For the FIA World Endurance Championship, ahead of the Japanese marque's home race in Fuji (the race it later won, though with the No. 8 car), it recreated an iconic nighttime highway scene from the movie.
The scene recreated the Cars Mack segment, but with one key addition: its 2026 24-hour Le Mans winning No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.
This handmade case and assortment was given as a thanks by Disney to the Mattel die cast team for their
hard work in making the line a monster hit. The case contains the first 21 die cast releases (they skipped
other color versions of Ramone, Tractor and Stanley as a statue). There’s also no Sarge – probably
assembled at the time of the recall so it was hard to scrap one up.
The Mattel Matchbox "Moving Parts" Die Cast line is pretty nice at its price ... with inflation and other costs tacked on, most 1:64 die cast lines are now $4,99 to $8.99 and higher! The fabled Hot Wheels line was $.99 for about 50 years without a change in price but now, the are 25% higher! For these to be $2.99 with moving parts, nice sculpts and solid metal is a great deal
