Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that Cars 2 just came out on the big screen. If you didn’t catch it during its first two weeks out, here’s a preview that you can check out to determine if you want to put it on your calendar this week:
In celebration of the new movie and the beloved characters, Disney has released some great new toys and games that you’ll want to check out. We were sent 3 of their die-cast cars, which are my personal favorite in their line of Cars 2 merchandise. They are very high quality, and they each came with an unexpected surprise: they light up and talk!
Each of these cars has several quotes from the movie that can be heard with the push of a button. If you hold their buttons down for 2 seconds, their headlights come on! I wish there was a way to disable the sound but keep the headlight feature working. We couldn’t discover such an option, and so, we simply removed the batteries altogether. We immediately picked up on the fact that Darah played with the cars until she figured out that they talked, and then she just sat and kept pushing their buttons. She’s not old enough to really get the jokes or to incorporate their sayings into her play, so the talking feature was really a minus for us, as it was keeping Darah from using her imagination. This might not be the case for older kids, though.
But now our cars are noise-free and ready to roll. We all play with them in our long hallway. Poor Mater, he never does win a race! Holley Shiftwell is the reigning champ in our home, always beating out Lightning McQueen!
Buy it!: Cars 2 merchandise, including these great die-cast cars, is available at the Mattel Shop online. AND, you can get 20% off any Cars 2 item until August 1st using the code CARS2BL (limit 5 units per order). So exciting!
Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a set of 3 die-cast cars (sponsor’s choice) from the movie Cars 2! The contest will run until July 15th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected via Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.
Mandatory entry:
Tell me your favorite die-cast carfrom the series!
Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: Like Cars 2 on Facebook
2. Blogger love: Follow Stuff Parents Need on Google Friend Connect (found on my sidebar)
Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of the page.
Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
