Why Are People Scalping Disney Cars Diecast? - A Deep Dive Into The History Of Chase Pieces

[@PistonCupProductions]

Click here to view the Cars case listings document created by World of Cars Entertainment: docs.google.com/document/d/1-rHzXpqSF6X1Q__6kvfprGMY5FOnVo5b3vj-1MI6Tx8/edit

[@notnamed0219]

So there WERE cases N-U in singles.

[@FurasKapur]

Im sorry is not about your video topic but, do you review Hot Wheels?

[@PistonCupProductions]

@@FurasKapurtypically no, but I do occasionally get models I like. Typically I collect hot wheels like Porsche, fast and furious, trucks, Barbie, gran turismo, etc

[@Kitty-f7j]

@@PistonCupProductionsand tomis

[@Dinocoblu]

Flawless explanation, a topic that needed to be addressed because it’s starting to get ridiculous. It’s not even that they aren’t too knowledgeable about cars collecting lore, but do not pretend like you do, mislead people, and scalp up random stuff that is a negative to everyone involved cause you wanna pretend you know how to make a quick buck.

[@PistonCupProductions]

They’ll scalp up just about anything. I’ve overheard so many scalpers while on shopping trips going for WWE figures, Funko pops, etc. They could care less what relation a toy has to a franchise. If it’s shiny or says chase on the box, you bet your ass they’ll be at the stores at the break of dawn to raid those pallets.

[@RUSTEZ3_95]

The case of the metallic/glittering cars happens thanks to the fact that toy vehicle brands use those types of paint for special variants (Thomas take along trains are a good example),and so people are SO used to that to the point that if a toy is metallic,it'll be an 100°/. effective collector magnet

[@PistonCupProductions]

Can’t wait for Mattel to make 80th anniversary Thomas merch and see golden trains get scalped up

[@RUSTEZ3_95]

They did a 5 pack for push along AEG in 2022(?) with a golden thomas

[@NASCAR-joe]

This is true for NASCAR authentics as well. If you know you know

[@Diecastmaniacars]

i can imagine a scalper watching this just after he bought 20 radiator springs lighting mcqueen

[@PistonCupProductions]

Lmao, that’s the goal! Hopefully he returns them all

[@RadiatorSpringsDiecast]

I been going on eBay telling scalpers that radiator springs lightning aren’t chases for the past month some get really pissed 😂😂

[@PistonCupProductions]

Same here 😂😂

[@tanto64]

As someone who's been collecting Cars diecast since 2006 at 5 years old (i don't really collect the new stuff now, rather, i try to complete the much older collections), from the second I saw the thumbnail and the title, i knew this take was legit. As mentioned in the video, Radiator Springs McQueen has been around for a long time, along with Cruisin' Lighting McQueen. Both have appeared consistently and quite commonly throughout the late 2000s, and they've even popped up every now and again up to current day (if you want a *real* rarity, look for the Golden Cruisin' Lighting McQueen). I'd also like to point out that the overall quality of these new vehicles is not nearly as good as the classic versions. If you take a 2007 Radiator Springs Lighting McQueen and compare it to its current counterpart, the difference is night and day. One dead giveaway is the way they did the printing, especially in the eyes. They don't look so great, and their texture isn’t very good either. They also use cheaper and lower-quality metal and plastic. If any of you want to buy a Radiator Springs Lighting McQueen or a Cruisin' Lighting McQueen, I recommend looking for one of 2000s variants on Ebay.

[@zeeamja1]

There really needs to be a law around scalpers. They’ve caused so much problems in the collection industry. Remember the whole problems with PS5. Something really done about it

[@PistonCupProductions]

Oh man the PS5 situation… that’s a great example. I forgot about that time period, but it’s like you said; they’ve caused way too many problems and more often than not, ruin the fun for the rest. Stores were placing limits on how much they’d receive or sell because of people like them

[@RxCustoms]

People Need to Quit With Thinking Everything Is A DAMN Chase , Like Seriously. People ONLY CARE About if something’s a Chase now rather than actually being in to the hobby or collecting.

