Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Mater 6-Pack, You Better Not Cry …
You better not pout, I’m telling you why (well, okay “April R.” is telling us why) …
Because Error Santa might be coming to a Target near you.
Hey, look! For the not so nice boys & girls, it’s Snow Day Sally with non-snowflake-regular rims.
No one else seems to have found another one yet … so it could just be an error … it’s unlikely we’ll see another production run of these until next Christmas so it’s most likely just a one-off error.*
* That’s not to say there isn’t more in the Target warehouse and some stores might get a second shipment after Black Friday but the production run is done for 2009.
So check your box set and chime in below.
Here is the checklist again,. So far in the US, the left column plus the 6 pack is Target ONLY and the right column so far is TRU only … though its rumored that the Disney Stores might get them also but so far, nada.
Thanks April R. for the heads up & photo.
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19 November 2009
33 Comments
I’m getting all of those for Christmas.
MSXmas set is great….too back the sarge, lmc with headlights, flo, guido and luigi,evles…arent coming out…unless someone knows something…
lmc with headlights?
took….. back a sarge?
Just snagged the last box set at my local Target this morning — right there in the Christmas stocking-stuffer aisle, as noted elsewhere on this blog (thanks!) Sally has the correct snowflake wheels. Funny thing is, it’s probably been sitting there all week, because there were still three Christmas singles still in the bin as well. Guess the eBay scalpers haven’t figured this out yet, ’cause the “regular” CARS aisle was still pretty picked-over.
Haven’t decided yet if I’m going to wrap it up and put it under the tree for my son, or open it up and add it to my Christmas “undertree world”.
(For those with young kids who are also into Thomas the Tank Engine, as my son was for the first 6 years of his life, there are also some cool Target-exclusive Thomas Christmas packs in the same aisle.)
Pink Sally here, aka April R. The Target where I saw these had only 2 packages with the correct Sally but about 6 with the Sally with the plain wheels. I wonder if they ran out of the snowflakes and thought no one would notice…
Quality control means sticking as many defective toys in one box to annoy the fewest customers.
First off, thank you for making me take a closer look at my Mater 6-Pack.
I have discoverd such an error that I will be returning it for an exchange tomorrow.
Lightning McQueen has a very short bumper & Doc has paint on his trunk.
I have pictures posed @ http://tinyurl.com/ylyoxo5
I’m just happy that I found this before we open this on Christmas only to find out we cannot get it replaced.
Hmmm …Mcqueen with a clef pallet?
I returned the defective Mater 6-pack this afternoon.
My wife stopped by Target tonight & it is now back on the shelf.
So much for taking care of the defect!
Buyers beware of “Clef Pallet McQueen” at the west side Target, Sioux Falls, SD
Also thanks for error like this one :
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150387939053
Wrong car/ wrong picture!
Thats a crazy moving avatar ……
went to your yuku post…. LOVE THAT!!!
This is the absolute truth:
I had a dream where I found an entire case of Reindeer Maters, packaged in their own “singles” display boxes, just like Sally, Ramone, etc.
It was really strange, as I couldn’t decide what to do with them……keep them tucked away, leak out one at a time to the world.
What a strange thing to show up in dreamland!
You would be rich!
I’d have “friends” coming out of the woodwork, wouldn’t(or in Pirate-ese, woodn’t) I??? 😉
Yup, you WOOD!
Especially PIRATE friends, matey!!
Suffering from Cars Compulsive Collector Disorder (CCCD). Does this go along with “Nightmare on Lenticular Street?”
I like the term “CCCD” – the disorder tends to flair up in the days leading up to a Kmart event, online limited time presale items, post-SDCC mattycollector.com releases, and pretty much any other time that I know new items have been found on retail shelves and I can’t find them!! 🙂
Sally is correct in SoCal! I jumped up and ran to where the Christmas gifts are hidden just to check. But now my Husband knows about the set, because I freaked!
I have 2 6 pack, and 1 set of each packaging and all the sallys are correct…yippeee…time to open them and distribute!
Sets here are correct.
6 sets in local stores here too
Ok here as well. Sally has “frozen” or snow covered headlamps, all the little extra touches. Special.
Checked my set, Sally has snowflake wheels.
Checked mine and Sally has the correct wheels. Also, the Targets in my area are selling this set (boxed & singles) as fast as they hit the shelves. If you want this set, don’t wait.
3 Sets here checked… all have the correct rims on Sally…
Just disappointed with the packaging… all 3 are in some way banged up, dented, bent, etc…
Glad the kids won’t care how the boxes look!!
Make sure that if you don’t find them at first glance in the Christmas section at your Target, to check the holiday candy aisle. That’s where the box sets were hiding at in the Target that was in Lees Summit MO.
How can it have the xmas sally pinstripe without the proper wheels?
Whoever put the wheels on needs to put the different wheel boxes further apart.lol.
Can’t wait to own this set.
Oops!
Thanks for the post. I hadn’t noticed the snowflake rims until you pointed them out. By-the-way, I think Snow Day Sally is cool with her holiday pin-striping.
I picked up the book today (Mater saves Christmas) and couldn’t believe how cheap it was ($7 Australian). I will be going back and buying more now for Xmas pressies for other littlies!
A very nice box set… and a very nice error Sally…
Us in the uk are stuck with the singles and no mater,
Probably same in canada and elsewhere in the second class cars world…