Is this his official name?
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can we come to some closure on whether this is really this character's name? It looks like there is a diecast for the character, but from our previous discussion, perhaps this character has had other names? --Jeff (talk) 23:51, April 2, 2012 (UTC)
It's possible that the purple car may not be J. Curby Gremlin's diecast due to the many differences between them, if that is the case then this purple Gremlin may indeed be called Russ Gremlin. If I'm honest, I'm not sure if it is J. Curby Gremlin, it may well be. I have ordered it off Amazon so when it arrives I will check the packaging, it should have the name printed on it somewhere & then I'll know for sure. If it doesn't, well I guess we'll likely know in the foreseeable.DJ Morris456 08:59, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- That one on Amazon is international packaging, so it will likely not say any name on it, as usual. Russ Gremlin may very well be the name of the character in foreign adaptations of the film, or it may indeed be a completely separate character. For now, the only announced purple Gremlin to be released in the US is J. Curby Gremlin, but it is also entirely possible that may have changed as well. As someone said, this purple Gremlin's marking do not match J. Curby's marking from the film exactly, so we'll have to wait and see for the US release to see what the packaging says. For now, we should stick with the character that was originally named for this vehicle, J. Curby Gremlin, until we have proof otherwise. - RaptorWiki (Ryan) 09:16, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for clearing things up ! I was getting very confused... So I guess for now we shouldn't have the Russ Gremlin page ? Gray Catbird 13:52, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- I will delete the page, then if we get official proof that is the name of this character we can un-delete it. One question I have, where did the name "Russ Gremlin" even come from? He's not in the movie, if it's an international packaging it won't have a name, so where the heck does it come from? Just curious. . . --Jeff (talk) 14:29, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- No idea. I only see this from two UK sellers, one on Amazon and one on eBay (which may in fact be the same person using two different business names when it comes down to it). But I never saw anything from Disney/Pixar calling anyone Russ Gremlin....yet. - RaptorWiki (Ryan) 16:57, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- I will delete the page, then if we get official proof that is the name of this character we can un-delete it. One question I have, where did the name "Russ Gremlin" even come from? He's not in the movie, if it's an international packaging it won't have a name, so where the heck does it come from? Just curious. . . --Jeff (talk) 14:29, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for clearing things up ! I was getting very confused... So I guess for now we shouldn't have the Russ Gremlin page ? Gray Catbird 13:52, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
Still unsure who the Purple Gremlin diecast is supposed to be, but at least we can be sure that it's not J. Curby Gremlin, as his true diecast has surfaced in Hong Kong apparently (may just be the prototype, but at least it's clearly not a custom painted version of Grem or any other previous Gremlin diecast, plus the details are 100% accurate to the J. Curby Gremlin in the film) DJ Morris456 09:42, May 9, 2012 (UTC)
- New evidence for the name Russ Gremlin : as reported by the Cars collector websites, the Australian Mattel website has some new die-casts, and notably, names the purple gremlin "Russ Gremlin". http://www.disney.com.au/mattelcars/?int_cmp=adsales:mattel:cars:right:1#/products/vehicles/diecastassortment/29 --Gray Catbird 01:11, May 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Interesting. Let's see how it is released here in the US. - RaptorWiki (Ryan) 09:22, May 10, 2012 (UTC)