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Cars at San Diego Comic Con 2008
— July 27, 2008 1 Comment
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!
Oversized addition:
Mack and Dinoco Helicopter, also a Lightning Storm Mcqueen but is short on a few rockets, “not to be confused with one can short of a sixpack”