A History of the Kmart Cars Collector Events

[DaFickser]

a pleasure to read, great post.

[Indykjt]

Good stuff Chris! I have really enjoyed the kmart events, if for nothing else it gives us the ability to go into a store on a set date and time, and be nearly certain of getting several new cars!

I am looking forward to the next day in a few weeks, and what the packaging may look like for the Cars 1 items, and if it's different for the Cars 2 items!

[MrBrownstone]

sorry bout that mrb, but you know what I mean!

No worries boogity - I just spotted it and cleaned it up (I've had to do it for myself in the past) but as it wasn't my post I was editing I had to input a reason for doing so - apologies for it being a little obvious, no black marks or anythign have been accrued - just trying to keep the site language clean...

[Ru5ty]

Nice one cac1959 cheers....Don't need to ask me twice, I'm well up for any transatlantic good guys getting me stuff... yeha

Oh, and super post on the excellent Kmart days... A great insight to a store I'll see @ Halloween

[cac1959]

doesnt it just peeve you off that there aint a kmart or the like over here!

boogity,

For what it's worth, I've only bought Cars from Kmart outside of the Cars Collector Event on 3 occasions in the last 2 years... I found a Chase Cartrip and Chase DJ once... I've recently found the Cars 2 Pit Crew Mater and Holley Shiftwell and Francesco Bernoulli Lights and Sounds Cars... as a corporation, Kmart does not do as good a job of ordering product as some of the others, and their online order and fulfillment system leaves a lot to be desired.

Having said that, if you and Ru5ty need help with some of the Kmart Day 6 Cars or the Pit Crew Mater exclusive, I'll be glad to help you out... I believe from some of your posts that you live close together and we could combine shipping to save you money... I have traded with several UK people if you'd like to check my references.

I also think that store exclusives tend to be bad for the collector/fan... selection is not usually what it should be, and without competition, prices tend to be higher than they should be... for us it would be great if all Cars were available at all stores... but Mattel makes money by selling Cars to the stores as well as money from our sales... they care about the money in our wallets and not us.

Let me know if I can help you out.

And thanks, friends, for your comments about the post.

[boogity]

sorry bout that mrb, but you know what I mean!

[MrBrownstone]

Great article there Chris with lots of info about the events

I agree boogity, it would be nice to have events like this in the UK, but alas no such luck. It's great that there are good people in the States that are willing to help us UK folk out.

[Rippers]

Awesome history lesson on the Kmart events! Hopefully we will find Kmart 6 cars in the UK Disney Store again! and with this event being the day after the cinema release you may not be the only one in store to turn up!
I've also read about the rumours on the Kmart 7 day so it sounds like there will be plenty more to come

[boogity]

doesnt it just peeve you off that there aint a kmart or the like over here!

[lovemini]

Great Post, Chris.