World of Cars Series

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World of Cars Series
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.

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

Bob Cutlass & Darrell Cartrip

Boost & Snot Rod

Buzz & Woody

Dinoco Mia & Dinoco Tia

Doc Hudson & Tumbleweed Lightning McQueen

Ferrari Fan Guido & Ferrari Fan Luigi

Fillmore & Whitewalls Lightning McQueen

Flo & Ramone

Leak Less & No Stall

Lightning McQueen & Kori Turbowitz

Luigi & Ferrari F430

Luigi, Guido & Tractor

Mia & Tia

Mike & Sulley

Mrs. The King & Mr. The King

P.T. Flea & Flik

Red & Stanley

Rusty Rust-eze & Dusty Rust-eze

Sally & Cruisin' Lightning McQueen

Tex Dinoco & Dinoco Lightning McQueen

Tow Cap & Gasprin

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

Asst. M8121

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
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.	–

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