Recent Finds - December 2014 Store Purchases

[RCcars5]

Cool finds, Rbart1209!

I found the Ice Racers myself, too today! Target employee had to go into the stockroom to get a case. When he brought the case out, another gentleman was waiting with me. I wonder if he is on PCD?

I also got a Chicane (2014 NON-Treasure Hunt) and a Luigi and Guido with Headset single.

Nice finds yourself! At every Target I asked an employee to see if they had the 4-pack, but all of them didn't. The only singles I've been finding lately are Luigi & Guido w/ Headsets, Louis Larue, and Holley Shiftwell w/ Screen, but I did get lucky today and found Interview Francesco.

[CarsDiecast08]

The ice racers look cool , but Vitaly Petrov is the only one I'll be looking to pick up.

[bobbyjack]

I found the Ice Racers 4 pack today at Target but I didn't buy it. Just like the post above, I think the Vitaly single will be the only one I pick up.

[cac1959]

Finally found a Target store within 100 miles that had Ice Racer singles... so I made a trip late this afternoon... strange case - it only had McQueen, Vitaly, Max, and Raoul... I also found Alberto, Sally with Tattoo, and Geartrude... stopped at 2 more Target stores and came up empty as well... the collector McQueen is back up to $14 and still not selling... I also stopped at a Walgreen's on the way back and found a Hot Wheels Loop Coupe treasure hunt.

I intend to pick up a Neon Racers 4 pack to open, 1 to keep carded, a complete set of the singles to keep carded, and the ones not in the 4 pack to open... that's more than some of you, but I won't be hoarding.







Alberto and Sally with Tattoo:

[RCcars5]

Finally found a Target store within 100 miles that had Ice Racer singles... so I made a trip late this afternoon... strange case - it only had McQueen, Vitaly, Max, and Raoul... I also found Alberto, Sally with Tattoo, and Geartrude... stopped at 2 more Target stores and came up empty as well... the collector McQueen is back up to $14 and still not selling... I also stopped at a Walgreen's on the way back and found a Hot Wheels Loop Coupe treasure hunt.

I intend to pick up a Neon Racers 4 pack to open, 1 to keep carded, a complete set of the singles to keep carded, and the ones not in the 4 pack to open... that's more than some of you, but I won't be hoarding.

Nice finds! Yea, that's the same with me, two of the Targets I went to today only had the characters Max Schnell, Lightning McQueen, Vitaly Petrov, and Raoul CaRoule.

[bobbyjack]

Finally found Alberto and Sally w/ Tattoo yesterday. Four Walmarts, 2 Targets, and 2 TRUs and that was all I found.

[CarsDiecast08]

Finally found Alberto and Sally w/ Tattoo yesterday. Four Walmarts, 2 Targets, and 2 TRUs and that was all I found.

this dry spell has lasted from like September and doesn't seem to have an end point yet. :/ Half of Mattel's 2014 releases haven't even hit stores around me yet... its aggravating.

[cac1959]

We got a late start returning from my wife's sister's in southern Indiana yesterday so I didn't get a chance to stop at any Indianapolis Target stores yesterday... so today I decided to make the 110 mile one way trip to Columbus Ohio to check out a few Target and other stores.

Target stores in Dayton and Springfield got in case A of the Ice Racers singles... 5 McQueen, 3 Max, 2 Vitaly, and 2 Raoul per case... I'd mapped out 6 Target stores west of downtown Columbus and ended up only stopping at 4... all 4 had gotten case C of the Ice Racers singles with 4 McQueen and 1 each of Lewis, Miguel, and Shu... and 2 of them had the Ice Racers 4 packs.. so I no longer need any of the first 8 Ice Racers.

I also picked up Alberto and Sally with Tattoo and in fact ended up leaving some of them behind... 2 of the Target stores had gotten in case K with Mama Bernoulli and Todd - none of the stores had gotten in case L... so I still haven't seen case L singles in stores.

Stops at 1 Kroger, 1 Toys R US, 1 Meijer, and 2 Walmart stores were a waste.

Still, that's a pretty good way to end my 2014 Cars store finds and purchases.

[RCcars5]

Nice finds! Went to four Targets today and some other uneventful stores. All the Targets had Case L, only one of the Targets didn't have Marcelo & Marco so I ended up buying all the Marcelos & Marcos I found except for two that had damaged cards. I also bought 3 Henri Motisses and 3 Jonathan Shiftkos so it was a good hunting day today since I came back with 5 Marcelos & Marcos!

[Nitroade]

Wow, Rbart, what I would give to just see one of any of those! :P

[RCcars5]

Wow, Rbart, what I would give to just see one of any of those! :P

Yea, I got lucky that day, lol. I was at a Target near Naperville a while ago and saw some remnants of Case L along with the Ice Racers, but found Marcelo and Marco just a few days ago further south.

[Nitroade]

Yea, I got lucky that day, lol. I was at a Target near Naperville a while ago and saw some remnants of Case L along with the Ice Racers, but found Marcelo and Marco just a few days ago further south.

So you're the one taking all the good ones around here! ;P
I stop in the Naperville Target every now and then and have only ever seen the remains of good cases. Haven't seen the Ice Racers there so I guess I should head back over.

[RCcars5]

So you're the one taking all the good ones around here! ;P
I stop in the Naperville Target every now and then and have only ever seen the remains of good cases. Haven't seen the Ice Racers there so I guess I should head back over.

I don't live to close to Napeville so I don't go there that often, but when I went to the Naperville Target all I bought were 2 Interview Francescos and Ice Racers Lewis Hamilton, Miguel Camino, and Shu Todoroki. I left at least one of each Ice Racer character and cars like Louis Larue and Holley Shiftwell w/ Screen. Sorry if I bought what you were looking for, hopefully you can still find them!

[Nitroade]

Ah, I see. It's probably been 2/3 weeks since I visited that target / meijer. It's a small drive for me as well.

[PixarCarsFan]

I've been Cars hunting the past few days but bought nothing.

I left more Alberto, Geartrude, L & G with headsets and Sally with Tattoos in a couple of stores.

I found the remnants in Coles supermarket of the first international version of Case L that I had seen which had no new cars apart from Interview Francesco. The difference in smile only made it an easy pass.





I also found my first 2015 case. This is the first 2015 case I have heard about in Australia. It was in Meyer department store in Melbourne city centre and unfortunately only had these 4 left that I have other cards of so left them:

I think I know which Coles store you found that at... but which one was it, really?