Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2018/19/20/21/22/23 Finds

[niftynigel]

The Fireball Beach singles have flown off of ASDA's shelves and pegs even at £7.97. It proves there's still a market for Cars!

[boogity]

of course someone could have knicked them, might buy one at that price buts thats all

[niftynigel]

It's been a huge lull everywhere, boogity... stores are starting to do their resets... new items coming out are the Fireball Beach series items (at Target in the US and smaller stores in the UK) and the Thomasville Legends series (at US Walmart stores after coming out at Big W in Australia)... I've seen very few 2018 singles Cars... Deluxe have been more common and I have seen 2 packs at a few store chains... Toys R US merchandise has been showing up at many different consolidators stores in the US... Mattel hasn't even shown the 2018 poster and we are 3 months away from the 2019 Mattel year.

2 new things appeared in California yesterday so there is hope for new merchandise... but this lull has been bad... if Mattel is making long-term collectors like me lose interest in their products there's a problem with their strategy... and I agree - 15 quid for Deluxe is too much to pay although I have paid more than I'd have liked to have paid for many items.

I expect we'll see new case assortments sometime and would not be surprised to see the equivalent of the Super Case from 2012 with 2 Super Chase Cars and 11 or 12 new Cars total.

There have only been official sitings of the Fireball Beach singles at ASDA in the UK so far. That's not to say that they aren't elsewhere, it's just that no one has confirmed sitings elsewhere on PCD. Maybe they have on Facebook?

[cac1959]

As far as I know, niftynigel, the only reports of Fireball Beach singles have been in the UK, first at small toy stores and then at ASDA, and then in the US at Target... I've not seen any other stores mentioned on any of the Facebook Cars groups I check... US stores sold out singles and I've not heard of restocks for the last month.

[niftynigel]

A new 2018 singles case has just started to appear at Smyths Toy Superstores in the UK. It is DXV29-974U. Instead of the usual 24 cars, there's only 21 as the three Cars 3 Lightning McQueen's have been removed, probably at the request of Smyths! As this is a revised assortment, it has been over-stickered DXV29-8503. The full case contents is identical to the 9565 Wal-Mart and HEB case from January. The datestamp is 3187EAA which is similar to the US case too!

The full contents (including 3no. McQueen's) is:
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CARS 3 LIGHTNING McQUEEN No. 95	3	DXV32
JACKSON STORM (IGNTR 2.0)	3	DXV34
STERLING	2	DXV63
BOBBY SWIFT (OCTANE GAIN No. 19)	1	DXV64
BUCK BEARINGLY (VIEW ZEEN No. 39)	1	DXV68
RUST-EZE CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 95	2	FGD72
FILLMORE	1	FJH96
TEX DINOCO	1	FJH97
SALLY	1	FJH98
TAILGATE	1	FLM04
BLIND SPOT	1	FLM05
HIGH IMPACT	1	FLM06
GREG CANDYMAN (TACH O MINT No. 101)	1	FLM07
MARIO ANDRETTI	1	FLM08
SHU TODOROKI	1	FLM09
FRANCESCO BERNOULLI	1	FLM10
LEWIS HAMILTON	1	FLM11
METALLIC CRUZ RAMIREZ	1	FLM16

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There are at least 1,000 of these in store at Smyths, compared to the initial batch of case 975A at ASDA, which numbered just 280.
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This represents the first official non-clipstrip release of Sterling in the UK. Because these were manufactured in the sellotape era it may not come as a surprise that some cars have sellotape on them! In purchased both Sterling and Metallic Cruz Ramirez. A total of 32 singles have now been released on 2018 cards in the UK - not including clipstrips. Expect to see cases 974V, 974W and 974Y at some stage. They will probably mirror US cases 957A, 957B and 957J?

[boogity]

spotted u in smyths up on top, there seem to be dual pricing, new stuff 5.99 older stuff 4.99
had walk round asda living couldnt find a thing

[boogity]

seems smyths are the only ones to have anything new, but at 5.99 they can keep them

[cac1959]

seems smyths are the only ones to have anything new, but at 5.99 they can keep them

I understand where you're coming from, boogity... but I'd gladly pay an inflated store price to find singles... here in the US I've seen 2018 Deluxe and 2 packs, but 2018 singles have been few and far between.

And with this being November, we're now in the 2019 Mattel year.

[niftynigel]

The 2018 singles cases that Smyths have had so far. They've had the Lightning McQueens removed and Mattel has given them case numbers 8501-8503.

