— August 13th, 2008
Cars case R has started to show up on eBay in the last week or so. New Cars in case R include Roman Dunes (Chief No Stall), Leroy Traffik, and the first “chase” Car, “Stickers” Mcqueen.
Leroy Traffik
Roman Dunes (Chief No Stall)
Roman Dunes and Leroy Traffik are both 2 per case, but Stickers McQueen is 1 per case and will only be included in 20,000 cases. Limiting it in this way is what makes it a “chase” Car as it will be more hard to find than normal. It won’t be hard to spot on the shelf as you can see in this photo below. The packaging, along with the white wall tires, will make it easy to spot, which means that scalpers will also be able to spot it quickly on the shelf. As a result, you can bet this one will be sought after for a long time, and will likely fetch high prices online.
Here is the full list of Cars in case R.
Cactus Lightning McQueen (2) (first WOC card appearance)
Chick Hicks
Roman Dunes (Chief No Stall) (2) (NEW)
Dirt Track Lightning McQueen
Doc Hudson
Ferrari F430
Hamm (first WOC card appearance)
Kathy Copter
Leroy Traffik (2) (NEW)
Lightning McQueen
Lightning McQueen (”Stickers” – CHASE)
My Name is Not Chuck
Petrol Pulaski (RPM #64 Pitty)
Stacy (Leak Less Pitty)
Tar McQueen
— August 8th, 2008
So, I’m officially dissappointed with MattyCollector.com. I, along with a lot of you I’m sure, placed my order for the San Diego Comic Con exclusive Lightning Storm McQueen on Monday, July 28th. I got a shipping notice that night. A week and half later, I still have not recieved it.
Now, I’ll admit I chose the cheapest shipping option, and only realized later that it had no tracking ability. If I had it to do over again, I would pay more to be able to get it faster or track the package. But, what’s done is done, and have the people who paid more done any better? I would like to hear from those of you who received theirs already, in the comments.
I was afraid of this happening actually. There aren’t many manufacturer collector’s clubs who haven’t messed up on some level. Don’t get me started on Hasbro’s direct to consumer website. So take note that the cheapest shipping option at mattycollector.com is not good. Avoid it unless you want your packge 2 weeks later.
Having said that I’ll probably get it tomorrow.
— July 29th, 2008
Here are even more photos from Comic Con ‘08 of new diecast Cars at the Mattel booth. The photos are courtesy of deano at the carsthetoys.com forum. Thanks again deano!
Check out the rest of our Cars San Diego Comic Con ’08 coverage below.
— July 28th, 2008
Here are some more photos from Mattel’s Cars diecast display at Comic Con ’08. These photos are courtesy of Michael Crawford of Michael Crawford’s Review of the Week. Be sure to check out his site for more Comic Con news and great toy reviews. Thanks Mike!
Check out the post on Cars at San Diego Comic Con for all the details and the photo post for more photos!
— July 27th, 2008
If you’ve been under a rock this week, then you’ve missed the fact that San Diego Comic Con is going on. You also probably didn’t know that Cars has a big presence at Comic Con. So this post is an attempt to bring you all the news on the Cars die cast line coming out of San Diego. This article may go through several revisions once it’s posted, so keep checking back for updates.
Some of the biggest news this year is new trailers, long rumored “chase” Cars, more exclusives and oversized die cast Cars. The chase Cars include a re-scaled Fred with stickers, McQueen with stickers and the “boot” Cars, McQueen, DJ, Wingo, Boost and Snot Rod. Oversized Cars include a new, bigger Al Oft Lightyear blimp, a re-done diecast metal Barney Stormin, Marco FA-18 jet and Elvis. Also, there are several Target exclusives including the new storybook line.
Here is a comprehensive list of die cast Cars shown at San Diego this year.
These are Cars shown that have already been announced.
- Axel Accelrator (Police Car)
- Chick Crew Chief
- Dexter Hoover (w/ Checkered Flag)
- Dexter Hoover (w/ yellow Flag)
- Dustin Mellows
- Gretta
- Dinoco Crew Chief
- Leak Less Crew Chief
- Leroy Traffik
- Mini
- No Stall Crew Chief
- Race damaged King
- RPM Crew Chief
- Ron Hover
- Patty
- Lightning Storm McQueen
- Tires McQueen
- Tumbleweed McQueen
The rest are all new, making their debut at Comic Con for the first time.
