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Has anyone else gotten the feeling that the Cars diecast line is slowing down? I certainly feel that way every time I go into a retail store lately looking for new diecast Cars. Retail stores in my area are certainly not putting any new Cars out. Every store I enter has the same ones week after week. This includes Wal-Marts, Targets and Toys R Us. To me, this is a sign that the line may be slowing down.

Although, while I am not seeing any new Cars, it seems they are geting out there as there are a ton on eBay right now. Check out the eBay listings for Chuki and Lightning Ramone, the 2 most recent Cars to be released. There are 252 listings for Chuki and 132 listings for Lightning Ramone, right now.

Another indication the line may be slowing down, is the fact that Mattel is not putting out Cars as quickly as they were at the beginning of the year. Mattel also revised their case assortments shelving many Cars that were slated to be released this year. In my post from Toy Fair, I told you about Mattel’s plans for the year. Out of 123 Cars that will be available this year, only 18 of them are new, in the single card line. In addition, there are 12 new Movie Moments 2 packs, 6 3 packs and 3 launcher sets. Those however have been mostly comprised of reissues in the past. That to me was a major indication from Mattel that the line was slowing down. At the same time, we keep seeing many pictures of Cars that are planning to be released.

With all the mixed signals from Mattel, what is the collector supposed to think? I think the only thing that collectors can hope for is more information from Mattel, which unfortunately probably won’t happen until San Diego Comic Con later this summer.

Is anyone else seeing the same thing or are you seeing the opposite? Feel free to let everyone know in the comments. Thanks.