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— October 13, 2008
The Cars Story Tellers Collection that was previewed at San Diego Comic Con, is now showing up, exclusively at Target. The Story Tellers includes 15 singles and 5 3 packs. I believe all 5 3 packs are out now, and 8 of the 15 singles are available now with other 7 to come later.
You should know that all of Cars available in the 3 packs will eventually be released as singles. So don’t buy the 3 packs just for one Car, when you will eventually be able to get it as a single.
Here is the list of 8 Story Tellers that are out now.
Smell Swell Lightning McQueen
Retro Ramone
Rusty Rust-Eze
Dusty Rust-Eze
Red
Tractor
Brand New Mater
Doc Hudson
And the remaining 7 Story Tellers.
Fabulous Hudson Hornet
Flo
Fred (re-scaled)
Guido
Luigi
Sponsorless Lightning McQueen
Wedding Day Ramone
5 Story Teller 3 Packs
Red, Guido, Luigi
Fred, Hudson Hornet, Smell Swell Lightning McQueen
Doc Hudson, Flo, Sponsorless Lightning McQueen
Wedding Day Ramone, Tractor, Brand New Mater
Rusty, Dusty, Retro Ramone
— October 7, 2008
Start making more room on your shelf because case A is here already! New Cars in case A include chase Impound Lightning McQueen and Ron Hover. New to you Cars may be Spin Out Lightning McQueen and Axle Accelerator. These will be new to you if you haven’t found case T or the Wal-Mart endcap yet.
Here is the full assortment of case A. Note that all Cars in this wave have the new Race-O-Rama packaging.
Axle Accelerator
Bug Mouth McQueen
Chuki
Dinoco Lightning McQueen
Ghostlight Ramone
Impound Lightning McQueen (CHASE)
Kathy Copter
Lightning McQueen (2)
Mario Andretti
Mater
Pit Crew Member Fillmore
Ron Hover (Helicopter) (2)
Snot Rod
Spin Out Lightning McQueen (2)
Stacy (Leak Less Pitty)
— October 5, 2008
While I haven’t seen any new 3 packs in my area, case F is out now at retail. Case F continues the Piston Cup theme. The new 3 pack in case F is Shiny Wax with Shiny Wax, Nebekenezer Schmidt (Shiny Wax Pitty), & Senior Trax (Crew Chief). Here is the case assortment for case F.
Leak Less, Earl Filter (Crew Chief) & Stacy (Leak Less Pitty) (2)
No Stall, Roman Dunes (Crew Chief) & Shirley Spinout (No Stall Pitty) (2)
Shiny Wax, Nebekenezer Schmidt (Shiny Wax Pitty), & Senior Trax (Crew Chief) (2)
Shiny Wax 3 Pack
— October 1, 2008
In the month of October, Wal-Mart is getting a Cars endcap, and it is already being found by collectors. In fact, it doesn’t seem to be that hard to find, since eBay is already swamped with the new Cars.
So what new Cars are on this endcap? How about Sally Cone, Dexter Hoover (yellow flag) and Spin Out McQueen. Not enough, you say? Well then, how about oversized Cars, Lightning Storm McQueen, Al Oft and Barney Stormin. That appears to be it, even though rumors abounded of a Wal-Mart exclusive wave similar to last year’s. These Cars are, in fact, not exclusive to Wal-Mart, but will be appearing in later case assortments.
As I said, I don’t think these will be too hard to find. If you are having trouble, just be patient. Wal-Mart is notoriously unreliable with receiving and displaying product according to a calendar.
— September 28, 2008
If you haven’t heard yet, Race-O-Rama is the theme for next year’s Cars diecast cardback art starting with case A, which should be shipping soon. I love the way it looks, but it does seem a little confusing. One, I’m not sure how it ties into the World of Cars (it still carries the World of Cars logo.) Two, I’m not sure how it appleis to other Cars that are not racecars.
Anyway, we now know what the next chase Car will be, “Impound Lightning McQueen!” I know that’s exactly what you wanted right, another Lightning McQueen variant? Well, don’t worry we haven’t seen the last of the Lightning McQueen variants yet. You can expect to find Impound Lightning McQueen in case A. No word yet on the edition size or whether it will be one per case, the same as the previous chase Cars.
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