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World of Cars Series
Runtime October 2007 – October 2008



Mainline series chronology
Preceded by Supercharged Series
(2007)
Followed by Race O Rama Series
(2009)

In October 2007, Mattel continued the die-cast line with a new series entitled "The World of Cars." This series then continued to be released throughout 2008. This page is for the 2008 series of 1:55 scale die-casts made by Mattel.Template:Clear

Mainline

Starting with The World of Cars series, they started numbering each release in the year, along with introducing Chases, which are die-casts that only release once.

There are 72 numbered Cars, number 30 (Sarge), number 64 (Nitroade Pitty) and number 69 (Ron Hover) were never released in the World of Cars series. Cars in different background color means they are new releases.

Character Cars Assortment (M1054)
Toy # Col. # Name Segment Notes Model photo Package photo
L5251 01 Lightning McQueen Piston Cup Racers
K4585 02 Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen Radiator Springs
L4143 03 Dirt Track Lightning McQueen Radiator Springs
K4593 04 Cruisin' Lightning McQueen Radiator Springs
L5261 05 Dinoco Lightning McQueen Dinoco
M5254 06 Cactus Lightning McQueen Radiator Springs
  • First non-exclusive release of this car
L6550 07 Bug Mouth Lightning McQueen Radiator Springs
L6551 08 Bling Bling Lightning McQueen Dinoco
L6553 09 Tongue Lightning McQueen Piston Cup Racers
K4588 10 Fabulous Hudson Hornet Piston Cup Racers
  • Red Tires version
L5255 11 Doc Hudson Radiator Springs
K4586 12 Ramone (Yellow) Radiator Springs
  • Released as "Ramone"
L4145 13 Hydraulic Ramone Radiator Springs
M5255 14 Ghostlight Ramone Radiator Springs
  • First non-exclusive release of this car
M2323 15 Lightning Ramone
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
L4146 16 Ramone (Purple) Radiator Springs
  • Released as "Ramone"
L5262 17 Ramone (Green) Radiator Springs
  • Released as "Ramone"
L6554 18 Old School Ramone Radiator Springs
  • Originally released as "Cruisin' Ramone" in the Supercharged Series
K4589 19 Brand New Mater Radiator Springs
L5253 20 Mater Radiator Springs
  • Plastic Back version
K4592 21 Ferrari F430 Piston Cup Fans
L4153 22 Mario Andretti Piston Cup Fans
L4152 23 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Piston Cup Racers
L5257 24 Chick Hicks Piston Cup Racers
M6110 25 Stacy
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
L6552 26 Dinoco Chick Hicks Dinoco
L4156 27 Dinoco Helicopter Dinoco
  • Small Size (First time in USA) version
N2481 28 Leroy Traffik
NEW
Highway 66
L4147 29 Tex Dinoco Dinoco
M6112 31 Kathy Copter
NEW
Piston Cup Fans
M6122 32 Petrol Pulaski
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
M2319 33 Pit Crew Member Fabulous Hudson Hornet
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
M4241 34 Pit Crew Member Guido
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
N8471 35 Lightning McQueen with Bumper Stickers
NEW
Radiator Springs
  • CHASE Model
M6114 36 Spinout Lightning McQueen
NEW
Radiator Springs
M2322 37 Pit Crew Member Fillmore
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
M1252 38 Fillmore Radiator Springs
K4591 39 Hamm Radiator Springs
K4587 40 Boost Highway 66
L4148 41 RPM #64 Piston Cup Racers
L4149 42 Bob Cutlass Piston Cup Fans
L4150 43 Darrell Cartrip Piston Cup Fans
  • Smile and Black mouth (New) versions
L4151 44 Fred Piston Cup Fans
  • Large (First time in USA) and Small (New) versions
L4155 45 Yeti the Abominable Snowplow Radiator Springs
L5254 46 Sheriff Radiator Springs
L5258 47 The King Piston Cup Racers
L5252 48 Sally Radiator Springs
L5264 49 Leak Less Piston Cup Racers
L5263 50 Nitroade Piston Cup Racers
L5256 51 Lizzie Radiator Springs
L5260 52 DJ Highway 66
L5259 53 Wingo Highway 66
M1254 54 Snot Rod Highway 66
M4240 55 My Name is Not Chuck
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
M2320 56 Tow
NEW
Piston Cup Fans
M4242 57 Race Official Tom
NEW
Piston Cup Fans
M6115 58 Axle Accelerator
NEW
Piston Cup Fans
M2321 59 Chuki
NEW
Piston Cup Fans
M6119 60 Roman Dunes
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
M5253 61 Van
NEW
Highway 66
M6099 62 Luke Pettlework
NEW
Dinoco
M5256 63 Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp Piston Cup Fans
  • First non-exclusive release of this car
  • Small version
64 Nitroade Pitty Piston Cup Pit Crew
  • Canceled; released in the following Race O Rama Series as "Nitroade Pitty"
  • Shown on 2008 poster and Fred with Bumper Stickers cardback
M5258 65 Charlie Checker Piston Cup Fans
  • Originally released as "Piston Cup Pace Car" in the Supercharged Series
  • Orange Taillights (New) version
  • First non-exclusive release of this car
M6120 66 Tar Lightning McQueen
NEW
Radiator Springs
N8472 67 Fred with Bumper Stickers
NEW
Radiator Springs
  • CHASE Model
M6106 68 Octane Gain Pitty
NEW
Piston Cup Pit Crew
N2490 70 Sally with Cone
NEW
M6125 71 Dexter Hoover
NEW
  • Yellow Flag (New) version
N2486 72 Edwin Kranks
NEW

