I was pleasantly surprised today to find the newest wave of singles at Target. While it isn't my favorite wave of the year, it still has some great new releases and re-releases!
The Hudson Hornet with Tire is a variant I never really expected to see released, but it's always nice to see a new variant of Doc. I just wish he had a happier expression instead of the typical Doc face.
Metallic Snot Rod is a cool release to get, although I wish his color scheme were a big lighter.
Silver Raoul and Slider are both very nice rereleases, although I would've preferred another WGP racer to get a silver rerelease instead of him. The same goes for Metallic Union Jack Ramone, who I also found today. He's a nice new release, but I would've preferred if a different Ramone, or just a different car, got the metallic treatment instead.
Anyway, that's my haul for today. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Lightning Mcqueen with Sign, a Funny Flashbacks series release, where the exclusive sign is a fun accessory that can be attached to Lighting. Unfortunately, Lightning himself is the same as his regular variant.
Silver Lightning Mcqueen, a rerelease of an old exclusive. This one is very nice to have, and is actually my first silver McQueen, since I never got any of the Silver Cars 2 ones.
I got this year's rerelease of Brand New Mater to replace my old one, which has had broken rear view mirrors since 2007.
Unfortunately, this year's rerelease of Sage VanDerSpin was given both the name and artwork of the Cars 3 Gask-Its racer (Rex Revler) instead. Although the error is very annoying to me, I still picked up Sage since I didn't have him before.
Race Team Sarge is a car that is incredibly easy to find online, and one that I am shocked that I didn't have already. While he really isn't anything too special, Sarge is one of my favorite Cars characters, so I'm always happy to welcome another Sarge into my collection.
In an attempt to fix the color scheme of their original Holley Shiftwell diecast, which was a bit darker than it was in the movie, Mattel made this year's rerelease of Holley a very light pinkish color, which is now far lighter than she appeared in the movie. This is especially unfortunate because Mattel got Holley's color right in her 2016 electroshock variant. They should've just used the color scheme from that variant instead of what they did here.
This year's rerelease of Carla Veloso with flames, much like the rerelease of Nigel with Flames, was a very welcome surprise for me. I just wish that Carla had a more shocked or angry expression like Nigel, instead of just her regular face.
Aaron Clocker is a very unique Next-Gen who was originally released in an Amazon exclusive 5-pack. I never picked up that 5-pack, so I'm glad to have picked up Aaron's single release.
Rust-eze Racing Center trainee Jae is yet another one of the racing center trainees. Jae appeared in Cars 3 with a virtual Reality headset on, something that I hoped to see on his diecast, but instead we were given Jae without the headset. Although I would've preferred the headset, in the Cars 3 movie, it's hooked up to the ceiling of the building with a pole, so I understand why it wasn't included.
And, of course, Ray Reverham and Laura Spinwell are absolute stand-outs! It's so great to finally get some Cars 3 pit crew members, especially those for Jackson Storm. I'm surprised that it took this long to get Ray, considering his several speaking lines in the movie, but it's better late than never. Laura uses a new pitty model as well, which will open the door for more Cars 3 patties in the future, not just for the Next-Gens, but for the Rust-eze Racing Center, as well.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts about these cars in the comments, and I'll see you all soon!
