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Chase Ruka and Mildred Bylane... first to market Cars for Kmart for the Kmart 10 Cars Collector Event on October 19, 2013... in theory... except they also turned up in 2013 Singles Case Q... which was released before the Kmart 10 Cars Collector Event... What does this mean? Those of you without Kmart stores near by may have an easier time finding Ruka and Mildred... it also means that Kmart probably didn't order as many case for the Kmart 10 event as they had for previous events - otherwise the Chase Ruka would not have been included in a non-Kmart case... Anyway, they are here, and Cars collectors are happy about it.
In this installment of Respect the Classics, we'll take a look at 2 Cars that don't have much in common other than the fact that they are both supposed to be in the Kmart 10 singles case and 2013 singles case Q... Mildred Bylane and Chase Ruka.
Mildred Bylane
We've been waiting a long time for Mildred Bylane... Mildred made a short appearance in Cars... But was she a beautiful looking Car... one of the classics from the era of Doc Hudson, Edwin Kranks, and Milton Calypeer... Mildred was rumored to debut as a Final Lap single... but she wasn't released... when she finally was seen loose on eBay during the summer of 2013, many of us thought she'd be released as the one new Car in a 7 pack with 6 repeats... but surprise! She was seen as a carded single on the 2013 cardback:
A very nice looking Car indeed... and heavy... Mildred Bylane is part of the Retro Radiator Springs series.
Mildred has her eyes on you... and me:
And she can be looking at us from any direction...
Production codes vary... I have 2 carded Mildred so far (but I did open one)... 1703 EAA on the back of one, and 2413 EAA on the other... 71 days apart... The codes on the bottom of the Car are 2413 EAA in the one that I opened (card 2413 EAA) and 1613 EAA on the bottom of the Car of the card dated 1703 EAA.
Mildred Bylane's UPC is 7 46775 24023 3
Chase Ruka
Ruka appeared as the airplane Waitress in Cars2... again not much screen time... but a smart looking Car...
Chase Ruka is part of the 2013 singles Airport Adventure series.
I don't know about you, but when I see the term "Chase" on a Car's card, I think I'm not going to find many of them and I better get a few while I can...
I love the detail on the paint/decal job:
Production codes for the 2 I have:
Car: 1693 EAA (cardback 1703 EAA)
Car: 2313 EAA (cardback 2393 EAA)
Again, there's at least 2 months between production runs - that leads me to believe that Ruka was going to be in one case... and then with the delay was put into another case.
Here's Ruka:
Ruka's UPC is 7 46775 18688 3
In Conclusion
If you haven't seen Mildred Bylane or Chase Ruka yet, hopefully you will soon... again, both are supposed to be in the Kmart 10 Cars Collector Event case... some of these cases have already been released at Kmart stores... the Kmart event is Saturday October 19... and 2013 singles case Q is still showing up at some stores - it's been reported at Target and Kmart stores and I've seen remnants at one Walmart store.
If you don't have these Cars in your collection and want them, hopefully you'll get the opportunity to do so... hopefully you'll see them at the Kmart event this weekend - there are supposed to be 2 Mildred in the case and 1 Chase Ruka... I've got a case on order and will take pictures as soon as it arrives.
As always, I appreciate your comments... thanks for reading.
Chris
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