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World of Cars Series | |||||||
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Runtime | October 2007 – October 2008
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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.
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.
Toy # | Col. # | Name | Segment | Notes | Model photo | Package photo |
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K4585 | 02 | Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen |
Radiator Springs | |||
L4143 | 03 | Dirt Track Lightning McQueen |
Radiator Springs | |||
K4593 | 04 | Cruisin' Lightning McQueen |
Radiator Springs | |||
06 | Cactus Lightning McQueen |
Radiator Springs |
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L6550 | 07 | Bug Mouth Lightning McQueen |
Radiator Springs | |||
L5255 | 11 | Doc Hudson | Radiator Springs | |||
K4586 | 12 | Ramone (Yellow) |
Radiator Springs |
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L4145 | 13 | Hydraulic Ramone | Radiator Springs | |||
M5255 | 14 | Ghostlight Ramone | Radiator Springs |
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L4146 | 16 | Ramone (Purple) |
Radiator Springs |
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L5262 | 17 | Ramone (Green) |
Radiator Springs |
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L6554 | 18 | Old School Ramone | Radiator Springs |
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K4589 | 19 | Brand New Mater | Radiator Springs | |||
L5253 | 20 | Mater | Radiator Springs |
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M1252 | 38 | Fillmore | Radiator Springs | |||
K4591 | 39 | Hamm | Radiator Springs | |||
N8471 | 35 | Lightning McQueen with Bumper Stickers | Radiator Springs |
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M6114 | 36 | Spinout Lightning McQueen | Radiator Springs | |||
L4155 | 45 | Yeti the Abominable Snowplow | Radiator Springs | |||
L5254 | 46 | Sheriff | Radiator Springs | |||
L5252 | 48 | Sally | Radiator Springs | |||
L5256 | 51 | Lizzie | Radiator Springs | |||
M6120 | 66 | Tar Lightning McQueen | Radiator Springs | |||
N8472 | 67 | Fred with Bumper Stickers | Radiator Springs |
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L5251 | 01 | Lightning McQueen | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L6553 | 09 | Tongue Lightning McQueen | Piston Cup Racers | |||
K4588 | 10 | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Piston Cup Racers |
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L4152 | 23 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L5257 | 24 | Chick Hicks | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L4148 | 41 | RPM #64 | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L5258 | 47 | The King | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L5264 | 49 | Leak Less | Piston Cup Racers | |||
L5263 | 50 | Nitroade | Piston Cup Racers | |||
K4592 | 21 | Ferrari F430 | Piston Cup Fans | |||
L4153 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Piston Cup Fans | |||
M6112 | 31 | Kathy Copter | Piston Cup Fans | |||
L4149 | 42 | Bob Cutlass | Piston Cup Fans | |||
L4150 | 43 | Darrell Cartrip | Piston Cup Fans |
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L4151 | 44 | Fred | Piston Cup Fans |
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M2320 | 56 | Tow | Piston Cup Fans | |||
M4242 | 57 | Race Official Tom | Piston Cup Fans | |||
M6115 | 58 | Axle Accelerator | Piston Cup Fans | |||
M2321 | 59 | Chuki | Piston Cup Fans | |||
M5256 | 63 | Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp | Piston Cup Fans |
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M5258 | 65 | Charlie Checker | Piston Cup Fans |
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M2323 | 15 | Lightning Ramone | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M6110 | 25 | Stacy | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M6122 | 32 | Petrol Pulaski | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M2319 | 33 | Pit Crew Member Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M4241 | 34 | Pit Crew Member Guido | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M2322 | 37 | Pit Crew Member Fillmore | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M4240 | 55 | My Name is Not Chuck | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
M6119 | 60 | Roman Dunes | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
– | 64 | Hugo Fast | Piston Cup Pit Crew |
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M6106 | 68 | Dudley Spare | Piston Cup Pit Crew | |||
N2481 | 28 | Leroy Traffik | Highway 66 | |||
K4587 | 40 | Boost | Highway 66 | |||
L5260 | 52 | DJ | Highway 66 | |||
L5259 | 53 | Wingo | Highway 66 | |||
M1254 | 54 | Snot Rod | Highway 66 | |||
M5253 | 61 | Van | Highway 66 | |||
L5261 | 05 | Dinoco Lightning McQueen | Dinoco | |||
L6551 | 08 | Bling Bling Lightning McQueen | Dinoco | |||
L6552 | 26 | Dinoco Chick Hicks | Dinoco | |||
L4156 | 27 | Dinoco Helicopter | Dinoco |
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L4147 | 29 | Tex Dinoco | Dinoco | |||
M6099 | 62 | Luke Pettlework | Dinoco | |||
N2490 | 70 | Sally with Cone | – | |||
M6125 | 71 | Dexter Hoover | – |
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N2486 | 72 | Edwin Kranks | – |
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 |
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N8514 | Shiny Wax NEW |
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N8515 | Sparemint NEW |
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N9860 | Sputter Stop NEW |
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N9861 | Transberry Juice NEW |
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N9862 | View Zeen NEW |
Oversized
Toy # | Col. # | Name | Notes | Model photo | Package photo |
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P6889 | 1 | Lightning Storm Lightning McQueen NEW |
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P6890 | 2 | Marco NEW |
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P6891 | 3 | Mack NEW |
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N7290 | 4 | Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp | |||
N7230 | 5 | Dinoco Helicopter | |||
N6010 | 6 | Barney Stormin |
Mail-in promotions
Toy # | Name | Package photo |
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N6400 | Sidewall Shine NEW |
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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.
Gift Packs
Toy # | Name | Vehicles | Notes | Model photo | Package photo |
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M1884 | Dirt Track Gift Pack | Cactus Lightning McQueen Sheriff Dirt Track Doc Hudson NEW |
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M1885 | Piston Cup Gift Pack | Lightning McQueen Charlie Checker The King |
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M1886 | Dinoco Dream Gift Pack | Gold Mia NEW Gold Tia NEW Bling Bling Lightning McQueen |
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M1887 | Race Officials Gift Pack | Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp Race Official Tom NEW Tow NEW |
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M8613 | Lightning McQueen's Crew Gift Pack | Lightning McQueen Lightning Ramone NEW Flo |
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M8614 | Team Shiny Wax | Nebekenezer Schmidt NEW Senior Trax NEW Shiny Wax NEW |
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M8615 | Team Leak Less | Stacy NEW Earl Filter NEW Leak Less |
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M8616 | Team No Stall | Shirley Spinout NEW Roman Dunes NEW No Stall |
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TBA | Team Sparemint | Piccolo Perry NEW Ernest B. Raykes NEW Sparemint NEW |
Toy # | Name | Vehicles | Notes | Model photo | Package photo |
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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.
Playsets
Toy # | Name | Notes |
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M1896 | Race Case Launcher |
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M6773 | Lightning Fast Speedway™ |
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M8110 | Piston Cup Challenge |
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M8116 | Mack Truck Playset |
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M8117 | Mack Transporter |
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M8122 | Luigi's Casa Della Tires Playset |
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M8123 | Radiator Springs Curio Shop Playset |
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M8235 | Ramone's House of Body Art Playset |
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N1464 | Flo's V8 Café Playset |
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N5340 | Mack Transporter |
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Mack Transporter |
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Other collections
Asst. # | Name | Image | Description | Exclusivity |
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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. | – |
This article is part of the Diecast Project, a PCW project that aims to report on every aspect of Mattel's Disney Pixar Cars toy line. | |
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