope they don’t release 35 out of 36 Cars and hold out with Apple. That’s cheesy.  Let the little kids have some Apples-IMacs to get passed up by Lightning just like in the movie. As a popular rock band once said ” Give the people what they want”
  As for the adults who will feel slighted if someone else gets the whole set, the happiness of many others is more important. Besides I am sure there will be plenty of people who will buy your set back for more than cost if you don’t think it’s worth it anymore.
 Mattel can make a slightly different Apple if they want also. Come on Mattel- release them all. Â
My prediction:
Cars Day 5:
Tacomint
Sidewall Shine
Faux Wheel drive
Tank Coat
Shiny Wax
View Zeen
Gaskits
Nitroade
Day 6:
Lightning
King
Chick
3 or 4 other Cars characters we haven’t seen yet.
I don’t see them releasing Apple. Ever.
One more thing: I did get a chance to talk to the K-Mart manager about upcoming Cars Days. He said that Mattel and K-Mart have decided that it’s enough of a draw that they will continue for the foreseeable future. Good news!
…and then for X-MAS 2011 Comes the SPECIAL EDITION OF all 36 Cars in one BIG BOX with Rubber tires of course the box will still NOT HAVE a Serial number on it so that will be mailed under seperated cover at a later date…in which after several months you could write to who ever and hope that they will send you and old something or nothing to stick on the side… BUT IT WOULD BE WORTH IT BECAUSE JR’s Car # 8 will be still another size… or will it be the Apple with a darker gray… JUST LORD PLEASE DON”T MAKE IT WILL DOUBLE EYES!!!
Here’s a thought and only a thought…there are some people out there that like to collect. As much as everyone wants the “big 3” (Tach, Apple, Gaskits), I hope they are never re-released. There has to some cars that are truely hard to find items. Everything in this whole series of Cars has been ruined by Mattel releasing everything over and over. What about the people who bought the Speedway of the South set? Not the greedy Ebay’ers but the people who really bought into the “1 of 1000” theory? Now you release every car that was in that set and BOOM…what was the point of buying it in the first place? I understand that it has its value as a set but nothing in that set will be sacred. The chase cars were another great idea poorly executed. The same old cars re-released (Chuki, Ferrari)??? and WAY too many to be a true collectable. I have had a great time collecting these cars with my 5 year old son and I am a regular viewer of this site though rarely post. All that being said, whats gonna happen is gonna happen and I’ll still buy the cars no matter what! By the way, I WISH I was one of the lucky people who got that Speedway set…let those people have something special. Thanks for reading by babble!
Yeah I have to agree you have a good point here. However, I think that the Apple iCar should be the only one that is never re-released. Tach-O-Mint and Gask-Its should be more available (more legit copies issued equals cheaper and more available, right?) so that kids can actually have them to play with – a car with candy decals and a car with cookie biscuit treats are just so perfectly matched to kids’ imaginations. Let the Apple car be the one car that remains nearly impossible to attain. That being said, I hope I’m able to find an Apple car soon… 😉
On the back of the SOTS display box the very last car pictured is Tach O Mint, misspelled Tack O Mint. I have often thought that it would be the last released. And Creme Filled Gask-its is on the last line of cars too.
But Tow Cap is in between them.. and two rows in front are Dale Jr and Apple. There goes my theory.
But those of us who bought the set from the Red Line Club have been enjoying the beauty of it for the last two years, and the display box is unbelievable in its execution. So no matter what, its the original and the cars are, lets say, collector quality. Really.
wow, I’d love to see a SOTS set in person. Hey Chicago peeps, anyone have a set? We could have the first official meeting of the Windy City chapter TakeFiveADay Cars club with viewing of the set as the highlight. And make homemade Gask-Its to serve with N2O or Nitroade? Nitroade recipe swap and tasting? Slide-show (ok PowerPoint) of the real Nascar origins of the Fabulous Hudson Hornet? How about it? Anyone?
If you do get an official TFAD member group Like I started I can send you the business card format for the Utah Disney – Pixar Cars Collector Club
I hereby nominate the chicago “Windy City” Disney – Pixar Cars Collector Club as TFAD Charter # 02
oh man, does this mean I have to learn how to use Power Point? Seriously, I would really do this, but I have to defer to the veteran collectors around here to actually accept your very gracious nomination. Maybe you should go ahead and send me the file while everyone else has a chance to accept the nomination for charter#2 – cool! Thanks so much, Nascarfan! my email is mchlhff AT hotmail
test email sent
received and replied. Thank you! Mike
Here’s my prediction:
Kmart day 5:
TacomintÂ
Sidewall Shine
Faux Wheel drive
Tank Coat
Shiny Wax
View ZeenÂ
Kmart day 6:
Lightning
King
Chick
AppleÂ
Gaskits
Nitroade
 Either way the next two events will have more sought after cars. Now if they can only include some non racers most people want it would be even better.Â
Looks like they are right on track to do them all in two more events. 😉 Hopefully including Apple!
Does anyone have a list of Kmart cars in order of release?
Kmart Dat 1
2
3
4
If you do could you please email me at chengy13@aol.com
My son got into my cars, hopefully I’mm not missing any
thank Chris
(MET: All the cards are shown above).
Great list, I have a concern though. Do you really think that NASCAR style Dale Jr. will get made as a rubber tire car? I think they made this one to replace it and save money on casting. I have a feeling that all Dale Jr.s from this point on will be the Nitroade body. So to include it in your list is a lttle misleading.
TrboTrex, please clarify. “Nascar style”???
Want the rest
I love lists. I’m a list maker, but you are the best list maker I know. Thanks 🙂
I’m going to get in touch with you the next time I need to make a list! Is there a fee? 😉
Yes, one Tach O Mint will do 😉