Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: The Semi’s Need Some Semi-Love
Where’s your precious RPM Hauler now?
Yea, I said it – it’s just me – RPM Semi … yea, where’s your precious hauler? No where to be found.
We’re the smiling bunch!
We’ll cheer up any and every proper completist … we’re megasize with action, baby!
Besides, my case pack comes with classy friends …
Where is the love tonight?
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metroxing
13 March 2009
Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV
33 Comments
I think they should be painting the sponsors names onto the semis caps, not using stickers.
We have tons of everything except RPM and Elvis!
By the way, just picked up Greta yesterday…is she supposed to have a license plate? Mine doesn’t have one. Just the spot for one.
I must live in some kind of Ebaylien black hole or something because I rarely see Oversized at all and when I do it’s the oldest stuff like blimp, Barney, LS McQ, Dinoco Copter and Mack. THank goodness for my T5 buddies!
I still love the fact that RPM is the Nighttime Backfire Suppressant! Classic! In GA (North of Atlanta) has no signs of Elvis. The problem I think like someone mentioned above is that there is a SURPLUS of Chick and Gray Semi Cases…there are every where!
Case repeats of Chase Cars and WHAT!! 2 different Chase Cars in a case (Case H). Good information for future planning. 😉
(MET: I have never listed CASE H because I do not believe it’s accurate).
Ok. I got the list from Traver at CTC.
Still searching for Elvis in the NE area. I am sure like all good things they will come to those that wait. It does appear that Case F has landed pretty much everywhere around here as I have seen it and also seen the left overs. It still amazes me how fast they fly off the shelves. The only thing I found that was left from Case F at one WM was the LMQ and Old School Ramone.
I have seen 9 F cases in 3 Walmarts in the past week. Seems like a sellout everytime. Elvis is being released in the next 3 Megasized assortments. Should be fairly easy to find after awhile. Resellers will be focusing on Sven and Frank by then. Patience is the key.
I finally just realized that Dinoco (I refuse to call him Gray) Hauler & Chick Hauler have different “faces”. I always thought they were released as identical twins.
I didn’t know if I should put this question here, or on the Q&A page, but does Mattel have plans to release trailers only? (asked tongue-in-cheek)
No but the War Wagons are coming….hooyah!
Mst of our Megasized pegs are clogged up with Dustin Mellows and Chick Semi of all things. Seems the kids actually prefer LS McQueen, Mack, and Barney Stormin. Probably won’t be getting any new ones for awhile.
Really?! All I see usually is Blimps and Barneys.
Have yet to see Dustin on the pegs.
I have yet to see them in the wild as well, but my friend seems to find them all the time and passes them up! 8)
I agree! Here is WA they skipped the two cases with the Dustin Mellows and went straight to E. First it was one case at a time, then out of the blue, the Pegs and shelf spaces are FULL of them? 😐
Dustin is a peg warmer here in El Paso too; very weird
I saw RPM Semi at Walmart too. Too bad some lady already had it in her hand and put it in her cart. 30 seconds earlier and it would have been mine!!
Doh!
NEVER leave the toy aisle until you’ve completely searched for CARS, including “hidden” CARS, those tucked away by people who think they’ll come back and get them later!
“NEVER leave the toy aisle”
That reminded me of the line from ‘Apocalypse Now’: ‘Never get out of the boat.’
We ALWAYS look under the bottom shelves in the Wal-Marts with “free space” under them. Have found several dropped goodies that way!
Yep, I always look around behind things and under things too. Found a few hidden ones that way, but never ones I needed.
RPM Semi was at Wal-Mart yesterday.
Do we have an ETA on this case?
T+1 day
Wouldn’t Elvis’ prominence make him more likely to come at least 2 to a case? Though I can’t help but wonder how many people will mod their Elvis’ to have his wheels bent to give that ‘u-huh!’ pose like in the film.
ooooh oooh ooooooh! Now I need two Elvis’!
good point Dude-Mike-Dude…
The last case had 2 Elvis’ in it
CASE F has TWO Elvis’s in it……just got mine yesterday.
I wish I could spend a week/month in the Mattel distribution department. I just cannot figure out what they are thinking when they come up with a plan. Of course, this is all assuming there IS a plan…
It would answer a lot of questions for me – like where is RPM hauler???
First? FIRST!! It’s my FIRST FIRST!
and you wasted it saying First…. oh well, at least it is out of your system now!!