The Micro Drifters was a toy line made by Mattel that consisted of small plastic cars and planes with a tiny metal ball on their undercarriage that was used for them to "drift". The Micro Drifters were introduced following the release of Cars 2 in theaters and focused on releasing characters from that movie and also from the first Cars movie. It served as a secondary toy line to the Mattel Disney Pixar Carss from 2012 to 2015.
Models[]
| Toy # | Name | Photo |
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| W7161 | Acer Holley Shiftwell Gold Lightning McQueen |
  
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| W7162 | Lightning McQueen Octane Gain No. 58 Spare O Mint No. 93 |
  
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| W7163 | Lightning McQueen Clutch Aid No. 121 Chick Hicks |
 
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| W7164 | Grem Professor Z Finn McMissile |
  
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| W7165 | Jeff Gorvette Nigel Gearsley Francesco Bernoulli |
  
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| W7166 | Mater Raoul ÇaRoule WGP Lightning McQueen |
  
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| X6562 | Mater Raoul ÇaRoule WGP Lightning McQueen |
 
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| Y1122 | Tank Coat No. 36 Transberry Juice No. 63 Dinoco Lightning McQueen |
  
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| Y1123 | Sarge Race Team Fillmore Luigi |
  
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| Y1124 | Submarine Finn McMissile Rod "Torque" Redline Spy Mater with Guns |
  
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| Y1125 | Shiny Wax No. 82 Gask-its No. 80 The King |
  
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| Y1126 | Sally Lightning McQueen Mater |
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| Y1127 | Rip Clutchgoneski Miguel Camino WGP Lightning McQueen |
 
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| Y1128 | Doc Hudson Sheriff Ramone |
  
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| Y1129 | Brent Mustangburger Darrell Cartrip Francesco Bernoulli |
 
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| Y5062 | Lewis Hamilton Carla Veloso WGP Lightning McQueen |
 
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| Y8388 | Jeff Gorvette Raoul ÇaRoule Gold Francesco Bernoulli | |
| Y9885 | Lightning McQueen Wingo Snot Rod | |
| Y9886 | Race Team Fillmore Ramone Cruisin' Lightning McQueen | |
| Y9887 | Mario Andretti N2O Cola No. 68 Lightning McQueen |
 
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| Y9888 | Kabuto Yokoza Shu Todoroki | |
| Y9889 | Flo Ramone Sarge | |
| Y9890 | Red Guido Luigi | |
| Y9891 | Max Schnell WGP Lightning McQueen Jeff Gorvette |
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| Y9892 | Holley Shiftwell Finn McMissile Funny Car Mater | |
| Y9893 | Nigel Gearsley Raoul ÇaRoule Francesco Bernoulli |
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| Y9894 | Acer Professor Z Grem |
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| Y9895 | Chick Hicks Spare O Mint No. 93 Lightning McQueen |
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| Y9896 | Lightning McQueen DJ Boost |
 
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Snot Rod
Yellow Ramone
Guido
| Toy # | Name |
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| Y7843 | Dinoco Lightning McQueen Chick Hicks |
| Y7844 | WGP Lightning McQueen Max Schnell |
| Y7845 | Race Team Fillmore Mater |
Playsets[]
| Toy # | Name | Vehicle(s) included |
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| W7168 | Colossus XXL Car-Chomping Dump Truck | WGP Lightning McQueen |
| W7169 | Rapid-Fire Launcher | Lightning McQueen |
| W7170 | Mack Transporter Rolling Display Case | |
| W7171 | Motorized Super Speedway | WGP Lightning McQueen |
| Y0994 | Design & Drift Speedway Track Set | |
| Y3153 | Fast Flip Transforming Raceway | Lightning McQueen |
| Y3477 | Rapid-Fire Launcher | Francesco Bernoulli |
| BCD20 | World Grand Prix Multi-Car Launcher | Max Schnell |
| BCD21 | Fast Flip Carry Case | WGP Lightning McQueen |
| TBA | Radiator Springs Drift Challenge Track Set | WGP Lightning McQueen |
Misc.[]
Blind bags[]
2012[]
- Raoul ÇaRoule
- Kevin Shiftright
- Chick Hicks
- Billy Oilchanger
- Holley Shiftwell
- Finn McMissile
- Mater
- Jeff Gorvette
- Francesco Bernoulli
- Lightning McQueen
- Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
- Max Schnell
2013[]
- Lightning McQueen with Racing Wheels
- Jeff Gorvette
- The King
- Race Team Fillmore
- Lee Revkins
- Sage VanDerSpin
- Dinoco Lightning McQueen
- Rod "Torque" Redline
- Darren Leadfoot
- Professor Z
- Grem
- Sally
Other sets[]
- Collector 8-Pack (Raoul ÇaRoule with Metallic Finish, Nigel Gearsley with Metallic Finish, Shu Todoroki with Metallic Finish, Lightning McQueen with Metallic Finish, Max Schnell with Metallic Finish, Miguel Camino with Metallic Finish, Jeff Gorvette with Metallic Finish and Race Team Mater)
- Micro Drifters 9-Pack (Guido, Ramone, Lightning McQueen, Sarge, Luigi, Race Team Fillmore, Sheriff, Mater and Doc Hudson)
Planes[]
3-Packs[]
- Skipper, Leadbottom and Dusty Crophopper
- Ripslinger, Ned and Ishani
- Rochelle, Bulldog and El Chupacabra
- Bravo, Hector Vector and Supercharged Dusty Crophopper
- Supercharged Dusty Crophopper, Franz Fliegenhosen and Chug
- Racing Dusty Crophopper, Sun Wing and Arturo
Playsets[]
- Wall Race Track Set (with Dusty Crophopper)
- Take-Off Launcher (with Dusty Crophopper)
- Air Dare Loop Track Set (with Dusty Crophopper)
Trivia[]
- A launch party for the Micro Drifters was held on September 14, 2012.
- Despite having appeared at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con as one of the 11 Piston Cup racers that were planned to be released in the Micro Drifters toy line, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was replaced by Manny Flywheel due to copyright issues.
- There was originally going to be a 3-pack featuring Delta, Hector Vector and Jolly Wrenches Dusty Crophopper. However, it got cancelled and was later replaced with a 3-pack featuring Bravo, Hector Vector and Supercharged Dusty Crophopper.
- Lizzie is the only Radiator Springs resident to not have received a Micro Drifters release.
- Every release of Fillmore depicted him as being in his "Race Team" variant.
- Francesco Bernoulli, Carla Veloso, Lewis Hamilton and Rip Clutchgoneski are the only World Grand Prix racers to not have received a Micro Drifters release with metallic finish.
Goofs[]
- Submarine Finn McMissile is incorrectly called "Hydrofoil Finn McMissile" in his 3-pack release.
- Ned is incorrectly called "Zed" in his 3-pack release.
- Dinoco Lightning McQueen is incorrectly called "Bling Bling Lightning McQueen" in his 3-pack release.
- Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen is incorrectly called "Cruisin' Lightning McQueen" in his 3-pack release.
- Miguel Camino incorrectly has a red spoiler instead of a black one.
- Professor Z's first release incorrectly depicted him without a monocle.
- Supercharged Dusty Crophopper's first release incorrectly had a white nose instead of a silver one.