Mattel Disney Pixar CARS Take Flight: CASE D Weird Flat Spin Arrives
So now, CASE B and CASE C are back on hold and have not shipped, Mattel has shipped CASE D which is not a bad case …
But it gets weird. Children’sToyCloset got their shipment and all the cards have a ONLY AT WALMART sticker on them.
Falcon Hawk 1 and NASCA Truck …
These two with ONLY AT WALMART stickers is slightly odd but it could simply be a mistake … but the AUTONAUT MATER also has a sticker …
Clearly Autonaut Mater is available everywhere so either it is a mistake or the other scenario, Mattel either offered Walmart a first to market or an exclusive on these three from the line but Walmart presumably turned them down, or was interested until the last minute – hence they are already stickered … but still a little weird.
I’ve asked others who get shipments from Mattel but have not received them to report in if their CARS Take Flight CASE D all have the ONLY AT WALMART sticker … so we’ll you know but if you’re a variant card collector, take note – some-all of the NASCA Truck and Falcon Hawk 1 might be stickered with ONLY AT WALMART stickers … and clearly, some of the Autonaut Mater releases have the sticker.
Thanks for the nice pics, CTC – they have cases available.
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metroxing
22 August 2012
Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Planes, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS 3
13 Comments
My son is 4, so I came late to the Cars table, but now we have a ton. I ordered a Falcon Hawk Black from Toys R Us, and got the normal Falcon Hawk 1 in a FH Black package. We haven’t opened it yet (luckily, I had a normal FH 1 I had squirreled away for Xmas) and I’m wondering if the mistake makes it more desirable for a collector…?
Try asking in the forum under collectible questions. I know there are some people out there who collect error cars.
John, the Astronaut Mater looked the same to me.
Got these at Disneyland Monday, at “Sarges Surplus Hut”. They are awesome!
Case B Aviator Mater is on ebay – the cardback does not have a Walmart only sticker on it.
None of these have the “NEW!” snipe, so maybe that’s what makes Autonaut Mater a Walmart exclusive.
So excited for these, i hope they are a walmart only exclusive (besides autonaut mater)that way i do not have to go all over the city looking for them!
Interesting! I am an in-store merchandiser and I’ve been assigned to go into stores and cover up a mistaken “Only at (store name) sticker” with a new sticker that points out the toy’s features. Never for the Cars line, though. I can only imagine it’s cheaper than sending them back and relabeling them, then shipping them out again.
Could this Mater be a variant, different expression maybe? Then the only at Walmart sticker might be correct.
Too bad NASCA Truck doesn’t really have a name.
In this pic he looks like more than a repaint, his box looks a little different. What’s that thing on the back of his truck box?
Looks like some sort of satellite to me.
I like the Falcon Hawk.
Yeah! A Cars Take Flight car that doesn’t fly! Too bad these are repaints. Good thing these are repaints of cars my kids play with all the time.