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New Cars 3 Packs Found
— December 29, 2007 Leave a Comment
I just heard a report about 3 new Cars 3 packs being found at retail right now. The interesting thing is that 2 of these 3 packs each have a new version of an existing character in them. The first one is Lightning McQueen’s Crew with Lightning McQueen, Lightning Ramone and Flo. Lighting McQueen and Flo are repacks, and Lightning Ramone is a repaint. Ramone’s new paint job in this version is red with a lightning bolt on the side.
The second one is the Dirt Track gift pack with Cactus Lightning McQueen, Sheriff and Dirt Track Doc Hudson. Sheriff and Cactus McQueen are repacks although Cactus McQueen was previously only available at Wal-Mart. The Doc Hudson is a repaint with red rims from the scene in the movie where he races McQueen. The is the first time Doc Hudson has red rims. The previous Hudson with red rims was the Hudson Hornet.
The third 3 pack is the Piston Cup gift pack with Lightning McQueen, Charlie Checker and The King. McQueen and The King are reissues, but Charlie Checker was previously only available at Wal-Mart as “Piston Cup Pace Car.” Also, there appears to be a difference between the 3 pack version of Charlie Checker and the Wal-Mart exlcusive version, in that the Wal-Mart exclusive version has red tail lights and the 3 pack version has yellow tail lights.
So to recap, these have only 2 repainted Cars not available anywhere else. Based on that, I’m not sure how many collectors these will appeal to, other than completists. They are being found at Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and KB so far. Here is an image of all three 3 packs.
Update: Apparently there is a fourth 3 pack that is due to be out, but is not showing up yet. This one is called the Dinoco Dream gift pack and includes Gold Mia & Tia and Bling Bling Lightning McQueen. Here is an image below. You can see that Dinoco McQueen is shown, but the packaging says Bling Bling Lightning McQueen.
Update 2 - 1/10/08: The Dinoco Dream gift pack with Gold Mia & Tia and Bling Bling McQueen is now starting to show up on eBay, which means you should be able to find them at retail soon.
