Diecast Stolen: Action Performance Companies today announced that a recent shipment of die-cast collectible merchandise bound for Racing Collectables Club of America members was stolen in route from Southern California. The shipment contained the following die-cast replica vehicles: Item No. Driver Product Description 401089 Muppets Event Car 1:24-scale. Elite. The Muppet Show 401057 Rusty Wallace 1:24-scale. Elite. #2 Test Car 401080 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1:24-scale. Elite. #3 Oreo Test Car 401023 Terry Labonte 1:24-scale. Elite. No.5/Cheez-It 401054 Michael Waltrip 1:64-scale. Elite. No. #15 Stars & Stripes 401053 Michael Waltrip 1:24-scale. Clear Window Bank #15 Stars & Stars 401052 Michael Waltrip 1:24-scale. Elite. #15 Stars & Stripes 401044 Kevin Harvick 1:64-scale. Elite. #29 Sonic 401135 Dale Jarrett 1:24-scale. Clear Window Bank No. 88 UPS/Muppets Action Performance remains committed to bringing these pieces to our Club collectors. As such, each product will be reproduced at lower production quantities and issued a collector sequence number with an identifying suffix to differentiate it from the stolen merchandise. Action further requests that collectors be alert for fraudulent sales of the stolen Club product. Any Club product available outside of Action’s official RCCA distribution network should be considered suspect.(Action PR)(6-19-2002)
