More news on the Terry Labonte diecast thing: Action produced a 3-pack of champions for Mac Tools to be sold by their distributors. The three cars were: 1)Kenny Bernstein/Budweiser 2) John Force/Castrol and 3) Terry Labonte/Kellogg’s. I hear that Kellogg’s were not made aware of the packaging of this product and were not happy about being associated with Budweiser. Evidently, they have broken all ties with Action/RCCA(6-13-97)
And more: The word is that the Labonte program was on hold. However, The new Revell list has both the Labonte regular and Frosted Flakes car scheduled for release this quarter. Revell’s shipping info has been MUCH more accurate than Action/RCCA from what I hear. For instance RaceStuff is still waiting on
some items that were originally scheduled for April Delivery. By Monday, they should be taking preorders on both Frosted Flakes and standard Labonte 1/24 items. Also only Revell will be producing the “Top Dog” Micheal Waltrip and the Ernie Irvan Coke 600 car(Texaco stations are offering the 10th Anniversary Car/Bank for $23.95)(6-13-97)
And…the Action and Labonte licensing problem has to do with the Suzuka car that Action produced late last year. Apparrently there was a particular decal that Labonte didn’t want displayed on the diecast(don’t know what) and Action went ahead with production despite his request. As a result, Labonte has terminated any agreements with Action and also reportedly Racing Champions and has signed an exclusive deal with Revell to produce his diecasts(6-13-97) ok enough..