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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: R Case Unboxing - 100% (Less Than 3K in Warehouse Update)

R Case has arrived and all those that have opened them and places like Children’s Toy Closet which has opened nearly a dozen R cases - ALL have the Chase “Stickers” McQueen or as he’s officially known - Lightning McQueen with Bumper Stickers.

So, in theory 100% - make sure if you’re buying the case, they promise it’s factory sealed and of course, out of (presumably) 20,000 sealed cases for 20,000 “Stickers” McQueen, there might be one, two or a dozen that are mis-packed so it’s virtually a 100% done deal but until you get yours, no one is promising anything so keep that in mind.*

(*Note - this is presuming your seller treats FACTORY SEALED as a fact and not as a suggestion).

AUGUST 15, 4:45 PM UPDATE - someone has kindly asked their Mattel rep how many cases are in the warehouse - the answer works out to roughly about 3,000 cases. Of course, not every retailer (WM, Target & TRU) has gotten their case(s) yet - it’s either in transit, in their own warehouse or it might be sitting in the back room BUT as of right now, there are only about 3,000 cases left for re-ordering … um, not bad for two days of official release. So, outside of the orders placed by WM, Target, TRU, Kamrt and possibly KB - there looks to be only about 3,000 more cases or about 3,000 more “Stickers” McQueen still nestling in a Mattel warehouse.

So, if you’re pondering about possibly ordering a case, better think and act fast …

Here are some new shots of the CAR itself plus older repeat photos of it still in packaging… (no, not mine - mine not in hand yet)

Unboxed R Case photos courtesy of Children’s Toy Closet


Yes, it matches what we listed …

R Case

Cactus Lightning McQueen (2) (first WOC card appearance)
Chick Hicks
Chief No Stall (2) (NEW)
Dirt Track Lightning McQueen
Doc Hudson
Ferrari F430
Hamm (first WOC card appearance)
Kathy Copter
Leroy Traffik (2) (NEW)
Lightning McQueen
Lightning McQueen (”Stickers” - CHASE)
My Name is Not Chuck
Petrol Pulaski (RPM #64 Pitty)
Stacy (Leak Less Pitty)
Tar McQueen

Happy hunting or for those waiting by the mailbox or porch - please a hardy thank you and wave will suffice. Please do not kiss or make out with the delivery person … (kids might be watching :-) … that’s what the back of the delivery truck is for :-) )

And remember don’t fall for the following eBay selling lines …

Doc Hudson! Rare, one of 20,000 in the R Case!

Chick Hicks! Rare, one of only two, signed by me - eBay seller - “LOTSCARS!”

Ferrari F430! Hard to FIND! One of only 20,000 from CASE R - free photo proof!

Lightning McQueen! Fresh from the factory - Production Code from a month ago - now, that’s fresh paint and tampo decals!

For those who wonder about the “NEW” snipe? They are randomly inserted into shipments - sometimes “NEW” sniped cards will arrive first in certain stores and not in others - there is no real rhyme or reason - in the spot checks before, they almost always have the EXACT SAME PRODUCTION dates so it’s just a marketing gimmick - the CARS are produced on the same dates and most CARS that have appeared in the WM lineup last year have so far all gotten a “NEW” snipe except for Al Oft the Blimp … so will Cactus McQueen? Maybe not - since it too like Al Oft has appeared in the Sam’s Club box as well on a Gift 3-pack …

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  1. I would only buy a case R if it was already opened and the cars were verified to be in there. I don’t want to be suprised with a case with no chase car in it.

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  2. I agree with you Noel. Have to wait to get my Chase car. It looks so awesome! Can’t wait to get mine!

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  3. Met- You read my mind! I was just thinking… “somebody has had to open one already”. Thanks for the update. Im hoping they hit the shelves soon, but I’m debating whether to buy a case. ***biting my fingers***

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  4. I wish I could buy case R. I’m going to the most reliable store for me on Sunday, so I’m hoping for case R, but I don’t know if they have reached the stores yet. I know if you order from Mattel or a website (Children’s Toy Closet) they are, but I will have to wait until Sunday.

