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Recently, Mattel revised the Cars case assortments for cases E, F, G, H and J. It was noted that several Cars that were originally scheduled to be included in these assortments are now gone and have been replaced by older Cars. As a result, collectors were left wondering what will happen to these missing Cars.

Two a Day speculated that Mattel is planning another Wal-Mart exclusive assortment for 2008. They make a good case, after all we know that Mattel already has the mold for Richard Clayton Kensington. They have already produced one for the charity auction that happened last year. It could be that Mattel is holding these Cars back for release as Wal-Mart exclusives.

So when will we know what the future holds for Cars collectors? Toy Fair is right around the corner, in New York on February 17-20, 2008. I’m guessing we will find out at Toy Fair what Mattel has planned for these missing Cars, as well as the rest of 2008.

Here is the list of Cars that were removed from these upcoming assortments.

• Chief Trunk Fresh
• Dinoco Crew Chief
• Marco Super FAV18 (Jet)
• Octane Gain Crew Chief
• Pit Crew Sarge
• Richard Clayton Kensington (Security Van)

Can anyone out there confirm which Cars are in Case F? Case F is just now starting to show up at retailers, and I am seeing several lists of what Cars were supposed to be in it and which Cars are actually showing up.

Now that Mattel changed the assortment for Case E, I believe the list of Cars that we got at the end of last year is no longer accurate. I think that we will still see the same Cars this year just not the same assortments listed there. I wish that Mattel would revise this list so that the retailers, especially those who are pre-selling cases, will have a better idea of what is expected in those cases. It sucks to order cases thinking they will have certain Cars when those have been replaced with repeats.

If you can confirm what Cars are in Case F, please post in the comments below. Thanks.

Update – 2/1/08: No sooner than I ask the question, do I get a response from none other than my other favorite Cars blogger, (besides yours truly of course) metroxing of Two a Day. Here is Two a Day’s post on upcoming Cars assortment changes for 2008 from Mattel. It seems that Mattel is removing a lot of the newer Cars from upcoming assortments. This fits with the pattern we’ve seen recently, and Two a Day makes a good case for another Wal-Mart exclusive assortment of Cars.

Anyway, we now have the next assortments from cases F, G, H, & J (no Box I). In a nutshell, we’ve lost Pit Crew Member Sarge, Richard Clayton Kensington (Security Van), Trunk Fresh Crew Chief, Marco Super FAV-18 (Jet) and Octane Gain Crew Chief. The bad news is they have replaced most of all the “new” in each box with the same old-same old. Since we know that some of these Cars are already in production, due to the charity auction assortment a few months ago, metroxing believes that they are being held back for an upcoming Wal-Mart assortment. It’s up to you to choose whether you believe this or not.