Five additional singles were released in a K-mart exclusive assortment case, as part of the first Kmart Cars Collector's Day event. While they featured a unique package design (based on the Los Angeles International Speedway) and were not assigned a collector number, the vehicles are not marked as part of any collection or special series, and shared the typical M1054 assortment code.

Toy # Name Model photo Package photo
N8514 Shiny Wax
NEW
N8515 Sparemint
NEW
N9860 Sputter Stop
NEW
N9861 Transberry Juice
NEW
N9862 View Zeen
NEW

Oversized

Oversized Vehicle Assortment (N5531)
Toy # Col. # Name Notes Model photo Package photo
P6889 1 Lightning Storm Lightning McQueen
NEW
P6890 2 Marco
NEW
P6891 3 Mack
NEW
N7290 4 Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp
N7230 5 Dinoco Helicopter
N6010 6 Barney Stormin

Mail-in promotions

Toy # Name Package photo
N6400 Sidewall Shine
NEW
N4601 N2O Cola
NEW

Multipacks

Movie Moments

Unlike the 2007 Supercharged collector poster and Desert Art Original Factory Sealed Set, the World of Cars series marked the first time the "Movie Moments" 2-pack assortment was not marketed on the "mainline" level; in addition to not being present on the poster or given collector numbers; This notably was also the only year where Movie Moments were still available to all countries and retailers.

Movie Moments Assortment (M4255)
Toy # Name Model Photo Notes
K5923 Cruisin' McQueen
Sally
K5924 Buzz
Woody
K5926 Mike
Sulley
K5928 Ferrari Fan Guido Released as Guido & Luigi
Ferrari Fan Luigi
L4161 The King Released as Mr. The King & Mrs. The King
Mrs. The King
L4162 Rusty Rust-eze
Dusty Rust-eze
L4163 Mia
Tia
L5016 PT Flea
Flik
L5265 Luigi
Guido
Tractor
L5266 Boost
Snot Rod
L5267 Flo Released as "Ramone"
Ramone (Purple)
L5268 Red
Stanley
M4933 Dinoco Mia
NEW
Dinoco Tia
NEW
M4934 Leak Less
No Stall
M4935 Bob Cutlass
Darrell Cartrip
M4936 Tex Dinoco
Dinoco McQueen
M4938 Luigi
Ferrari F430
M8596 Tow Cap
NEW
Gasprin
NEW
TBA Kori Turbowitz Exclusive Internationally
Lightning McQueen
TBA Doc Hudson
Tumbleweed McQueen
NEW
TBA Fillmore
Whitewalls McQueen
NEW

