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3:57 pm April 4, 2013
| snutes
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I'm curious the geographical distribution of certain Cars cases and what people haven't seen in the wild.
I live in Long Island NYC area and have NEVER seen the following in the wild:
Tyler Gremlin 2 pack
Finn with Weapon 2 pack
Fred Fisbowski with Holly 2 pack
Cartney Brakin'
Funny Car Mater case with Queen and Kimura Kaizo
Fabrizio and all those in that case (Gassup, Alex Vandel, Nick Cartone etc.)
Taia Decotura
Carlo Maserati
Taco Mater
Wingo with Flames
Dinoco Helicopter
Kabuki and Ivan Mater
Mack Semi
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4:09 pm April 4, 2013
| D J
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They have all been released except Taia and Taco Mater were never released in the US. The top three 2-Packs were Wal-Mart exclusives. All of them are/were hard to find cars.
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4:28 pm April 4, 2013
| e.davies1
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I am in the Minneapolis, MN area and have found:
Finn with Weapon 2 pack
Cartney Brakin'
Funny Car Mater case with Queen and Kimura Kaizo
Fabrizio and all those in that case (Gassup, Alex Vandel, Nick Cartone etc.)
Carlo Maserati
Wingo with Flames
Dinoco Helicopter
Kabuki and Ivan Mater
Mack Semi
Some of the earlier 2 packs were out before I collected, but i am sure they were in the area.
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5:07 pm April 4, 2013
| TopherDawg
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I'm in the San Diego area, everything has shown up except the Fabrizio case, and Taia & Taco. (At least to my knowledge and the few collectors I talk to)
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5:29 pm April 4, 2013
| Lane Change
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I've seen all of them except the unreleased deluxe cars.
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4:19 am April 5, 2013
| John in Missouri
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I have never seen the case with The Queen, Hot Rod Mater, and the Sumo Judge.
Taco Truck Mater and Taia Tecoura were only released Internationally.
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5:39 am April 5, 2013
| SCAVENGER
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Plenty of cars 2 that I have not found in the wild, too many to list!
I do know I have not found any of the ones on snute's list either! Oh except for Wingo w/Flames and that was only at Aldi's.
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6:17 am April 5, 2013
| bobbyjack
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I didn't see Wingo w/ Flames at 3 different Aldi's I went to. I haven't seen the Fabrizio case at retail anywhere either. The only deluxes I've seen on 2013 cards at retail was Al Oft and Red.
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6:32 am April 5, 2013
| bubba101212
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Post edited 6:34 am – April 5, 2013 by bubba101212
Of your list these are the only ones I've seen in the wild.
Funny Car Mater
Kimura Kaizo
Carlo Maserati
Wingo with Flames
Mack Semi
Some of them after I had gotten them in trades
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6:43 am April 5, 2013
| fongkx
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bubba101212 said:
Some of them after I had gotten them in trades
Isn't that one of the worst feelings?
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6:46 am April 5, 2013
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It is! I think it would be worse if I had spent money on eBay then found them in store much cheaper.
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4:22 pm April 5, 2013
| Jack
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I'm in the San Diego area, everything has shown up except the Fabrizio case, and Taia & Taco. (At least to my knowledge and the few collectors I talk to)
Exactly the same in the NYC metro area. Taia and Taco were only released overseas. The only ones I haven't seen at retail were the case N with Fabrizio.
I'll say this though; how and how much you Cars hunt determines what and how much you find. In many areas Cars hunting is competive. You really need to get to the stores when new stock comes in.
There are many people near stores friends and I hunt at who probably believe these stores never get anything new or rare, when that's not the case at all. It's just that myself or other people but everything good right away.
So if you don't consistently check a bunch of stores at the right times you probably won't find many good cars anywhere. Those Walmart 2 packs were a good example. I found many dozens of cases and even 2 diplays of them for no more than a week or two and than they were gone forever.
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6:52 pm April 5, 2013
| snutes
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You're correct.
I have been extremely lucky with the Cars 2 2013 cardbacks. I have gone when they just replenished with a fresh case. I saw RIP only once in early December. Luckily my local Target is the best Target in the area. Not all Targets are the same.
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4:15 am April 6, 2013
| bobbyjack
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That is how this hobby goes…
fongkx said:
Isn't that one of the worst feelings?
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6:41 pm July 15, 2013
| ksammut
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Post edited 7:59 am – July 16, 2013 by ksammut
I purchased Case N (Fabrizio, Alex Vandel, Sir Harley Gassup).
Don't have Taco Truck Mater or Taia.
Also purchased a Kimura Kaizo and Funny Car Mater.
Need the Queen, her majesty.
I jumped when I saw Cartney Brakin' in the middle of all the McQueens. I almost past right by it because it blended in.
Kenny
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2:15 am July 16, 2013
| bobbyjack
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I still haven't found 2013 case G yet.
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4:44 am July 16, 2013
| RodredlineM19
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ksammut said:
I jumped when I saw Cartney Brakin' in the middle of all the McQueens. I almost past right by it because it blended in.
Kenny
I've found that case a few times, that makes me wonder if I've done that…
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7:45 am July 16, 2013
| bobbyjack
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I've found about 10 Cartneys and I've jumped each time.
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8:02 am July 16, 2013
| ksammut
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I also got the Flash case, Case G.
I have only found one Cartney Brakin'.
Kenny
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4:12 pm July 16, 2013
| Lane Change
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I can actually say that there isn't a Cars 1 release that I hadn't found in the wild. Some were harder to find than others, I think I only saw GGG at two stores and I only saw Becky and Officer at one store. Everything else I've found and bought 8-10 or more, with Prince Wheeliam being the most, at one time I had 21 of them.
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