[@anthonymorawong02]

Man... so many mistakes when people see certain stuff from the movie Cars, they get the release year wrong, they get certain names mixed up, and they even mistake a character appearence in a movie/short film/show that didn't appear, so many mistakes in the Cars toyline

[@makinyoumad9498]

I found Komodo today, it’s shiny so I guess it’s a chase 🥺

[@PistonCupProductions]

Lmao 😭💀

[@Rashid_Reviews]

The fact this needs to even be discussed is crazy to me as a cars fan 💀 y’all need to understand that the cars line is its own separate thing with different rules and release conventions from hot wheels, the general rule of thumb of “if it’s shiny then it’s valuable” doesn’t work here

[@Carslikesninjago]

can confirm I was the Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen

[@PistonCupProductions]

@Carslikesninjago lmao 😭💀

[@wyattgoralski818]

Great video, PCP and WOC. Now that you've shown me this problem, I won't be able to stand it when eBay sellers or whoever call it a "chase." Also, I cannot wait to see that list of Case contents, especially since the BDD world of cars forum got rid of that feature from a handful of yearly release pages.

[@PistonCupProductions]

Glad it helping! WOC is definitely doing a great job with it

[@notnamed0219]

5:26 Did he just call the Ghost Tractor just a ghost? 😢😢 Btw, Nice video, I’m actually glad you called them out, Chases were introduced in 2008, and RS McQueen was first released in 2007 and then rereleased later on, so I don’t see how he’s a chase. also I feel like this could happen to another metallic car.

[@PistonCupProductions]

Yeah it really could happen to any car. I’m surprised it hasn’t really happened with the scavenger hunt cars from 2018/19. I didn’t discuss those in this video since I could understand people thinking those are like hot wheel treasure hunts, but RS McQueen is no excuse.

[@mchan6215]

I really do hate scalpers man

[@QuartzTubeOFFICIAL]

Bro in Canada, at least in Toronto and the gta, you’re lucky if you even see a McQueen. Every Walmart never gets new cases, and when they do, it’s gone in a day. Takes them 2 months to restock, and every time you go, all there is cars from 2022😭😭

[@everythingcollectibles]

5:04: Agreed! Hot Wheels Collectors/Scalpers are full of s**t and need to leave our stuff alone!

[@jdm_ghost303]

People are crazy these day the McQueen is no chase at all

[@noramartinez1052]

I went to target 2 weeks ago and they told me they got in case d and there was this hot wheels scalper that got the McQueen he said it was a super chase but there was no where where it said it was a super chase he said it was a chase because it had shiny paint. I’m glad you did a video on this to let people know that the McQueen is not rare or a super chase but I am glad this version of McQueen is back because it’s one of my favorite paint jobs.

[@PistonCupProductions]

Did you tell em it wasn’t a chase? 🙏🏻

[@noramartinez1052]

@@PistonCupProductions yeah but for some reason hot wheel scalpers think it’s a chase

[@noramartinez1052]

Thanks for making this video to let some people know it’s not a chase

[@PistonCupProductions]

@@noramartinez1052 thank you for watching and for your support ‼️🙏🏻

[@noramartinez1052]

No problem and thanks for making this video hopefully I find something in target because I’m going tommorow

[@slingshotproductionsplush]

Thankfully I Got a New Holiday Hotshot McQueen Seeing As He Might Be Next... Edit: i Just Checked On EBay And He's Already Affected By This But Not As Much As Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen.

[@PistonCupster]

I think a good parallel here is the Pokemon Cards craze from 2020. While not super rare, the smaller amount of them lead greedy people to mass buy stuff because of the hype. At least people aren’t fighting each other over these cars yet 🤷

[@PistonCupProductions]

I completely missed hearing about that Pokémon craze, but I’m not surprised. I’ve seen it with anime too- once a thing that was called for nerds is now all of a sudden popular with people who think of themselves of higher status

[@Carsboy95]

I saw a listing that called it a chase on eBay, I was so confused lol

[@PistonCupProductions]

They love spreading misinformation lol

[@spyredrum3447]

I hate scalpers but Pixar cars diecasts aren’t the only ones hot wheels, Bakugan heck even transformers fall victims to scalpers and it stinks

[@primalproductions5090]

