Mattel Disney Planes Fire & Rescue: Corn Fest Vitaminamulch
At first, this looked like a fantastic set too good to be true … sadly I think it’s too good to be true … all the evidence points to this NOT as diecast metal.
If you look closely, Dusty just has too many seams, clearly no real reason to create a new diecast body just for this one release BUT more importantly, the wheels-axel design is the plastic Dusty design where the tires are just pushed in and that plastic axel serves to hold it in place – nothing like the diecast Dusty wheels assembly.
Chug does look pretty close to the diecast but like Maru from the other set also looks pretty close – and this photo might be a metal prototype they just glued plastic parts to it … but it would be weird to have Chug as a diecast and the other two as plastic … I mean, Dusty definitely looks very plastic …
It still looks like a nice display set but the odds are pretty slim these are metal diecasts, I hope I’m wrong but … With the Race to the Rescue set that John H. found at Walmart – this set might be the next new “plastic 1:55” series release as a Walmart exclusive.
There’s no description for this set yet so that might give us a real clue but if you spot it on the shelves … drop us some pics.
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metroxing
22 August 2014
Disney Planes Fire & Rescue, Mattel Disney Planes Fire & Rescue Diecast
8 Comments
Has anyone seen these in stores – my son really wants one for Xmas!
This Chug has been on eBay from China only so far. Probably won’t hit stores until March. (Spring reset)
Thank you! Seems strange they wouldn’t have released the toy in coordination with the DVD release and short that features it…
strange business decisions=Mattel
I don’t recall them looking like this at all, lol. Did they?
(MET: Yes, early in PLANES F&R …).
My kids are starting to bug me about a lack of Sparky in our collection. If he is in in it, plastic or not, it might be worth it to me.
On the plus side, some paint, basswood, and a few plastic forks, and you can make your own version of Chug decorated like this!
None of these models has been on eBay. Another indication that they might be plastic.