Wow, it's been a month since the last Alert, my how time flies! The start of this year is definitely better than last!

I got an email from Jerry, his "heads-up was right on the money! Go to www.reesesracing.com. A 1/24th Action (Busch Series) Harvick PayDay" Chevy is this years offering from Hershey's. They're doing something unique with combinations of wrappers. For the car you'll need 175 wrappers or only 150 if 50 of them are PayDays. There are several other items available with the same kind of PayDay discount. Check out the downloadable order form, the offer is good till January 31st 2004.

Chuck eMailed me that he found the four transporters, but he also found another one. He found a Cheerios box at Wal-Mart with "1 of 5 Free Inside". He told me about the 2002 Sprint #45, 2001 Honey Nut Cheerios #43, 2002 Chex Party Mix #43 and 2000 Wheaties #43, but forgot to mention the fifth one. I checked one of my Wal-Marts and another 2 grocery stores with no luck yet. Chuck called this a lottery; they're in the box with no indication which one you'll get. He suggested, "We are all gonna have to find these Promos so we can all trade and save some money to get all 5 cars". Well, as soon as I find some, I'll do my part! So far they've been reported in Cheerios, Honey Nut Chex and Wheaties.

rkat from Mesquite,Tx added this in an eMail this week. "Went to Wal-Mart on Sunday and guess what? Yep, they're back! The General Mills gang has decided to do it one more time.

I found a Wheaties box with the Wheaties John Andretti #43 car on the front. On the back were five-5 different paint schemes. The Wheaties, Sprint, Cheerios, Chex, and Honey Nut Cheerios cars were on the back. They all were black window cars. Upon arriving at home and tearing into the box I chose, I looked inside and found between the bag of cereal and the box was a Wheaties car.

It came shrink-wrapped on thin paper stock. It had a brief history of when the car was raced. The car had very few sponsor decals, Goodyear, Red Wing, Cheerios, and Sprint, on the car.

The back of the box stated; "Look for the cars in their specially marked packages." I'm not sure if that means Wheaties cars in Wheaties boxes and the others in their cereal's. If that's the case I wonder how they're going to do the Sprint car."

Good question, but I think it's going to be a random thing, so

Keep your eyes peeled - they're out there!

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