Speed Racer Stuff

[eperez]

With the movie coming out soon, the merchandise looks like it'lll be rolling in from here on. This is where we can share our finds and must have items.

The wide range of stuff apears to have have no limits. Just yesterday we found Speed Racer fruit rollups and fruit snacks shaped like Speed's head, Chim Chim's head, the Mach 5, and three other race cars.

So, tell us what you have come across? Inquiring minds want to know!

eperez

[eperez]

The first must-have SR stuff I found this year were:

Sticker sheets
Pencils
Erasers
Notepads

These came out just before Easter. I think they were intented as Easter Basket toys being they were located with all that stuff instead of in the stationary aisle. These items have all but sold out at the Wal-Mart store I found by now. They're pretty good novelty items if you got them when they sold for $1 each. When the were put on clearance they sold for 50 cents each.

[eperez]

On the topic of inexpensive SR stuff, the Dollar Tree chain of dollar stores has had a slow but steady stream of SR toys come out in the past.

I have come across SR playing cards 2 decks of 52 cards per package and SR pull-back cars 2 per package including the classic Mach 5.

So the Dollar Tree store is a good place to keep an eye on for the occasional SR rarity item to appear.

eperez