Gift Packs

Assortment M1883
Toy # Name Vehicles Notes Model photo Package photo
M1884 Dirt Track Gift Pack Cactus Lightning McQueen
Sheriff
Dirt Track Doc Hudson
NEW
M1885 Piston Cup Gift Pack Lightning McQueen
Charlie Checker
The King
M1886 Dinoco Dream Gift Pack Gold Mia
NEW
Gold Tia
NEW
Bling Bling Lightning McQueen
M1887 Race Officials Gift Pack Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp
Race Official Tom
NEW
Tow
NEW
M8613 Lightning McQueen's Crew Gift Pack Lightning McQueen
Lightning Ramone
NEW
Flo
M8614 Team Shiny Wax Nebekenezer Schmidt
NEW
Senior Trax
NEW
Shiny Wax
NEW
M8615 Team Leak Less Stacy
NEW
Earl Filter
NEW
Leak Less
M8616 Team No Stall Shirley Spinout
NEW
Roman Dunes
NEW
No Stall
TBA Team Sparemint Piccolo Perry
NEW
Ernest B. Raykes
NEW
Sparemint
NEW
Other Gift Packs
Toy # Name Vehicles Notes Model photo Package photo
N6053 Race and Chase Lightning McQueen
Chick Hicks
The King
Re-Volting #84
NEW

Three 5-pack sets were also sold exclusively at Toys R Us stores.

Gift Packs (Toys R Us exclusive)
Toy # Name Vehicles Notes Model photo Package photo
M8119 Dinoco Blue Gift Pack Dinoco Lightning McQueen
Dinoco Helicopter
The King
Bling Bling Lightning McQueen
Dinoco Chick Hicks

N3173 Radiator Springs Friends Gift Pack Guido
Luigi
Doc Hudson
Cruisin' Lightning McQueen
Tractor
N3174 Dirt Track Challenge Gift Pack Sally
Dirt Track Lightning McQueen
Doc Hudson
Flo
Ramone

Playsets

Toy # Name Notes
M1896 Race Case Launcher
  • Includes Snot Rod
M6773 Lightning Fast Speedway™
  • Includes Lightning McQueen
M8110 Piston Cup Challenge
  • TRU exclusive
M8116 Mack Truck Playset
  • Includes Lightning McQueen
M8117 Mack Transporter
  • Includes DJ, Snot Rod, and Wingo
  • Walmart exclusive
Asst. M8121
M8122 Luigi's Casa Della Tires Playset
  • TRU exclusive
M8123 Radiator Springs Curio Shop Playset
  • TRU exclusive
M8235 Ramone's House of Body Art Playset
  • TRU exclusive
N1464 Flo's V8 Café Playset
  • TRU exclusive
N5340 Mack Transporter
  • Includes Nitroade No. 28, Bob Cutlass, and Bumper Save No. 90
Mack Transporter
  • Includes Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks, and Leak Less No. 52

Other collections

Asst. # Name Image Description Exclusivity
M1892 Pit Race-Off
aka "Pit Row Race-Off"
Inspired by the opening race from Cars, Piston Cup racers were released with a plastic "launcher" based on their pit row. The initial assortment of six was later joined by three more, including the first non-exclusive release of Trunk Fresh.
M8104 Movie Doubles Returning from the previous year, a new wave of Movie Doubles double-packs were released exclusively at Toys R Us stores.
N2970 Checklane Series Intended for and distributed to smaller retail chains like Kmart, this new series featured a handful of mainline singles on a shorter cardback, designed for the checkout lane.
N5284 Holiday Special! Similar to 2007's unnamed holiday releases, three double packs were sold for the Christmas season, marked with a "Holiday Special!" logo.