Recent Finds: June 2012

[cac1959]

I placed 2 orders online... the link is currently back up as of 11:15 this morning (Eastern time).

1 of our 2 local Kmart stores closed 5 to 8 years ago... 2 other stores I'd occasionally gone to have closed within the last 2 to 3 years... Again with stores only getting 1 master carton (or 4 cases) each, there may not be as many as we had for events 2 through 6.

Do you still have Kmart stores available in the Atlanta area?

And in a weird technology update, Firefox at work isn't working well... I can't open Chat from PCD using Firefox... Google works fairly well - I can see the photos from SpeedFreakR but can't upload into Photobuvcket... dadgum...

[JBMoore]

I am about 12-15 northeast of Atlanta and the "K-Mart finder" from their web-site says I have three within 50 miles. I know off one about 20 minutes from me. I plan on hitting it Saturday morning with both boys in tow.

[MarknotaMack]

Im going through Atlanta on my vacation and there are no Kmarts in Atlanta. Why is that? Have seen 2 on my way to Atlanta that ill be visiting so hopefully ill find something myself.

[cac1959]

Had 2 great packages waiting for me today...



The Blue is my favorite...


And from the singles case E:
Chase Officer Murakarmi:


Don Crumlin:


Chase Becky Wheelin:


Quality of the Car and cardback on some of these leaves a lot to be desired... One Murakarmi has a paint chip on the front right of the car... and the cardback is bad on the other one... 0822 EAA is the factory code - the Take Flight from Thailand are definitely of better quality.

[djjd21]

i agree with the cardback's,they're certainly not as thick as the previous released backs and do get creased very easy.
nice scores on the lmq's,is there any news on what these are being manufactured for?

[diego.roscetti]

I went into another one of my local Walmarts. Got lucky again. On top of the Red I found last week that was waiting for me, this one was also waiting for me. Sitting on a peg right at the front of the line starring me right in the face.

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Funny thing was as I was walking out of the aisle with my new find in hand, another guy was walking into the aisle. As we passed each other he took a second glance at to what I had in my hand. 5 minutes later and my find would have been gone.

[cac1959]

Great score, Diego.

[gipsy]

Found today in Germany: Miguel Camino and Francesco Bernoulli TRU exclusives with metallic paint.

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[carscrazy]

Nice finds Gipsy! Popped to our local TRU today and nothing worth purchasing, Just the usual mater/master pitty and finns

Called in Sainsburys on way home and found these reduced to Ł2.25



Think these have been laying around in a box somewhere because when i went in the other day all they had were Mcqueens/Maters and a couple Holleys. Hopefully theyre making way for new stock.. Fingers crossed

[cac1959]

Found today in Germany: Miguel Camino and Francesco Bernoulli TRU exclusives with metallic paint.

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Wonderful scores, Gipsy! I am so looking forward to those... Sigh...

[cac1959]

Great scores, Gipsy and carscrazy...

[djjd21]

great find gipsy,i wonder which one is next,raoul maybe?.
also great score carscrazy especially at that price

[Hunter]

Awesome scores Gipsy! I'm glad they're starting to make the metallic racers again, they stopped for a little bit.

[IheartMcqueen]

I went to my local TRU yesterday (after MANY disappointing trips) and found big cardboard display in the middle of the isle filled with what looked like to be a few cases of case D. There were many chase Ramones, Victor h., and Vladimir trunkovs... probably at least 10 of each!! I picked up a few for "my son's" collection

[cac1959]

New Arrivals: June 13, 2012

Came home from work today to find out I'd received 2 great packages...

From the Disney Store via UPS:



I started collecting the Disney Store Cars2 Chase Cars a couple of months ago when Mattel wasn't putting out new diecasts...


And a package from 2 great friends in the UK, pirelliboy and MrBrownstone...

Night Skyline Movie Moments Race Damaged King and Lightning McQueen:


Here's the cardback... what a great scene from Cars:


Night Skyline Boost and Snot Rod:


I now have Rip Clutchgoneski - here's the Disney Store Rip and Shu two-pack:


And... a Car that needs no introduction:


Many thanks pirelliboy and MrBrownstone...

It's been a great Cars day...