Great video PCP and World of Cars Entertainment. My personal take on this happening is that cars became popular out of nowhere. Sooo many bandwagons. 1. These stupid scalpers are capitalizing off the popularity 2. people who aren't cars collectors are buying Cars because it's popular. Kind of like Stanley cups. People buying cars because its popular right now, but like 2 months from now they won't care and their decants will just be collecting dust, when it could have gone to a collector or a kid who would have actually paid for it. I never found a racing red in stores but that was because of distribution lol but during 2021 the cars community was dead compared to what it is now, so in general racing reds weren't scalped up. The ending of the video brought some relief to me, im glad they're not selling🤣 Hopefully the cars trend dies down sooner than later, this whole thing is reminiscent to Pokemon cards imo. Now you can find them in stores but like a couple of years ago it was empty.

[@PistonCupProductions]

Thanks for the comment man. That Stanley cup and Pokémon cards situation are perfect examples of ‘scalpers to the rescue.’ I’ve seen so many chicks lately being fucking posers with that target McQueen backpack out in public and online. But I bet you if you ask them anything about cars, they probably don’t even know McQueen’s name and call him “Cars” or something lmao. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing the franchise be so popular after all these years, but at the same time it’s people that come in pretending they know the lore.

[@primalproductions5090]

@@PistonCupProductions YESSS BRO! The McQueen backpack and crocs is a lethal combo! And the annoying thing is that their content gets more views compared to actual cars fans

[@TheRealObin27]

Still can’t find a Crusin Radiator Springs 😭

[@PistonCupProductions]

Case G should be hitting stores this week and he’s in that case! Case H is supposedly going to feature him as well, so hold on to hope! #beatthescalpers

[@ThePhoenixKing811]

I use offerup and people sell cars for 20 plus shipping and it cost 3.72 in stores or 5 dollars

[@PistonCupProductions]

Insane isn’t it?

[@ThePhoenixKing811]

@@PistonCupProductions tell me about it and it’s dj with flames which I need I have wingo and president mater for 2024 and the ghost tractor and cave mater

[@ThePhoenixKing811]

@@PistonCupProductions hey pcp are they any dj with flames in Texas cause I would like to get one but I haven’t found any yet

[@PistonCupProductions]

Yeah there were plenty about 3 weeks ago, highly recommend checking out the latest hunt to see the stock in McAllen and Austin. Speaking of cars you need, I was close to missing out on president mater as well. Only saw him once at my local Walmart and never saw him again- not a single other Walmart in my area stocked on his case

[@ThePhoenixKing811]

@@PistonCupProductions I wish u could get me a dj with flames, I found 2 but gave one to a friend hopefully I can find one for you so I can ship on to you if I could get a dj with flames

[@Sara_Sonicgamer]

Why do people think that it's a chase when clearly it's not and that annoys me

[@slingshotproductionsplush]

I Feel Like These Scalpers Have Probably Never Watched Cars...

[@HedgehogBoyProductions]

Dauym amazing topic talk, now I kinda wanna make one where I rant about crappy misinformation cars edits 💀

[@PistonCupProductions]

Time to address all those cars 4 enthusiasts and McQueen prime meatriders

[@Ronpitcar]

@@PistonCupProductionsyou should do a video like this about the retards thinking mcqueens prime speed is 250 mph I’m so fucking sick of it

[@JXstudios95]

this was a very good video dude every time i saw people or videos on instagram seeing people calling it a chase got me annoyed and its making hard for me to find and its still happening which is sad. great video my guy

[@traceygrimmondchuck7167]

yea i collect hot wheels to but i like disney cars more see people in shops jumping up and down because they found a chase is what they think when really its just radiator springs mcqueen

[@Jack54800]

PCP, pregunta Esto de que la gente cree que el McQueen del final de Cars 1 es un Chase solo está pasando en el lado angloparlante o se ha visto casos en que un hispanohablante tiene ese mismo error de creer que rayo mcqueen de radiador springs es un chase? Pregunto porque se que tú sabes español

[@rehanr3096]

@ 5:50 I died of laughter 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Trainboy56team]

Touché, and it’s been awhile since you last done another pcp season 4 shorts

[@PistonCupProductions]

It has been, any story suggestions for the next one? We’re open to ideas.

