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Bennycams 7 years, 8 months ago.
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Jeep was the first company that partnered with Groundspeak to release a special series of trackables. Each year from 2004 to 2007, Jeep had sponsored a contest, the Jeep 4×4 Geocaching Challenge, featuring a different series of special Jeep travel bugs. The travel bugs were released with no specific mission in mind, but every finder was entered into a drawing for an actual new Jeep. There was a separate contest for photo entries for each Jeep travel bug series. In 2004, five thousand yellow Jeep Wrangler travel bugs were released, followed by five thousand white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon travel bugs in 2005, six thousand green Jeep Rescue concept vehicle travel bugs in 2006, and eight thousand red Jeep Commander travel bugs in 2007. It’s always a treat to see the Jeep TB’s that are still in circulation. Here is a screen capture of the geocaching.com website from those years, announcing the Jeep trackable promotion.
I’ve seen a few of these pop up on eBay, going for at least $100. Knowing the history of them going “missing,” I’m always tempted to message them asking if they’re legit, but smarter voices in my head prevail. That history keeps stoppjng me from considering putting a TB on a toy car, though.
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