DXV29-974U (8503) (Smyths 08.09.2018) (3197EAA) (US 9565)

CARS 3 LIGHTNING McQUEEN No. 95	3	DXV32
JACKSON STORM (IGNTR 2.0)	3	DXV34
STERLING	2	DXV63
BOBBY SWIFT (OCTANE GAIN No. 19)	1	DXV64
BUCK BEARINGLY (VIEW ZEEN No. 39)	1	DXV68
RUST-EZE CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 95	2	FGD72
FILLMORE	1	FJH96
TEX DINOCO	1	FJH97
SALLY	1	FJH98
TAILGATE	1	FLM04
BLIND SPOT	1	FLM05
HIGH IMPACT	1	FLM06
GREG CANDYMAN (TACH O MINT No. 101)	1	FLM07
MARIO ANDRETTI	1	FLM08
SHU TODOROKI	1	FLM09
FRANCESCO BERNOULLI	1	FLM10
LEWIS HAMILTON	1	FLM11
METALLIC CRUZ RAMIREZ	1	FLM16

DXV29-923W (8502) (Smyths 19.10.2018) (3337EAA) (US 957A)

JACKSON STORM (IGNTR 2.0)	3	DXV34
STERLING	1	DXV63
DINOCO CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 51	2	DXV71
FABULOUS LIGHTNING McQUEEN	1	FGD57
RUST-EZE CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 95	1	FGD72
MATER	2	FJH92
FILLMORE	1	FJH96
SALLY	1	FJH98
MARKUS KRANKZLER (TRANSBERRY JUICE No.6)	1	FLL26
DINO DRAFTSKY (CLUTCH AID No. 121)	1	FLL27
REV ROADAGES (VINYL TOUPEE No. 76)	1	FLL28
CONRAD CAMBER (SHINY WAX No. 82) (2G)	1	FLL30
SHELDON SHIFTER (SPUTTER STOP No. 92) (2G)	1	FLL31
BLIND SPOT	1	FLM05
SHU TODOROKI	1	FLM09
LEE REVKINS (TRANSBERRY JUICE No. 63)	1	FLM14
METALLIC BOBBY SWIFT (OCTANE GAIN No. 19)	1	FLM18
CARLA VELOSO	1	FLM19
LIGHTNING McQUEEN No. 95 (with Racing Wheels)	1	FLM20
T.G. CASTLENUT (RE-VOLTING No. 84)	1	FLM21

DXV29-975A (8501) (ASDA 18.06.2018; Smyths 22.09.2018) (0408EAA/1308EAA) (US 957F)

CARS 3 LIGHTNING McQUEEN No. 95	1	DXV32
JACKSON STORM (IGNTR 2.0)	3	DXV34
SMOKEY	1	DXV37
DINOCO CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 51	2	DXV71
FABULOUS LIGHTING McQUEEN	1	FGD57
RUST-EZE CRUZ RAMIREZ No. 95	1	FGD72
MATER	2	FJH92
FILLMORE	1	FJH96
REV ROADAGES (VINYL TOUPEE No. 76)	1	FLL28
CONRAD CAMBER (SHINY WAX No. 82) (2G)	1	FLL30
SUDEEP (Trainee No. 083)	1	FLL38
ADAM PARKE (CARLA'S PITTY)	1	FLL39
CARL CLUTCHEN (EASY IDLE No. 15)	1	FLL40
KRZYSZTOF (Trainee No. 021)	1	FLL42
RYAN SHIELDS (VIEW ZEEN No. 39)	1	FLL78
HIGH IMPACT	1	FLM06
FRANCESCO BERNOULLI	1	FLM10
GUISEPPE MOTOROSI	1	FLM12
CRUZ BESOURO	1	FLM23
METALLIC DINO DRAFTSKY (CLUTCH AID No. 121)	1	FLM37

[boogity]

gonna check out home bargains, b and m and the range tomorrow, will report back if i find anything of interest,, only thing of interest today was in dunelm,, a mcqueen egg cup and spoon

[boogity]

found nice wee 5 pack in tesco, 8 quid, they were plastic probably the bully brand, nice miss fritter, smokey on a race stand, cruz and storm on simulators and mcq on a stand., pleased with that, and nice addition to collection

[boogity]

2000 not out! what a glorious waste of time,,, enjoyed every minute!!!!

[boogity]

cracker find today....super chase cruz ramirez crazy 8 frances beltline for 2.99

[cac1959]

Nice finds, boogity!

[VANDANCE]

cracker find today....super chase cruz ramirez crazy 8 frances beltline for 2.99

Was that a home Bargains find? Cheers