[@Trainboy56team]

@@PistonCupProductionsI know, how about Percy’s bad day Plot: Thomas and the steam team are all resting in they’re sheds, Percy has to go a take some cars to whiffs wasted dump, when he got his cars and went on his way to collect the garbage, he didn’t know the trucks were being troublesome, when he was going over Gordon’s hill, the trucks saw there chance, they pushed him down the hill fast, he tried to stop but he couldn’t, but then there was trouble, he saw Edward on the same line as him, he was taking some cargo to brendam docks, Percy whistled to get his attention, when Edward saw him, he applied his brak3s, but it was too late, both crashed, garbage and boxes flew everywhere, it took a while for the mess to be cleaned up, he was in so much damage that Emily had to take him to the steamworks to be repaired, when the engines heard the news, Thomas went insane mad, he couldin’ believe it, James tried to calm him down, but Thomas didn’t care one bit, the only thing that makes him calm is going on his Branchline with Annie and clarabel, so he went to do that, and got back to tidmouth sheds and felt more calm, Gordon told Henry that he has never seen Thomas gone so mad before, and Henry replied back me neither, and then the situation was calm again, the enf

[@McQueenRacer95]

I cant find RS McQueen at all because of scalpers.

[@PistonCupProductions]

He’s coming yet again in case G and H, so hopefully you can snag him there before the scalpers 🤞

[@McQueenRacer95]

@@PistonCupProductions just seeing people declare him a “chase” makes my blood boil

[@PistonCupProductions]

100%

[@BabySonicFromSonicMovie]

Same

[@McQueenRacer95]

@@PistonCupProductionsu were right i went to walmart and caught a restock now I finally got him

[@vxnFloppa]

Scalping should be outlawed

[@TheAverageGoblin]

This was literally my Father, Getting into His car with Him having 3 of these in His Walmart Bag💀

[@PlushCentral65]

It's definitely quite an issue for sure

[@beso4247]

Honestly I don’t speak for all hot wheels enthusiasts but I know a few of us that enjoy the cars just like any collector. Respectfully I will keep buying them till my friends don’t need it anymore!

[@Sonicthehedgehog772]

W vid pcp

[@barneyjuniorYT]

People are becoming more and more pathetic and thirsty for money.

[@LastChanceForRise]

Great video

[@gleyno]

Unrelated question, can I use a hot wheels track set with Cars Pixar Diecasts?

[@slingshotproductionsplush]

No... The Cars Diecasts Are Too Big For It (Unless It's Cars 3 McQueen)

[@ModelY303]

Unfortunately not. Nearly all of the diecasts are too wide to fit on the HW tracks, with the only exception being the Cars 3 McQueen mold.

[@jodezero]

Thanks for posting this. Tired of all the Diecast speculators moving into CARS. Stick to Hot Wheels!!

[@PistonCupProductions]

Hopefully they stumble across this vid 🤞

[@Mr.57_Official]

I lucky had a Thailand “Radiator Springs” Lightning McQueen without any scalpers knowing at a Local Walmart… When I am hunting for a 75th Jeff Gordon Next Gen diecast… When it comes to my Dream NASCAR authentics… I wasn’t lucky… Especially the throwback Chase Elliot (2023), Throwback William Byron (2023) and Throwback Corey Lajoie (2021)… So didn’t like to wait though which means that I had no choice but to get it on eBay (For a good/decent price)… I hope these stupid scalpers are gone forever and get my hands on the cars first before these losers do… 😢

[@Masonjensrud-zn3te]

Radiator Springs McQueen Isn't A Fricking Chase!! Not All Metallic Cars Are Chases!!! Take Uh... Haul'em Haynes For Example! He's Metallic, But He Isn't A Chase! Although He Should Be Blue Like He Is In Cars On The Road, But I Really Like His Metallic Look. And Others!! People, Check The Packaging And List Of Chases Will Ya?

[@Masonjensrud-zn3te]

Oh, Yeah, Take Dewey Conerod As Another Example!!

[@Masonjensrud-zn3te]

Guess Take Mato As Well?

