Yes, the 2020 first batch of Matchbox hit Wal Mart stores in Northeast Ohio this past week. I saw all the models on the pegs. At least three stores I visited had the models. There is only one of the Mercedes per case and it is one of the first to go along with the Banana car.

Thank you, Chuck! It surprised me that Walmart is putting them out as they seemed behind in my area of New York. I'm not surprised about the Mercedes being popular, but maybe being a "bone stock" type car guy, I personally don't understand the popularity of the banana car.....that being said, there is no accounting for taste, and if it is popular and keeps Matchbox popular with it, I'm all for it!!! Again, thanks for the report!

Yes as well, here in Western Canada. I'm slowly finding the models I want; though no sign of the 220 and the Giulia (though I did find one of the Banana car).

Hi Stampede . . . which stores in Canada, may I ask? Walmart and TRU? Thanks (I live near the Canadian border).

I still trying to find 2019 cars...................

Walmart for sure, and I've seen photos of them at TRU as well (though I haven't seen them in person). Both are worth checking, I'd say.

LOL, I'm not surprised the way the distribution has been. I think today I found the last of the 2019 models I needed.

Still wanting to find a couple 2019's myself, and what I don't find of the first 2020's I'll hopefully get for Christmas from my friend, when i'm up there at Christmas he often lets me look through his extras that aren't sold on ebay yet, and if I need something he just cancels the auction, if there's no bids on it.

I found them in a Southeastern PA Walmart just yesterday. Very surprised to see them this early. I'm about four models away from finishing 2019. I did find the Banana, Mercedes and Alfa. There was only one of each so I'm assuming it was just one case put out. Glad to finally get the Ranchero. Missed the 2018 version. Anybody know the full content of this batch?

I just fastforwarded through the Lamley Group video unboxing:
-International Brush Truck
-1975 Caprice recolor (mauve)
-Big Banana Car
-2 x Taurus Interceptors in Gray
-2 x '03 MINI Cooper in red
-2 x pink 1957 Ford Thunderbird (original 1982 casting!)
-silver Nissan Titan
-Mercedes-Benz 220 Ewy Rosqvist
-3 x Load Lifter forklift
-red Alfa-Romeo Giulia
-green VW Thing (recolor)
-1990 to 1992 Chevy Caprice Classic NYPD car
-3 Ford Rancheros
-Sonora Shredder in orange
-Nissan NV Van in white (recolor)
-'16 Chevrolet Colorado Extreme in cobalt blue

They are all out in the UK on ROW short card. Tesco had them in, sold them all through then got in a later assortment of them with wheel variations on the Ford Taurus Interceptor and Ford Ranchero (both started with disks, now with 6-spokes). I also found shades on the Alfa, Sonora Shredder, Ford Thunderbird and Chevy Colorado Xtreme which is a bit of a me thing.

I've been in most local Walmarts and both local Targets (and the non-local one about 20 miles up the highway) daily since Saturday. Nothing new as of yesterday; Fridays are the 'usual' Walmart stocking days for Matchbox from my experience....but I guess some stores could have fooled me this weekend.

I did finally find a Target Gold Seagrave at one of the two local Targets Saturday before I took a 180 mile round trip for diecast and to get out of the house Saturday. I usually get Lamley Blog update notices in my email....so hearing they've already done an unboxing and I got no notice in my email makes me sad.

Guess I'll go check it out now...

EDIT: I just checked out Lamley's blog and there's nothing there about a 2020 MATCHBOX case. I guess FDF was looking at Facebook? Where else could it be? Instagram? Got a link so we can see the unboxing you saw? Please?

Second Edit: (deleted a previous version of this) I finally did a google search for Matchbox 2020 unboxing or similar and found the Lamley video unboxing of which FDF spoke though it still was not listed on Lamley's internet blog or Facebook Group or Instagram, or going independently to Lamley's YouTube, far as I could tell. So here it is:

(Hope it's okay to post links to a Lamley product here?)

isn't Matchbox gonna put out semi trucks in 2020?
or am I crazy?

Watching that video, I was surprised to hear that they were giving out that racing Mercedes 220 out to first graders all over the country, so it definitely wont be some rare thing, which I'm happy about, so hopefully people wont be buying them all up thinking there are few of them.