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  5. I am so excited.

    I bought case R from CTC knowing that the chase car may not be in it, but there are a bunch of cars in it that I want anyways (Leroy, Chief No Stall, etc.) Very few oldies in there. So it was worth it for me either way.

    Woohoo!

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  6. I just got back from my local TRU and all they had left was a “Chuki”. I also saw a bunch little flyers for the “5for1promotion” for getting “Sidewall Shine”. The website is supposedly http://www.5for1promotion.com but that web page goes to Mattel, then a “Page Not Found” error.

    Basically, buy 5 cars between now and Sept 30, send in all the receipts AND the actual cards (so you have to open the cars) and they send you a “Sidewall Shine” car.

    Anyone else seen this? 5 Cars? There _are_ 5 cars I need, but the chances of my TRU/Target/WalMart having those newer cars by the end of Sept are slim to none.

    Mike

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  7. I’m trying to fix things up so that I can buy a Case R. I agree, Monica, even if the chase car wasn’t in there, there are so many other cool cars that it would still be worth it!

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  8. mikejackson, what country are you in?

    (MET: US. So be on the lookout).

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  9. What? 5 for 1 promotion in the US? Oh man, now I need to go to TRU like right now! Met, you were holding out on us?

    (MET: Yea, but only in the sense I know nothing about it … I just looked up the guy’s email address :-) … ).

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  10. Awesome! I’m on it :)

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  11. im pretty sure that is uk only but i could be wrong

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  12. Nice detective work Met ;) Also he mentions Target/TRU/Walmart (not ASDA) so I figured it was not the UK promo he was talking about and the car is Sidewall Shine, not Faux Wheel Drive as has been reported for the UK promo.

    Fun! I am in. TRU here I come. I’m glad they open early on Fridays.

    Wonder if our friend Mr. Jackson is a Mattel plant. Don’t recall seeing him here before.

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  13. more pics more pics. Great stuff. I have been debating getting the case for almost a week now. I am pretty sure I will pull the trigger. I am going to do some hunting over the weekend and if it turns up empty I don’t think I can wait. It was odd the other day when I was at Walmart it seemed that someone might have already gotten to it.

    All of the Tar McQueens and Petrols have had the New symbol and then the other day when I went there were more Tar and Petrols but without the new. Some did not even have the hanging plastic piece turned up. I checked the entire area. All of the good cars like Luke, pit crew guido, etc were gone and no sign of Leroy or the others in the case except the Tar, Kathy, Petrol and some others that were to come in that case. So I may have missed out at that Walmart. Has anyone seen a Tar without the NEW before case R. Just wondering.

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  14. I stopped at a WM is Spanaway, WA this afternoon and found a full peg display which suggested it had been stocked with case P. That brought me up to date with the exception of the most anticipated R Case. Another WM in Lakewood, WA was still setting up the toy section outline. None of the cards had the “new” logo, including Tar. I had picked up a Tar at Fred Meyers last week and none of their Tars had the “new” logo and that was also a Case P. Happy hunting!

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  15. I wen t to walmart tonight and found Cactus Mcqueen and Hamm on WOC. They must have gotten a case R. All the good stuff was gone but I think they at least had one case.

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  16. Damn, a 5 for 1 promotion. Why doesn’t this stuff happen in the Netherlands ? I know we are a (very) small nation but it can’t be that hard to get us some exclusive too !!!

    Well, at least we still have some Hamms on Supercharged cards….

    Met, didn’t you say that the pegwarmers of today could be the exclusive’s of the future ? :-D

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  17. Met

    Do you know of any other places that you can purchase the Cars cases? Have had a look at the site sponsor Childrens Toy Closet and they do not have it listed.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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  18. a few more cases of R have been posted. also, will have more next week.

