Man I don’t know what is going on around here lately but hardly any of the stores are pulling in any Character Cars. Fortunately I’ve found 2 of the more recent Disney cars at retail – Remy (from Ratatouille) and Dug (from Up). The funny thing is once I spotted them they started popping up everywhere, so I do hold out some hope for the remainder of what I need to find.
Anyway…I’d put both of these guys squarely in the middle of the pack. They’re marginally recognizable and if you’ve seen the movies you can probably pick out the finer details, but the characters themselves simply aren’t as iconic as, say, Ariel or Dumbo. It takes a minute to spot the “rat” in the old-timey milk truck that is Remy. The whole grille-headlights area doubles as a nose and whiskers, with the front license plate area cleverly split in two to look like a rat’s front teeth, but there’s no real indication of eyes anywhere on the front. We do get the chef’s hat and ears (I think) but eyes are what really make a face.
Otherwise we’ve got a slightly off-kilter exhaust pipe which I assume to the be the tail, as well as the “Ratatouille” branding on either door. It’s a nicely detailed silhouette of Remy with his hat and spoon, reminiscent of something hanging in or above a French cafe. It really stands out against the relative blandness of the remaining gray and white color scheme.
Dug looks marginally more like a dog than than Remy does a rat, but that’s a thin compliment. There’s a face somewhere in the headlightsa-grille area as evidenced by the big brown “nose” at the end of the hood. Otherwise there’s just not much “dogness” to talk about here.
They cant all be winners and that’s ok. Part of the problem is that neither of these guys have any strong physical characteristics that set themselves apart. We’ve still got 3 more that should be coming in the near future, so maybe they’ll be more convincing. Stick around!
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