Recent Finds - October 2013 Trades and Online Purchases

[Dutch Stickers]

Received this week, with many thanks to BomBom77 and Ozzimum!
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[Clearysdad19]

Just got a package from bobbyjack Lightning with sign and fred, yokoza chisaki, pitty band, bob and darrell, and finn and speedcheck. Plus Ichigo and Ruka

[niftynigel]

Ah, great to see RDMS. I daren't think what that goes for, scary stuff.

Was it a general release as part of the Final Lap series? I ask only as I read (almost certainly niftynigel) that Mattel UK and a certain retailer in the UK (where I found lenti's for sale as new old stock last week) have several 100s of cases of these stashed away in some warehouse.

WH Smith were the last recipient of the Final Lap style Lenticular cardbacks in the UK in early 2011. With Cars 2 about to be launched, Mattel, in their usual (puzzling) wisdom decided to stop further deliveries. I'm lead to believe that there are 1,000s of cases in Mattel's warehouse. We weren't collecting Cars that far back, so someone better qualified than me would be able to say what didn't get a UK release. I would guess that we would have to subtract a small number of cars from the unreleased list as Mattel UK don't usually allow us to *Collect Them All*.

There's surely a huge market for these. I would imagine that they would actually have sold quicker that the Cars 2 996Y case that Mattel found a few weeks ago?

There's plently of *unreleased* FL styled Lenticulars in the UK. Quite why they are hanging onto them remains a mystery. In the past they've sold things off cheap to bargain shops and the like, so maybe there is a plan to *fill a gap* somewhere along the line?

P.S. If you are reading this Mattel UK ...

1). Please allow us to complete the 2013 singles.
2). Please circulate enough cars for as many collectors as possible to *Collect Them All*, that includes Ichigo!
3). If you are thinking of overstocking some old cars just to fill the shelves, don't! Just release all those FL Lenticulars you've been holding on to for the past 2 1/2 years!

[Ferris]

Nice additions, fongkx...

Thanks for the update, Ferris... Glad to hear the Time Travel Mater sets are still available in Disney... I hate to hear they are $5 more each - the makes them $39.95 (for the Wedding Day set) and $49.95 (for the Time Travel Mater set).

Oh...I guess I am wrong then. I thought I saw that it was $29.95 for wedding and $39.95 for the Time Travel. In that case, I am happy to report they are still $34.95 and $44.95. Sorry for the misinformation!

[odisn]

Another $5?!? Good grief...I was hoping it might actually drop, at some point.

[cac1959]

Nice additions, fongkx...

Thanks for the update, Ferris... Glad to hear the Time Travel Mater sets are still available in Disney... I hate to hear they are $5 more each - the makes them $39.95 (for the Wedding Day set) and $49.95 (for the Time Travel Mater set).

[Ferris]

My sister is there now. She did not have a problem finding them or the Star Wars cars, however, it seems they have raised the price of the Wedding and Time Travel sets by $5 each...because apparently, $40 was not enough for three cars!

That is awesome fongkx! Hey Jestrjeff, how does the supply of Wedding and Time Travel sets look down there? My wife and kids are heading to Disney World again in November and I'm planning on asking them to bring me back some sets.

[bobbyjack]

That is awesome fongkx! Hey Jestrjeff, how does the supply of Wedding and Time Travel sets look down there? My wife and kids are heading to Disney World again in November and I'm planning on asking them to bring me back some sets.

[Enzo]

Ah, great to see RDMS. I daren't think what that goes for, scary stuff.

Was it a general release as part of the Final Lap series? I ask only as I read (almost certainly niftynigel) that Mattel UK and a certain retailer in the UK (where I found lenti's for sale as new old stock last week) have several 100s of cases of these stashed away in some warehouse.

[carscrazy]

Awesome mood springs Love Lizzie as a bride too!

[LMQ702]

Nice additions fongkx!!

[fongkx]

Two additions to the collection that came in the mail today.

One from the trade master jesterjef:
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The other requiring a proctologist appointment courtesy of ebay:
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[carscrazy]

Nice additions guys, very cool

[Robomedic]

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The Queen and GGG delivered right from England

[LMQ702]

Received a trade today from Chris (cac1959). Super excited to finally have Transberry Juice. My son is just happy to have another race car.

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