    Traver

    http://www.childrenstoycloset.com

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  19. Traver

    I am ordering the Case R and it comes up with Standard Shipping service, could you let me know how long this will take to arrive and does it have a tracking number and insurance. Thanks

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  20. was wondering if u had to buy the 5 cars from TRU or if they can be from any store as long as u have the receipt? another question where would we send the cards and reciept to ge the sidewall shine car? any ifo would be great thanks.

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  21. Just got two emails. One from UPS and one from PayPal with tracking # for my R case from Children’s Toy Closet. Can’t wait for it to arrive since it’s been slim pickins around here for Cars.

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  22. those of you who have ordered a case from me, it should go out today. Thank you all!!!

    traver

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  23. yeah I got my e-mail this morning…Case R is making its way to me! WOOO HOO!! Also a lot of the WMTs are doing their resets this weekend so i am going to be going over there today and tomorrow to see what they have!! I am hoping to find some of Case P or R. I am still waiting for the pallet drops. I hope that will happen soon!

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  24. I was in a Walmart last night and they had all the pallets out, so I started to sift through the boxes feeling like some kind of insane person. I didn’t find any Cars stuff, but lots of other action figures etc. The cars section had already been moved and was over flowing with your standard peg warmers. They didn’t have much except a ton of the gold mia tia three packs. Happy hunting all.

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  25. Not a Mattel Plant, just a soon to be out of work Software Engineer who is desperately looking for new cars before the money runs out.

    I am located in Ohio, USA.

    I wonder if buying a case from CTC counts towards the “5for1″ ? That would be sweet.

    Checking the web site this morning again still sends it to the standard error page. I guess I could snap a picture of the flyer and post it..

    Mike

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  26. Ok. Here are the front and back from the “flyer/Coupon”.

    Coupon Images

    The images are full res from my camera so they run about 2.5MB each.

    Mike

    (MET: Thanks for the pic … interesting that it’s TRU only … more to come?)

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  27. Oh yea.. And launchers do not seem to be on the UPC list.

    Mike

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  28. Oh wonderful, promotion seems to be valid for the US only… anyone willing/able to help this Canadian collector out with this Sidewall Shine promo?

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  29. Can someone help me… I found pictures once on here or another blog of leroy’s side with the tire my friend wants to see that side anyone know where they are?

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  30. the promo flyer says it doesnt start until the 18th maybe thats why things arent working yet

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  31. so we send a receipt and the card backs for the promotion?

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  32. Hot Wheels Collectors site does promos like this too. The last one was buy 20 cars, mail in receipts and card backs and get a limited edition car.

    They give you a list of cars that are eligible for the promo and you have to purchase a certain amount. You then go to the web site that is running the promo and print out a form to fill in and mail out along with the card backs and receipt. Restrictions are you have to buy a certain amount of cars that are on the list and only at TRU. You don’t have to buy the cars all at once. You can send in several receipts as long as they’re all from TRU.

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  33. thanks for the update on the r cases shipping traver. i got my shipping confirmation email and i’ll be waiting on my doorstep for the delivery wo/man to come.

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  34. R case has been spotted in California Wal Marts. About 2 days ago, so west coasters start hunting the Chase McQueen. It has been found on the pegs.

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  35. Great, I’m in Cali, so I’m going to Wal-Mart!

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  36. No Rcase at the so cal walmart I just visited or any of the 3 TGTs, or TRU in my area :-(

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  37. Hmf, figures. The one store I didn’t go to this morning.

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  38. R case is at target too. My brother scored for me this morning.

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  39. I wonder when any of these will ever show up on the East coast..it is amazing how long it is taking for the stuff to show up in GA! WOW! I went to a Grand Opening of Toysrus this morning and they had NOTHING…all old cars!! It was amazing! Then I went to a WMT that was resetting and they had not put out the new stuff yet. Then went to another WMT and they had finished their resetting and ended up having remains of case P! oh well…the search goes on!

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  40. Has anyone heard of Checkout Lane packaging? I saw it on ToyWiz.com but I haven’t seen or heard of it anywhere else.

