Disney Pixar CARS: Disney Theme Parks CARS “Playscapes” Play Sets
The Theme Park group strikes again – they have just released TWO Playsets:
“Tow Mater”
“The Playscapes product line was created by Olszewski to provide collectors a way to display figurative art. These themed designed displays can be mounted on a wall or can stand alone. The first two are scenes taken from the Disney/Pixar film, Cars – Tow Mater, and The Piston Cup Stage. All Playscapes by Olszewski designs can hang on a wall or stand alone and each scene retails for $75.00 each.”
And “Piston Cup Stage.”
The Piston Cup Stage appears to be mostly canon and accurate …
“This display measures: 17 3/4″ wide x 4″ deep x 7 1/4″ high.”
And the added leaf to place camera CARS & reporters seems reasonable …
No dimensions are listed for Tow Mater but you can guess/gauge its size by lining up these three CARS (they could only find a lenticular McQueen).
Tow Mater’s is colorful and expensive-looking but at the trade off for accuracy – it is understandable – perhaps they thought no one wanted to pay $75 for an “empty eye-sore junk yard” that is mostly sand/dirt and scrubby scrub-bushes/tumbleweed mesquite. 🙂
So, what do you think? Close enough? You in? On both?
Yes, these are ONLY available for now at the theme parks. They may be available online but it seems unlikely – but larger items are sometimes available online. For now, you’ll have to follow the same procedure as in buying other theme park merchandise.
At the theme parks, they are available at the following Disneyland Resort locations including: Ramone’s House of Body Art; Off the Page at Disney California Adventure park and at the World of Disney Store in the Downtown Disney District.
Thanks for the heads up, “Lane Change!”
18 August 2013
9 Comments
For $75 USD, I would expect actual confetti to rain down on the Piston Cup stage. Or moving parts: curtains that slide open, showgirls that dance out. Something. Ditto for Mater’s yard. Maybe if it glowed with the Ghostlight? I’ve no doubt these are quality and I do NOT like to bicker about the price set on things but….
Hm, I may be in, though they are pretty spendy. I’ll have to see them in person first when I go to Disneyland next week.
The stage looks pretty good. Disney made a pretty decent junkyard playset a few years ago but out of scale. I agree these are priced shockingly high.
I LOVE them but not for $75, that’s crazy expensive.
I saw these at Disneyland a few weeks ago and they were also in the Dream Store at D23. If you have a premium annual pass, they come down to $60 each with the discount. They are pretty nice looking and I think they are made by ENESCO – the company that makes a lot of figurines.
Maybe the Piston Cup one. Maybe.
“The Piston Cup Stage appears to be mostly canon and accurate” — the key word there being “mostly”.
Hmmm. They look good but that’s kind of spendy to me.
Just happening to be arriving in Disney World today. Will have to check these out. I’ll try to send you some pics Met.