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Heres my haul from Sunday. It includes Otis, who I recently won on eBay too. It doesnt show the blue, talking Mater we picked up for £2 and the Radiator Springs Playmat for 50p.
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thanks. I even managed to nab the Cars Character Encyclopedia from TK Maxx for £6 so happy with that lolComment
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Fantastic additions, Bombom77... congratulations!Comment
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When I saw it in WHSmiths was gonna get it but 16 quid....lol. Junior tipped me off that tkmaxx sometimes have them for 6 so thanks Jr!
I also grabbed a spare lorengine and headset hobbscapp for trade if anyone is interested
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So the rule is, never send an old man to do a young mans job....lolOriginally posted by boogity View Post
I couldn't believe thee boogity went to a super store and found "diddley squat".. So I contacted them to see what the crack with that was, gave them the magic number to identify what it was i was after and boom....
179 was the amount they had, 3 more than the Northcot store which couldnt find them but they are there....
1st up I got lost, hadn't a clue were i was my eyes were piercing every inch till i found the goods. well disappointment was an understatement, many silver racers and 2 full cases of F... So I done the math and a scan of the top self to find the remaining outstanding....This is what I saw
Yeah I know case P, The one with RIP in it... Well not a sausage, all old porta corsa cards. I didnt even waste a pic on the contents.... nough said.
Well I didnt stop there, determined to score some treasure I collard a manager and gave him the ones & twos about this whole malarky. I told him about the math situation and that we are still outstanding some stock and were the best place he could locate this for me. So he did as requested, a moment later he came out and said you better come with me....You seem to know more than me but I think I found your treasure....
This is what he found.
I told him, you'd be best of sending thAT LOT BACK!!!! I thanked him for his assisting me in such a way, and made my way out to find the wife. So a disappointing effort on the cars front but I did end up scoring some other treasure
Hulk sets £24.99 & the LOTR set £14.99
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Quality rusty, not so on the old cars but the fact you managed to get in the back of a store, being a retail manager myself that's a big thing being able to get back there thumbs up my friendComment
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The case you have in the photo was the W1938-996P case, which dates from January 2012. I think it was the first case with 29 - Radiator Springs Ramone in it? (See table below, if the formatting survives)!!
The Cars 2013 case is W1938-997P. I guess that when the 997 series are exhausted, they'll continue with 998? US is using 999 and Canada is using 95x series, I think?
From Cars 2 the case numbers ran W1938-996A through to 996Y with a couple of gaps.
W1938-996A Mar 2011 Nos. 1-6; 10-15 W1938-996B Apr 2011 Nos. 7, 8, 9 W1938-996C May 2011 16 - Rod Torque Redline W1938-996D May 2011 Re-assortment (2011 range) W1938-996E Jun 2011 17 - Miles Axlerod; 18 - Petrov Trunkov W1938-996F Jun 2011 19 - Hydraulic Ramone; 20 - Nigel Gearsley W1938-996G Oct 2011 21 - Max Schnel W1938-996H Nov 2011 22 - Shu Todoroki; 23 - Miguel Camino W1938-996J Nov 2011 24 - Lewis Hamilton; 25 - Carlo Maserati W1938-996K Nov 2011 Reassortment (2011 range) W1938-996L Nov 2011 Reassortment (2011 range) W1938-996M Nov 2011 26 - McQueen HHC W1938-996N Dec 2011 27 - Mel Dorado W1938-996P Jan 2012 29 - Radiator Springs Ramone (CH) W1938-996R Feb 2012 Re-assortment (2011 range) W1938-996S Mar 2012 31 - Don Crumlin; 32 - Officer Murakarmi (CH) W1938-996T Jun 2012 (EU) 28 - Vladimir; 30 - Victor H.; 33 - Becky (CH) W1938-996U Sep 2012 34 - Acer/torch; 38 - Celine Dephare (CH) W1938-996V Oct 2012 37 - Bindo; 42 - Prince Wheeliam (CH) W1938-996W Oct 2012 (EU) 39 - Erik Laneley; 40 - Cartney Brakin' (CH) W1938-996Y Oct 2012 (EU) 41 - Galloping Geargrinder W1938-997H Sep 2012 35 - Kabuto W1938-997J Oct 2012 43 - Otis; 44 - Suki; 45 - Alex Vandel (CH) W1938-997K N/A Cancelled W1938-997L N/A Cancelled W1938-997M N/A Cancelled W1938-998G Nov 2012 39 - Erik Laneley; 46 - Nick Cartone UK/Europe 35 - Kabuto; 41 - Galloping Geargrinder W1938-997H Jan 2013 Re-assortment (2012 range) Comment
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As the table sort of copied OK (not proper width; I had to narrow the text), I'll also add that some of the early cases (like the one in your picture) were reassorted by Mattel UK and over-stickered with W1938-85xx numbers.
Smyths got their hands seriously burned with these, so it's no wonder they didn't order for nearly a year!
1). Were there cases in the 997 series before 997H, i.e. 997A to 997G?
It should've said (EU) before Kabuto as the case was released in Europe only.
2). The bottom case was actually 998H not 997H. Were there also early cases in the 998 series, i.e. 998A to 998F?
Confusing! Too right!
In the US they had V2796-999A to 999M, then 994Y (reassortment). This was followed by 998A through to 999Y with a few gaps. Now Cars 2013 is 998A to 998L.Comment
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thanks for that nifty...is there any way of being able to download that?
So it just figures that were 2years behind in this island.... i hate rhe scraps. its going to take that store forever
on shifting that lot.. so we wont be seeing anything new for a while....Comment
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ru5ty, that was a waste of time and effort, youre gonna become one of those weirdos every retailer hates if youre not careful, I got greta tonight and have planked vladimir at the ciggy kiosk for you, let me know if you dont want him
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stuarty, on the top of that cage , what are those 2 boxes on the left, it looks like clip strips of some type??Comment
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Good one roger, did your store get any deliveries @ the wknd? or find any of the 176 MIA. And don't worry about my form with respects of how I roll...this is the way I've always done it. Most of my contacts now have my mobile, and they ring never any good news though as everyone seems to have these case D'sOriginally posted by boogity View PostComment
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