Recent Finds - 2018/19/20/21/22/23 Store Finds and Purchases

[niftynigel]

Just a general observation but does anyone know why Jeremy is commanding such a high price on eBay and the like? I didn’t think he was limited or any rarer than the rest of the mix. Thanks all.

The UK (and Europe?) case 96CH appeared at B&M (18 June), Toymaster (14 July) and The Entertainer (7 August). Collectively, those three retailers don't order as many as Smyths do.

The circulation of cases in the UK in 2023 is now down to between 500 and 1,000.

As you say, we've received every single case in the UK this year so far. The UK missed out on possibly two or three cases in 2022, so that's a definite improvement!

This is the list of 2023 cases. Rows two and three are the US release dates and date stamps. The following rows are the UK release dates, date stamps and where they have been found. I welcome any additional information!

The has been an (unconfirmed) siting of the 96CL case at Smyths. I've been to a few in various parts of England since then and haven't seen it so far!
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Case CB	Case CC	Case CD	Case CE	Case CF	Case CG	Case CH	Case CJ	Case CK	Case CL	Case CM
Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Mar 2023	May 2023	Jun 2023	Jul 2023	Aug 2023	Sep 2023	Oct 2023
R38A	R42A	R47A	.	.	.	.	.	.	S24A
Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	Apr 2023	Jun 2023	Jul 2023	Jul 2023	Aug 2023	Aug 2023
R40A	R44A	R49A	S03A	S05A	S09A	S13A	S17A	S23A
B&M	Smyths	Smyths	Toymaster	Smyths	B&M	B&M	Smyths	Smyths	Smyths
	Morrisons	Toymaster		Entertainer	Smyths	Toymaster		B&M
	ALDI					Entertainer
						Morrisons