[@rezayousaf]

Let this man cook 🔥

[@rezayousaf]

5:07 Nah bro, no one wants to see hall of fame plate cleaners and fridge protectors show off what they call a body

[@FreeGamesTube]

So each year Mattel would add new cars to a new case because I’m afraid I won’t be able to find the rest of the crazy 8 😅

[@rezayousaf]

3:18 W Plug

[@mguymario]

Most are scalping the lighting cuz it has a mispelling on the packaging that was never fixed. The fact people are calling that a chase not even noticing that is has a spelling mistake is just bafling

[@criticalspectrum8383]

I found one and Chick Hicks today at a auto zone I been building my cars collection trying to keep them in box So far I have Classic Number 1 McQueen Chick Hicks Todd Pizza Planet Truck Bill The Luxo Ball Car Buzz Lightyear and Woody Super Chargers That McQueen NASCAR Lightning McQueen 2024 Space Creature McQueen I plan on adding down the line The Fabulous Doc Hudson, GRC Francesco, Lighting Storm McQueen, and Dracula Mater that's pretty much it

[@Masonjensrud-zn3te]

Hope There Won't Any TikTok Trends About People Calling Peggy Liner A... Well You Know! I'm Not Saying It! Peggy Doesn't Look Like That!! Get Your Minds Out Of The Gutter, People!!!

[@Masonjensrud-zn3te]

I Don't Even Own Peggy Liner!! Never Got A Chance To Get Her!! 9-Pack Is Too Expensive! Hopefully Mattel Re-releases The 9-Pack In 2025?

[@W4lmartbag]

Go buddy mcqueen is a chase

[@rezayousaf]

The Super Chase 😂

[@W4lmartbag]

@@rezayousaf yes

[@GlamrockUniverse]

People need to know the die-cast size lol😂😂😂😂

[@masterJ2004]

I FINALLY GOT MINE 😄😄😄🎉🎉🎉

[@nazninhossain5839]

4:20 OOH ITS SHINY THAT MUST MEANS ITS A CHASE

[@milujupiškotky]

i have the mcqueen and it is low quality

[@rezayousaf]

4:40 😂😂😂

[@PistonCupProductions]

I shocked myself with the roasts in this one

[@rezayousaf]

@@PistonCupProductions You were on a role dude

[@MattelTomy]

Go buddy go buddy go buddy

[@josemanueljaimerodriguez1535]

I live in México but i can go to US quite often and i never find this McQueen because of this problem, fortunatly i find it on mercado libre (like ebay in the US) for like 8.50 including shipping, I would understand if this is really a Chase but it's not and i hate seeing people putting this videos saying is a Chase

[@PistonCupProductions]

Ah yes I know about Mercado libre, my aunt has bought me a couple things through there before. I haven’t been to Mexico since November, but has this McQueen even shown up on the shelves? Is he being scalped in Mexico too?

[@josemanueljaimerodriguez1535]

@@PistonCupProductions last week mattel restock on case G on all the retailers here, also mercado libre since mattel has there on web page there, i went to Walmart here in México and the day after i bought most of the stuff i need from case G from mercado libre, Walmart put a case G, unfortunatly i came late that day and all the good stuff was gone, including this McQueen, but i don't think its because scalpers, since november or december none of the Walmarts havent get most of the Cases this year and i know it because when i go to Walmart i never see even one Cars from whatever case suppose to be out by that time, i have only see like two or three times from december to today that they put a case of Cars on Walmart México ñ

[@josemanueljaimerodriguez1535]

@@PistonCupProductions mattel has been really Bad distributing Cars here in México since the pandemic, the only time You can find them Frequently is on christmas time when they put "juguetilandia" on Walmart but the rest of the year it is on random times when they restock on any retailer including mercado libre, since november i have only seen like two or three times in My local walmart and other walmarts here in México that restock with only one or two cases of Cars, i now it is true since when a go to Walmart i never find any cars from whatever case is suppose to be out by that time

[@josemanueljaimerodriguez1535]

@@PistonCupProductions last week fortunatly they restock case G on most retailers here in México, and i get almost all the Cars that i need in mercado libre, also my local walmart get case G but when i get there all the good stuff was gone including this McQueen

[@josemanueljaimerodriguez1535]

