Retro Entertainment Mix F

The Retro Entertainment series has been a must collect series for me, and as a result of wanting one for the sealed collection and generally one to open, I order sealed cases from the USA. New Zealand distribution has been average, some cases missed and others only seeing limited distribution in parts of the country. In 2014 I switched over to a case subscription to guarantee I would get at least one case of Retro Entertainment for the collection (which is then spilt with two other collectors).

Sadly the Mix F case was under delivered to the supplier I had my order with and as a result, no case for me. Looking around online, I settled with a pre order at another company I have used in the past - communication with the owner of the store revealed that the order wasn't yet secured and several days after ordering, the first report of Mix F was reported in New Zealand - being found in a couple of Toyworld stores in Auckland. My local Toyworld didn't have any thing on order, so I asked them if they could.

Then reports started appearing of Retro Entertainment Mix F appearing at Countdown stores (a local supermarket chain) - some got Mix E in just before Christmas, but a restock was defiantly not expected. Checking two stores on the way home from work yielded no results, and while the car was in the shop getting a service I checked out the small Countdown I have locally and SUCCESS. Only three cars on the shelf and the Ecto 1A looked a little odd, but I purchased them all

It wasn't until I got home, took some pictures and then looked at other examples that I saw what was wrong with the Ecto 1A, it was missing the side tampo. No way in package to figure out what the other side is like, but it is the first time I have seen any errors on the Retro Entertainment cars.

Thanks to the team of three (DCTV) I have a full set secured, and now just have to track down the Batmobile and the Ecto 1A in order to open them along with the DB5 and the Ford Super Deluxe shown above.