    (MET: We’re working on an update but don’t forget the SEARCH feature on our website).

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  41. Yeah, those are the short cards from K-Mart and Sears.

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  42. Oh by the way, if you look closely at Leroy’s card back, you will see that he really does have that little donut tire on.

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  43. Anybody else out there in the Orange County, CA area that has seen the R case. I’ve hit the WM, TGTs, and TRU in my area almost everyday for the last week and I’ve had no luck. Im getting anxious!! The TGTs finally got the double packs in and I scored rusty & dusty, red mia & tia, and they had a single of Red & stanley. I just need an R case to round out my day. Good luck hunting everyone!!

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  44. Does anyone else wonder why Leroy is carrying a mattress? He is a car and does not sleep on a mattress! When LM slept at the Cozy Cone, newly refurbished, he did not have a bed! Just one of many things that keep me up at night!

    (MET: As Fillmore might say, “It’s for the kids, man.” Kids of all forms - whether carbon or hemi enjoy jumping up and down on mattresses.”

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  45. Sweet Terri, did you get Stickers McQ?

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  46. Terri, Share the wealth.

    I NEED a hit man!

    I’ll do anything, anything for the new cars out of case R… okay not really

    Great a score Terri.

    Going on a weekend hunt:

    “I thought I thaw a car! I did! I did thee a car!”

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  47. Two stores I went to had remnants of case R (Cactus and Hamm) so that was frustrating, as I seemed to miss out. With such low production numbers, I can’t imagine any store getting more than one case, so i feel like I missed my chance. However, the good Target that I’m going to on Sunday hasn’t put it out yet, so I hope they will on Sunday!

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  48. Just a curiosity… About the “5 for 1″ promotion, do the cards have to absolutely match the purchased figures? In other words, could one purchase the prescribed 5 cars and send in whatever cards they might have not already thrown away?? This would also be asuming that the cards would match the cars on the “approved list.”

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  49. Broke down and bought the R case from CTC. Can’t wait to get it Traver. Here in Omaha, the Walmarts and Targets have all done their resets, and the cars area has been actually made smaller. Have not even seen any sightings of case P anywhere… so the R case became a no brainer to buy. Everything on the shelves is jammed with peg warmers and gold mia and tia three packs.

    Happy hunting everyone, and those of you who bought the case from CTC, post if you find the Chase..

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  50. I saw evidence of Case P in NorCal Target today. There were 4 Tars, and 3 Petrols, no Kathy Copters. So they at least had 2 cases of Case P there recently, since last Friday. When is Case T expected out? Will it be more like Mid-Sept? I bought case R from CTC as well, but don’t want to buy Case T for 2 cars. I held out on the Tar and Petrol etc because they are coming in my R case.

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  51. Okay, I’ve arrived in the “big” city. Hit the first WM and found 5 pegs of Chick Hicks. Which case would that be? :) Is he the new peg warmer? I have hope for tomorrow’s hunt.

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  52. Thanks for the info guys and congrats on such a great site. I love you guys!!!!

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  53. I did get Stickers. I really like it. It is really a neat looking car with some nice packaging. I got all the other new ones too. My brother did good. Fortunately, I was able to pay him back tonight. I scored a 1/24 scale Johnny White Lightening for him. They are really hard to find so he was happy. It is nice having another collector in the family. I always have an extra pairs of eyes looking out for me.

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  54. THIS IS WHAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE RED RANSBERG SAYS ON CHILDRENS CLOSET WEB SITE. “THIS CAR IS CUSTOM OF THE ORIGNAL RED RANS” SO IS IT REAL? A LITTLE DECEPTIVE OR JUST HARD TO UNDERSTAND

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  55. well childrens toy closet shipped my case yesterday, i can’t wait!

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  56. Chick is in Case R Nancy, so that would be my guess.

    The biggest peg warmers in my area currently are tongue, bug mouth and tar McQueen.