McQueen
- Boot McQueen
- Finish Line McQueen (With big tongue)
- Night Vision McQueen
- Mud Face McQueen
- Smell Swell McQueen
- Sponsorless McQueen (in a three pack with Hudson and Flo)
Ramone
- Retro Ramone
- Wedding Day Ramone
Boot Tuners
- Boot DJ
- Boot Wingo
- Boot Snot Rod
- Boot Boost
Old Town Radiator Springs
- Edwin Kranks
- Hank “Halloween” Murphy
- Milton Calypeer
Press
- Skip Ricter
- Chuck Manifold
- Andrea
Trucks and Trailers
- Chick Trailer
- Dinoco Trailer (named Gray)
- Gil (Green and White Truck)
- Jerry Recycled Batteries (Semi that McQueen thinks in Mack)
- Mack (Die-Cast ?) w/ Rust-Eze trailer
- Mack w/ White Trailer
- Octain Gain Trailer
- Wal-Mart Truck
Pit Crew Members
- Chick Pitty (new)
- Easy Idle Pitty
- N20 Cola Pitty
- Nitroade Pitty
- Shiny Wax Pit Crew Chief
- Spare Mint Crew Chief
- Spare Mint Pitty
- Tank Coat Pitty (Jerry Drivechain)
- Trunk Fresh Pitty
Other Die-Cast Cars
- Cone Sally
- Costanzo Dell Corza (Mazarati friend of Ferrari)
- Polly Puddlejumper (King fan)
- Saluting Sarge
- Timothy Twostroke (McQueen Fan)
- Todd (Pizza Planet Truck)
Oversized Diecasts
- Lightyear Blimp
- Barney Stormin’
- Elvis
- Marco FA-18
Much of this info comes from the carsthetoys.com forum, so go there and check it out. For any questions or corrections, please leave them in the comments below. Next up is a Cars at San Diego Comic Con photo post so stay tuned!
— July 27th, 2008
Mattel announced their new collector website at Comic Con on Thursday. The new site is MattyCollector.com. Guess all the good names were taken.
It was viewable on Thursday when it launched, with all the exclusives from the show listed. However, they were all listed as coming soon. Now it has been replaced with a splash page with the countdown to Monday morning. Mattel has said that a limited number of exclusives from the show will be for sale on the new site when it officially debuts Monday morning at 8 AM.
Mattel has issued a press release on the launch of the new site. Here is an excerpt below. Enjoy.
Beginning Monday, our online store will have limited quantities of our 2008 San Diego Comic Con Exclusives: MOTU Classics King Grayskull,™ DC Universe Classics Lobo, Justice League Unlimited Giganta and Lightning Storm Lightning McQueen. If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to the Con, this is your chance to get them while supplies last!
In the coming months Matty’s Store will offer unique exclusive products unavailable anywhere else – including DC Universe Classics 2-packs and Justice League Unlimited 4-packs. MattyCollector.com will also be the only place you can get Mattel’s all-new line of Masters of the Universe® Classics figures, with a new figure available every month starting with He-Man® in October!
Take some time now to register for Matty’s Newsletter so we can keep you up-to-date whenever new products are being offered and major announcements are made. In the coming months, look for dedicated pages for your favorite Mattel brands like DC Universe, Masters of the Universe Classics® and CARS die cast.
— July 26th, 2008
Time for another reader Q & A, where I try to answer questions submitted by the readers. Up today is a question from reader, mina.
Mina writes,
I live in canada and I am trying to finish the SUPERCHARGED series, is there anywhere besides ebay that I can fird my missing cars. And also become a member so that whenever something new comes out I can order it??
Sorry mina, but as far as I know, eBay is your best bet for completing the Supercharged series. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that they were out, but I haven’t seen any in a long time, except for a McQueen or 2 still hanging around.
As far as membership goes, I believe there are online stores that sell cases of Cars, and at least 1 or 2 of them will let you sign up to receive 1 of every case. Unfortunately, that is all I have for you on that subject.
But I thought since my knowledge is limited here, I would open up this question to the readers. If any of you readers out there know of any stores that still carry the Supercharged series or allow memberships for all the new stuff, let us know in the comments. Thanks.
— July 26th, 2008
Time for another reader Q & A, where I try to answer questions submitted by the readers. Up today is a question from reader, mina.
Mina writes,
I live in canada and I am trying to finish the SUPERCHARGED series, is there anywhere besides ebay that I can fird my missing cars. And also become a member so that whenever something new comes out I can order it??
Sorry mina, but as far as I know, eBay is your best bet for completing the Supercharged series. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that they were out, but I haven’t seen any in a long time, except for a McQueen or 2 still hanging around.
As far as membership goes, I believe there are online stores that sell cases of Cars, and at least 1 or 2 of them will let you sign up to receive 1 of every case. Unfortunately, that is all I have for you on that subject.
But I thought since my knowledge is limited here, I would open up this question to the readers. If any of you readers out there know of any stores that still carry the Supercharged series or allow memberships for all the new stuff, let us know in the comments. Thanks.
— July 23rd, 2008
No matter what you call him, Cars collectors will be soon be scrambling to find the newest version of Lightning McQueen. I’m actually not sure what to call him, but White Wall McQueen fits the best, in my opinion.
This is the rumored “chase” version of Lightning McQueen with extra stickers, although I’m not sure what “chase” means. Is there 2 versions of White Wall McQueen, one with stickers and one without, making one a chase version? Or do they all have the stickers? If so, what makes it a “chase” or variant version? In addition, do the white wall tires make it a variant or new version?
In any case, it’s coming soon, and I don’t think Mattel has said either way. Look for White Wall McQueen in case R.
