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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

LAST CHANCE! Pre-Order Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset Today

mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset

UPDATE: Extended through 6/4/19! Let's make it happen!

In 2015, Mattel introduced the Disney·Pixar Cars Precision Series—a collection of highly detailed diecast vehicles and playsets "geared" toward adults and more serious Cars collectors. It was a dream come true for us fans. We would finally be getting the entire town of Radiator Springs in playset form after a decade of waiting—all with movie accurate lighting effects and details! The line started with Flo's V8 Cafe and then introduced new buildings year after year since: Fillmore's Taste-in, Sarge's Hut, Mater's Junkyard, Sally's Cozy Cone Motel, Luigi's Casa Della Tires, Lizzie's Curio Shop and Ramone's House of Body Art. This year, we were suppose to get Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic...until we didn't.

When I visited Toy Fair in NYC back in February, a representative of Mattel told me [bluntly] that the line had been cancelled. WHAT!? With only three sets to go before completing the town (Doc's Clinic, the Piston Cup Racing Museum and the Courthouse), how could they? I was shocked. After being dedicated to this line for almost fours years and close to $1,000 spent collecting it, I could not be more bummed. I knew other fans would feel the same way, so I spread the news with hope we could do something about it.

Flash forward a bit and Mattel goes ahead and gives us collectors one last chance to save the line. On April 24th, they announced a crowed funding campaign of sorts. If they could receive 3,000 pre-orders by 5/21 (today), Doc's playset would go into production by next fall. If the set failed to acquire the needed amount of supporters, the line would be toast—bye, bye. No more. Finished.

mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset

Today is the last day and, unfortunately, the set only has 686 of the needed 3,000 backers. I know this post won't help much (if at all) at this point, but I wanted to share my thoughts and give it one last shot. If you have yet to pre-order one for your collection, you can do so on the Mattel Shop website HERE for $129.99. Note: You will not be charged unless the playset reaches the goal.

Check out the amazing prototype photos of this set below. It would have been absolutely AMAZING. The building has both Doc's clinic and his garage, detailed exactly as it appears in the film. It looks like these photos will be all we ever get of it though, so I guess we just have to soak in what could have been! Maybe, just maybe, one day Mattel will revisit this collection and produce the last three sets. We can only hope!

mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset
mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playsetmattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset
mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset
mattel Doc's Ornament Valley Mechanical Clinic Precision Series Playset

Have you backed this set yet? If you haven't, there's no time to waste! Again, pre-order HERE and let me know all your thoughts down below. Eight out of the eleven sets guys...we were so close.

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