With Movie Moments moving to Target, it looks like the 3-packs will absorb some of the CARS scheduled for Movie Moments. So while it won’t be exclusively racers, pit crew & crew chiefs going forward – it does still have a Piston Cup leaning … What hasn’t changed, Cases D, E, F & G. They are set. Joining them after – no case codes or assortments are confirmed yet – and certainly nothing is firm but the configurations look pretty set and you can look forward to them arriving in the last months of 2008.

And as you know, based on past history – some of these CARS, particularly towards the very end of 2008 might be already out in some other configuration (single, Movie Moment, etc …) so what sounds enticing now might actually be a re-release in this format by the time it comes out … conversely, there’s nothing preventing some of these being re-released as singles later in 2009.

Case D (NOW)

Gold Mia Tia & Bling Bling McQueen (2)
Al Oft Blimp, Tom Race Official & Tow Truck (2)
Leak Less, Earl Filter (Leak Less Crew Chief) & Stacy (Leak Less Pitty) (2)

Case E (AUGUST)

Al Oft Blimp, Tom Race Official & Tow Truck (2)
Leak Less, Earl Filter (Leak Less Crew Chief) & Stacy (Leak Less Pitty) (2)
No Stall, Roman Dunes (No Stall Crew Chief) & Shirley Spinout (No Stall Pitty) (2)

Case F (SEPTEMBER-OUT)

Leak Less, Earl Filter (Crew Chief) & Stacy (Leak Less Pitty) (2)
No Stall, Roman Dunes (Crew Chief) & Shirley Spinout (No Stall Pitty) (2)
Shiny Wax, Nebekenezer Schmidt (Crew Chief), & Senior Trax (Shiny Wax Pitty) (2)

Case G (OCTOBER 4th)

No Stall, Roman Dunes (No Stall Crew Chief) & Shirley Spinout (No Stall Pitty) (2)
Shiny Wax, Nebekenezer Schmidt (Crew Chief), & Senior Trax (Shiny Wax Pitty) (2)
SpareMint, Ernest B. Raykes (Crew Chief), and Piccolo Perry (SpareMint Pitty) (2)

AFTER THAT?

It’s looking like these are “reset” case assortment-numbering-naming wise for 2009. And when we say 2009, we do NOT mean Gregorian calendar 2009 but Mattel calendar 2009 which starts around October of our calendar 🙂 Our guesstimate is that these will ship in late October to early December.

“2009” CASE A?

Guido, Luigi & Tar McQueen
Dinoco Mia, Dinoco Tia & Bling Bling McQueen
The King, Stretched Tongue McQueen & Chick Hicks

2009 CASE B?
(In technical retail parlance, I believe they will sell a huge boatload of this case if it’s really configured as such).

Bruiser Bukowski (Chick Hicks Pitty), (Other) Chick Hicks Pitty & Mater*
Dinoco Showgirl #1, Dinoco Showgirl #2 and Lightning McQueen
“Chick Phase” Mia, “Chick Phase” Tia & Chick Hicks**

* I guess weight balance outweighs logic.
** Wording changed – gotta be GREEN MIA & TIA…

2009 CASE C?
Dexter Hoover, Stretched Tongue McQueen & Race Damaged King***
Other TBD (probably a repeat from A&B for the other two?)

*** Unclear which version of Dexter Hoover in this 3-pack.