Can anyone help please? Request for Boom City Racer ‘Cop That’ police car!

[impossiblerequest]

My 7 year old son has said that the thing that he really wants for Christmas this year is the Boom City Racer ‘Cop That’ (police car with lights and sounds).

He has collected these cars over the past year but hasn’t been lucky enough to find this one; for those not familiar with them they are blind toys so you can’t see what you’re getting. So he’s hopeful that Santa will be able to get one for him! 😩

I’ve checked second hand selling sites, and there aren’t any on those; there are very few listings for Boom City Racers in general as they don’t seem to be very popular now.

I’ve managed to track down a packaging code which shows that this car is inside, however The Entertainer is the only shop around here to still stock them and the store near us doesn’t have one with this code.

I contacted the manufacturer and they were lovely and sent out a starter pack with a different car, however the same car is in all of these packs and they said they don’t have any other packs.

Does anyone happen to have a spare Cop That that’s been outgrown?

I know this is a real long shot but I’d love to find one for him as he’s a massive fan of Boom City Racers and this would make his Christmas 🎅

I’ve attached a photo in case anyone recognises it, sorry for the poor quality.

Hopeful bump🎄

What is the packaging code? I'd be happy to have a look in my local entertainer for you. Do you know which series it is from?

They sell these on Amazon. Could you order them and then send them back unopened if they aren't the right packaging code?

I really hope you find one

There are quite a few for sale on eBay. Would you be able to contact the seller and ask them to check the printed code for you?

Thanks very much for your reply and the offer. The code I’ve found is for the series that looks like this. I’ve also posted a photo of the code.

There’s one just come up on eBay which I’ll ask about. There are starter packs and fireworks factories on eBay but those each of those sets contain the same car which unfortunately isn’t Cop That.

There are double packs but unfortunately I haven’t managed to find a code for those so I don’t know if any of those contain Cop That (we’ve bought a few in The Entertainer over the past year as they’ve been reduced but have just got duplicates).

I’ve been looking at the second hand bundles but none at the moment contain it.

The only ones on Amazon in this series (where I know the code) are almost £15 each (overpriced) and come from the EU, so I can’t really afford to buy multiple in one go - and I’m not sure how many returns they’d accept before they got annoyed!

Thank you 🙂

Ahh I just popped into my Entertainer on my way to work but they only had series 2 which are yellow or the motorbike ones. I feel really determined that your little boy should have one for Christmas 🥺
I'll keep an eye out on my travels

Thank you so much for checking - I really appreciate it 💐

I think they were popular a couple of years ago which is why you can’t get them in many places now, so I’ll have keep my fingers crossed that there’s one out there somewhere 🤞🏻

Ive just watched a couple of youtube videos on this seems the important bit of the code is the 3**820 (the beginning bit seems to be for different stores and the second two numbers changed on their unboxings so seems starts with 3 and ends 820 will be cop that) - I'm far too invested in this @impossiblerequest - i so hope you can find one.

Here's the video so you can hopefully see what I mean

Brilliant - thank you very much for that, will just focus on those parts of the code if I find any more then!

@impossiblerequest I’ve found one that ends 820.

Do you want me to buy it and send it? Slight risk it doesn’t start 3!

None of the others in store end 820

Here’s the photo

Thank you for looking - I’m sorry, I’m probably too late now! Argh the excitement of 820 but different starting numbers.

It isn’t like any codes in the above video, as it’s 21 instead of 02 (bone breaka) or 03 (cop that) - what to do?!

I think it’s probably worth a punt if you’re still in the area as maybe we have different codes again in the UK?!

@impossiblerequest I bought it as I’ll pop it in DS’s stocking if you don’t want it 😊

It’s quite a chunky box so will probably be expensive to post. Let me know what you prefer. I could open it and send whatever car is inside, post it to you sealed or happy to keep it?

This is just like Deal or No Deal 😂

😂😂😂

Brilliant - thank you! Could you send it sealed please and I’ll see if I can find any clues before opening it. I’ll PM you now.

If anyone finds any other 820 codes maybe I could do my own unboxing/ code video haha!

This is so exciting. I'm totally over invested in this!

Happy to check my local entertainer store.

Can you conform the code I am looking for?

Confirm!

Thank you!

Well I thought I had it sussed - LK0374820 definitely has it - then ChristmasCwtch discovered a code instore unlike any on the list in the video above! So that might be a US only code or something.

So I think I’m going with trying any codes ending in 820, but not starting with 02.

ChristmasCwtch has kindly bought LK2130820 for me to try - very exciting!

So I’d like to try any others ending in 820, as I’m hopeful that one of these will have it 🤞🏻

A big thank you to ChristmasCwtch for very kindly buying and posting the above car to me! 💐 (please check your messages!)

I’ve just opened it enough to see what’s inside and unfortunately it isn’t Cop That - but it is a car that my DS doesn’t have, so he’ll be very happy with it! I’ve hopefully posted a photo of what was inside with that code.

I’ve also posted a photo of his collection so you can see how much of a fan he is!

If anyone else is going near the entertainer and would be happy to check the codes on their stock then I’d be really grateful. Or if anyone has just seen this post and has an unwanted Cop That at home then please get in touch! 🤞🏻

An Entertainer store today confirmed that once the stock has gone then that’s it - so I’d really appreciate people keeping a look out if they’re passing one 🙂

I’m still on the lookout, so just in case anyone who happens to have an unwanted ‘Cop That’ sees this 🤞🏻

I’m starting to think that these cars only went out to youtubers!

Thanks again to all those who have checked stores for me 💐

I checked again last night on the off chance that my entertainer had found any more but no luck. There is one more entertainer I know of but it's a bit of a treck. I have a trip there planned next week so I'll let you know if I strike lucky!

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that you remembered and checked again for me 💐

It's a limited edition version according to ToysRUs info, with lights etc - probably why you haven't been able to easily find it x

Thank you for checking, yes that’s right. It appears to be very limited!

In the past week I’ve worked out that I don’t think it’s in the double car packs, and that if you pick the one with the green and blue car on display for example, then the hidden car is always the same one. Although maybe I’ve just not come across the double pack that has it.

So I think it’s just the single red packs with a code starting with 03 and ending with 820 (and possibly with a different beginning but not 02).

Would be very happy to get a second hand one too though - if you open the single packs carefully you can put them back intact, so I could put it into a spare empty pack that I have.