Do you remember the scene in Cars where Lightning McQueen is dreaming that he is going to be the new face of Dinoco? Here's a screen capture that I made tonight - I had to find my PS3 blu-ray remote to capture the screen.
Even though I've only watched Cars once in the last couple of years, I do... When I first saw this hybrid McQueen that combined Rusteze McQueen and Dinoco McQueen on eBay during the fall of 2015, I thought perhaps that it might be a Target exclusive promo for Christmas... as it turned out, he is Transforming Lightning McQueen and he is part of the Dinoco Daydream theme for the 2016 Mattel year... I wasn't sure when I'd see this McQueen so I bought a loose one early on eBay... but I've been fortunate to buy a damaged cardback version and I've found it in a few Walmart stores since it was released.
In this installment of Respect the Classics, we'll take a look at Transforming Lightning McQueen.
Here's the front of the carded McQueen - note that he's Car 1 of 9 in the Dinooco Dream theme:
Here's the back of the card along with both opened versions I have:
Here's a picture showing the backdoor version (on the left) and the opened retail version (on the right):
Looking at the front, the eyes, mouth, and eyelids are different.
Here's a side view - the backdoor version is on the left and the opened retail version is on the right:
Note that the white stripe is different and the window is different as are the arrow and the color of the 95.
Here's a front view from the top:
The stripe is different... the 95 number is different...
Here's a view from the rear and a little above:
The differences are even more pronounced in this picture:
Here's the view from the other side:
Here they are lying on their side:
Here is the bottom of the Cars - the retail version is on the right:
The production code of the retail version is 2575EAA... notice how the bottom of the base is different.
Close up of the base of the retail Transforming Lightning McQueen:
Close up of the base of the backdoor version:
And looking once again at the card and the front of the Car, notice how the card shows Rusteze McQueen in the front and Dinoco McQueen in the back, but the Car is the other way around:
Once again quality control didn't catch the error... the Car is correct - he turns to Dinoco McQueen from front to back... the picture on the card is incorrect.
So will Mattel re-release Transforming Lightning McQueen with a corrected card? It's hard to tell... I still like Transforming Lightning McQueen... I've seen it now at 4 Walmart stores - it's part of the 2016 case with Otto Bonn, Haiki, Davey Apex (Revolting), Claude Scruggs (Leakless), and Tomber... it's also been found at Walgreen's stores.
Will we see more Transforming Cars? As Brian Richardson pointed out on the PCD Facebook group, Chick Hicks has a "dream" where he becomes Dinoco Chick Hicks.
I like Transforming Lightning McQueen... I think you probably do too... and we're giving one away in a new contest along with Ice Racer Frosty.
Thanks for reading... as always, I appreciate your comments.
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