Matty's News Archive - August 2008Toys ‘R’ Us Racer Offer: Buy Five Disney/Pixar CARS Character Vehicles, Get Sidewall Shine Vehicle!August 18, 2008 Attention CARS fans! We thought you might want to hear about a cool exclusive promotion brought to you by Mattel and Toys ‘R’ Us. Check it out: Our annual fall Toys ‘R’ Us offer is such a no-brainer, even Mater from Disney/Pixar’s CARS could figure it out… all you have to do is buy five Disney/Pixar’s CARS character toys and we’ll send you a Sidewall Shine car! Clad in yellow with the #74 emblazoned on the sides, our Sidewall Shine vehicle comes straight out of the Speedway of the South race from the CARS movie. But who is car number 74? Sponsored by Sidewall Shine, car number 74 is actually named Slider Petrolski. Slider is a Capitol Motors/Verve XT. Slider’s parents named him after his uncle, famed dirt track racer Slide Powers, who graced the gritty, makeshift tracks of the late forties. Aspiring to his namesake, Slider started racing at an early age. He challenged postal trucks, taxis, delivery vans, and all varieties of unsuspecting pedestrian motorists. He even raced a police car, but only once. Want one? You can read all the details here! Customer Service UpdateAugust 1, 2008 If you were on MattyCollector.com in the hours after our launch, you know we were having some technical difficulties. While it's great that so many people were excited to buy our products, we know that the heavy traffic led to a lot of annoyances and confusion in placing orders. If our records show there's a problem with your order, you should expect to receive a personal call from our customer service team. If it looks like you ordered the same thing more than once, we'll confirm that so you don't get double-charged. If you have on open order or pending PayPal transaction, we'll work with you to make sure that transcation is completed. Thank you for your patience. We're doing all we can to resolve current problems, and we're significantly increasing server capacity to ensure that things are smoother when He-Man goes on sale in October. Thanks for bearing with all this, and sorry again for the trouble on launch day! Jr. toy Guru |
