Recent Finds: March 2012

[boogity]

flipping heck, youre on a roll, where exactly are you cars crazy!!

QUOTE=carscrazy;5084]Just been to sainsburys and they had nigel,holly,mel and rod in singles. Pope in a deluxe.
Also noticed the mater and zen pitty theres two different..one pitty has a tash?
Are the tash zen master pitty common or worth getting?[/QUOTE]

[boogity]

mind you , you can keep mel, its just tex with a different paint job!

[carscrazy]

Boogity we're near bath in wilts. Our shops have literally only had mcqueens,maters and fins uptill the past 3-4 weeks.
On one trip to disney store we spent close to £100 on cars because we figured if we didnt get them when we did then chances are we wont find them again..theyve only had mcqueen/mater,fin/holly and mcqueen/fran double packs since so lucky we did buy them at the time. Theyve had more shu's,mels and lewis's but have left them for other people to find

[cac1959]

Not Cars related... but still, a good find... went outside this morning to check on my outside dog, and noticed that the daffodils are blooming and 2 of the maple trees have buds... and I've been able to ride my bicycle outside 3 of the last 4 days!

Spring is coming... how far behind can new Cars be?

[Bumper Save]

mind you , you can keep mel, its just tex with a different paint job!

However surprising I think there is a slight variation in the molds.

Good post Cac1959, I hope this spring is a good one, Cars-related and not.

[cac1959]

Vinyl Toupee UK Promo Car and Poster

Came home from work today to find out that I'd actually received a package yesterday containing my recent eBay auction for a Vinyl Toupee UK Promo Car and poster...

Note the postmark on the original envelope is 15.11.07 (November 15, 2007)


In the baggie...


On the baggie...


The poster...


The other side of the poster...


Production code is 2357 EA...

[cjmaki]

Saw this posted on FatWallet.com this morning.

http://toys.dailysteals.com/

Disney Pixar Cars 1:55 Scale Die Cast Pit Crew Set for U.S. $14.99 + shipping

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Product Features:
• 1:55 scale
• Three piece set
o Hauler
o Racecar
o Pitty
• Hauler opens on both sides
• Open and load car inside
• Tool chest inside Hauler
• Slide-out work area
• Flip-down ramp
• Die cast metal
• Recommended ages 3+

What You Get:
• Disney Pixar Cars Die Cast Pit Crew Set (Color/Style is randomly selected from Team Dinoco, Team HTB or Team Octane Gain)

Random selection, but I thought maybe someone here might be interested.

[cac1959]

Thank you for the heads-up... even though I have all of those it is tempting... I turned my Dinoco and HTB sets into boxed super sets by adding the crew chief and the 3 pittys... I opened my Octane Gain set to put in the display case...

There were only 7 of these sets released: Team Rusteze, Team HTB, Team Dinoco, Team Leakless, Team Octane Gain, Team Nitroade, and Team Bumper Save... in my opinion, Team Bumper Save was the rarest one... I never saw it in a store.

[boogity]

spotted gil in the clearance bins in tesco town for 6 quid, absolutelety nothing else on the shelves worth talking about, (wonder what smyths will bring their 2000 examples down to!!!

[Bumper Save]

Hey boog, I've been looking for a cheap Gil, you think you could PM me? Thanks mate

[boogity]

will do, but wont be at that particular tescos until next week, and they dont keep stuff over

was in the local tesco this morning, there must be another round of cuts as cars2 monoply is down to 4.50, there were no other reduced items but I bet there must be more in the bigger stores, i,m off side for a few days so cant look myself, so get looking

[pirelliboy]

Found this Lego Toy Story Planet Truck (Todd) for £8.99 on Tesco Direct (UK)
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-8368.aspx
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Collect from store.
Not really Cars but everybody loves Todd

[MrBrownstone]

Found this Lego Toy Story Planet Truck (Todd) for £8.99 on Tesco Direct (UK)
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-8368.aspx
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Collect from store.
Not really Cars but everybody loves Todd

Well Todd is a car and he was in Cars and had a Cars specific diecast released......

In dry times like this I'll certainly argue your case as a cars related find!!!

[cac1959]

USPS delivers: 3/17/12: 17 Custom launchers

I received a fantastic package in the mail today... Courtesy of GotFrank, a set of the 17 unreleased Pit Race-off launchers:






I'll add more photos later in my Collections Thread at:

http://www.pixarcarsdiecast.com/foru...9-s-collection.

If you'd like to see more photos of these custom launchers, check out my Photobucket account at:

http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/s...om%20Launchers

Many, many thanks, GotFrank!

[carscrazy]

Wow!! Those launchers look ace very nice addition to your collection.