    That’s is awesome Terri, I clearly need my brother to start collecting something ;).

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  57. Chris, I think Traver has updated the listing to make it more clear. It is not one of the original 50 red ranses, it’s one of the 150 08 ranses. If you search for the red Rans on this site you will find a discussion of the difference.

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  58. Monica, what stores are you going to? The stores in North County seem to have the same problems. It’s weird, some people haven’t found Petrol yet, but around here, he’s almost a pegwarmer!

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  59. Also, I’ve seen several Cactus McQueens not just at Wal-Mart, but Target as well, so I check both for case R now.

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  60. Hey childrenstoycloset — I ordered Case R from you a couple weeks ago and don’t have a shipping confirmation yet. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

    BTW — anyone else notice the Marco auction on eBay? (I’ve got a saved search up ’cause I think that’s a cool looking piece). I got notice of an auction for Marco from Australia — Buy It Now for about $45, plus shipping.

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  61. Coolstuff, I usually go to the stores in La Mesa, Mission Valley and College Area with the occasional Clairemont or Mira Mesa thrown in on the way home from work or at lunch.

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  62. HELLO
    I NEED FRED(NO NAME IN PLATE) NIP. I HAVE MANY EXTRAS!
    CACTUS HAM
    DALE NOT CHUCK
    LEROY SCOTT RIGGS
    STACY LUKE
    DOC HUDSON DIRT TRACK
    ROMAN DUNES FERRARI
    CHICK LIGHTING

    (MET: You should list your email - can others see it, I know as admin, I can see it - plus, this should go into the TRADING area).

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  63. I just realized I posted this in the trading area a while ago. I had flipped back and forth between pages and forgot where I was…

    Woohoo! Case R has hit Middle America. Went to my local Wally’s where I have had really goodluck in teh past on my way to work–about 7:15-and there were at least two cases of R put out on pegs that were already pretty tight with 249 different Ramone and McQueen variations. I got my Chase McQueen as well as Leroy Traffik and No Stall Crew Chief. Now I just gotta find that Leakless 3-pack.

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  64. Has anyone tried the http://www.5for1promotion.com website today. It’s still not up yet. I went to TRU this morning and there was no indication of any promotion going on. Any word from another part of the country about this? BTW, no new cars either. In the past few days I’ve been to WM, TRU and Target and still no new cars. A good thing my R case is on it’s way from CTC or I’d be having serious withdrawal about now.

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  65. Hi Mickey. I have two TRU within 10 miles of me (in So Cal) and over the weekend one had a bunch of the tear-off sheets promoting the 5 for 1 promotion. They are a bit small at 4″ by 5″. But other than having a nice black and white picture on one side, they really just defer you to the website and say very little other than “offer valid 8/18/08-9/30-08″ and all those UPC code numbers listed on the back. At least it is official. I have been to the other TRU numerous times (I’m going to post about that in the “Shopping for Stickers…” thread”) including this afternoon and there is no sign of it at all! So I guess it just depends which store you go to and maybe whether they have opened the newer cases recently?

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  66. Bummer! I got an email from CTC on 15 August saying my R case would be delivered UPS on 21 August. For days now it’s only said that the billing info has been received when I try to check the status. Today I get another email saying it’s been re-scheduled to deliver on 21 August. What gives?!

    15 August 8:08am billing info received by UPS
    19 August 4:38pm pickup scan

    Why did it sit for so long? 21 August is like 8 years from now!!

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  67. Duh! Re-scheduled for 25 August. Still like 8 years away!

    (MET: I told Traver to add PERISHABLE to the outside :-) …)

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  68. Los Angels and Orange County Target and Walmarts have already recived the R case…now its peg warmers and left overs like the mcqueens, chick and lots of ramones….i went to two targets and a walmart today…all i am looking for is leroy….

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  69. How long was this latest drought in terms of new Cars? It seems like it has been 6 months since there has been anything new on the pegs until this whole Case R chase.

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