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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Piston Cup Racers Photo Checklist

It was all so simple then …

Out of the originalย  12 CARS + 9 Movie Moments CARS, there were the three main Piston Cup finalists.

Of course, this is Tongue McQueen and not the Tongue Finish Line version of McQueen missing his back tires – but not a long to wait for the real McCoy, er McQueen …ย  ๐Ÿ™‚

Soon joined by 16-CAR Desert Art Card Leak Less …

… And 16-CAR Desert Art Card Nitroade …

Then on the Supercharged Card art, RPM.

Then the still hard to find and short shelf life Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Then a virtual avalanche of Piston Cup racers with the release of the Dinoco 400 box set …

… Octane Gain, Vinyl Toupee and No Stall (Octane Gain also soon available as a launcher).

Soon also joined by a new Movie Moments 2-pack of Tow Cap & Gaspirin.

And a few months later, the arrival of Trunk Fresh as a launcher (along with the availability of No Stall & RPM as launchers).

Now joined by Re-Volting (Available in the Race & Chase box set).
What’s next?

Shiny Wax & Spare Mint should be the next to arrive.

Schedule for release before year’s end? Be sure and check out this post for listing by release order


View from Lightyear Blimp ๐Ÿ™‚

Leaving us these to unwrap in ’09 & ’10 …

For the skeptics?

In 2006:
“There’s no way they’ll release more than 5 of the racers.”
“We’ll never get Dale Jr., they won’t have the license.”

In 2007:
“There’s no way they’ll release more than 10 of the racers.”
“There’s no way they’ll continue to release Dale Jr. since he switched sponsors.”
“There’s no way they’d release an entire set of the Piston Cup racers.”

In 2008:
“There’s no way they’ll continue to release Dale Jr. since he switched sponsors.”
“There’s no way they’d release an entire set of the Piston Cup racers.”
“We’ll only get 35 of the racers because they won’t release the Apple car.”
“There’s no way anyone will pay $299 for that set.”
“There’s no way they’re going to do the trailers.”
“There’s no way they’re going to do all 36 trailers.”

In 2009:
“There’s no way I’m so wrong so many times and refuse to quit while I’m way behind and wrong all these times … aliens invented these CARS and those Easter Island statues, I know – that’s why my brain waves are scrambled.” ๐Ÿ™‚

So, for those collecting CARS and want to keep track of the production dates of the FULL SET of Motor Speedway CARS if you wish to verify you have 1 of 1,000 sets versus randomly collected ones … here are the production dates of my set … Let me know if your set numbers are different.

The Piston Cup release schedule post is here … and a preview of the “haulers.”

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