​@@PistonCupProductions mattel here in mexico has been really bad distributing cars cases since the pandemic, the only time you can got cars kind of easily is when walmart put on chistmas time there big toy section "juguetilandia" since that time this year i only have find 2 or 3 times cars cases on any retailer here in mexico, like last week finally they restock with case G and i almost get all i need from that case on mercado libre, also my local walmart got one case but of course all the good stuff was gone when i get there including this mcqueen, but of course, its beacuse mattel is really bad restocking here in mexico, last year also a walmart employee told me they just got 3 cases of cars for chistmas and thats it

[@degradedanimationandgaming6722]

i have that somewhere in my other house

[@joshlittrell8946]

LMAO! -GotFrank

[@ynictx5184]

Tag all them eBay resellers talking about CHASE ! lol

[@PistonCupProductions]

Kid you not I tried spamming the link of this video to the scalpers on eBay selling RS McQueen and it blocked me from doing so LOL

[@JrRobles95]

Yeah people thinking if this car's metallic this car must be a Chase or some kind of special car for Rarity purposes like Hot Wheels it's straight BS because the company wants to make the car the look exactly kind of like the one in the movies and I get it because my queen is metallic and some spots like in Cars 1 at the end of the movie and during the cruise through town and in the third one the Rust eze racing Center McQueen I don't know even if they did it with some Piston Cup racers as well because I noticed that some of them are actually kind of metallic yeah this is a problem because I'm trying to look for that specific lightning McQueen because I used to have one a very very long time ago and I can't seem to find it and when I'm trying to find any of the metallic cars from one of my favorite movies what kind of that help me kind of also get into NASCAR and and I want to get something that brings back a little bit of childhood and I can't find it because people think it's all a Chase especially since it's metallic yeah they're just money because since it's made from Mattel they think that if it's metallic it must be chased just like a Hot wheel in the Disney Cars line doesn't have the mark of Hot Wheels any where on the packaging it just says Mattel Disney Pixar Cars nothing of Hot Wheels even Matchbox because Matchbox also has their Chase so I don't know why people think that if a Disney Pixar car diecast is metallic because it's part of the movie on the way they look think it's some sort of Chase it's straight BS

[@Graysonbrooks212]

I love your vids

[@kurtisrissler]

Disney cars diecast in 2024 is good

[@Diecast_Detective]

Tht doesn't mean it's not a chase

[@PistonCupProductions]

In through one ear and out the other huh 🤣🤣 typical hot wheels scalpers

[@Diecast_Detective]

Good thing I'm not a scalper and a collector instead, so same as you in through one out through other, piss poor attitude. I see

[@PistonCupProductions]

@@Diecast_Detective good thing I’m not an idiot who thinks anything shiny automatically means “CHASE” or “MONEY MONEY MONEY” 🤣 broke man attitude

[@Diecast_Detective]

@@PistonCupProductions the consumer makes the demand imagine why everyone was calling the green porche a chase doesn't have to be shiny or 0/0 just the demand of the people that want to buy. Blame the people buying.

[@TMCCABE]

Nice intro

[@radiatorspringsnetwork]

Why don't we make use of these guys and tell them that all Cars Witz zebra design are chases? Mae ans Kay would clear the shelves😂Wonder if these guys are smarter now😂 at least for the Racing Reds, it is legitimate to regard them as more desirable because like Cars chases and scavengers, they have been released only once in one case only .

[@PistonCupProductions]

You’re such a genius.. I just might have to try this for the sake of a video- print a bunch of chase logos and slap em on every current peg warmer like Nile, Mallory, Mae, Kay, gearsten, chisaki, etc and watch the 50 year old men fall for the bait. This could either go one of two ways: Either all these peg warms will be gone and Mattel needs to thank us for clearing their shelves, or we’re about to make the value of these OTR peg warmers sky rocket lol

[@radiatorspringsnetwork]

@@PistonCupProductions thank you, man! 😂 yeah, please! Print these, it would be so much fun🤣 we might really succeed and these scalpers would be punished.

[@PixarCarsStopMotion]

Ka Chow ⚡️

[@Amandagrace-95]

Hey Gael what’s up

[@Brandon-ic6gg]

❤❤

[@Diecast_Detective]

Dumb explanation

[@slingshotproductionsplush]

Okay:/