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Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Christmas CARS Q&A & Update

Since we’re are still getting questions about the Christmas CARS, here is a Q&A roundup:

The Christmas CARS are all based-from this book:

Mater Saves Christmas – (Amazon can still 2-day ship it to you).

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Besides the 6 CARS released this year, are there more CARS coming next year?

Yes, the one CAR they could not complete production itime was the Santa CAR Box Set so presumably we will get it next year.

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Santa is a Dusenberg … (where we get the phrase, “it’s a doozy!”)

And he was going to be in a box set with a bunch of reindeer (snowmobiles) …

Santa Reindeer

Will there be others released next year?

Probably – you can read our original POST to see some scans. Some would not be that difficult such as adding plastic earmuffs to Flo or the hunter hat on Mater is just an additional piece of plastic on top of the regular diecast.

Will the ones from this year be re-released?

They should be. The ones from this year sold out fast and since the molds are already done.

Even the box set?

I’m sure Reindeer Mater will still be available but probably in a slightly different box set. The box set is more unlikely to return as is but that might just mean minor graphics updating in 2010.

Is that Wall-E on the Moon?

Sure looks like it 🙂

How many Christmas CARS are there?

6 – Reindeer Mater, Holiday Hot Shot Lightning McQueen, Snow Day Sally, Decked Out Doc Hudson, Holiday Spirit Sheriff and Christmas Cruiser Ramone.

So what was available in the US?

In the US, there were three separate line items. The Target-only “Storytellers” velcro-flap packaging version of the 5 singles: Holiday Hot Shot Lightning McQueen, Snow Day Sally, Decked Out Doc Hudson, Holiday Spirit Sheriff and Christmas Cruiser Ramone.

The 5 singles were also available in a snowglobe like-ornament packaging design that while NOT AN EXCLUSIVE was really only available at TRU in the US. They were also available in-store at the UK Disney Stores. So, while other retailers were able to order this version, it does not seem to have been available anywhere else in the US as no one else seems to have ordered it. The 5 singles available were: Holiday Hot Shot Lightning McQueen, Snow Day Sally, Decked Out Doc Hudson, Holiday Spirit Sheriff and Christmas Cruiser Ramone.

In the US, Target also got an exclusive box set with ALL of the 6 CARS and featuring the ONLY place to get Reindeer Mater.

How about a visual checklist?

Okay Dokey!

Holiday CARS Checklist

+ fun look at prototypes.

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Should I collect them all?

I’m pretty sure that’s on the box somewhere 🙂

Anything else?

Besides having a Merry Christmas a good 2010?

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