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What Is Cosmic Motors? Cosmic Motors is adapted from a 2007 concept-art book of the same name by German automotive futurist Daniel Simon, a former senior designer at Bugatti and Volkswagen who went on to design the reimagined Light Cycle for Tron: Legacy, vehicles for Prometheus and Oblivion, and warcraft for Captain America: The First Avenger. The book presents nine vehicles from a fictional galaxy called Galaxion, each with concept sketches, engineering rationale, and phot

A lot of re-releases with the eyelid line so not too new if you've been collecting along the way excfept it's the first release of Bindo with the eyelid line - so of note for completists ... as it looks like Jeff Gorvette's Pitty, Turbo Bullock also comes with tires (not pictured) so if want to build a pit row, you might want to add this 2027 release.

Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: 2026 Celebration Lightning McQueen v. 2027 Lightning McQueen

In Asia, there is apparently a "bootleg" CARS die cast purporting to celebrate Pixar's 4p0th Anniversary ... but a closer look? There's no Disney before the Pixar name and no (™) mark ...

If I recall correctly, these were a Walmart exclusive from a few years ago, "Zhengyang L" found these in Bulington (former Burlington Coats) as they are an overstock/outlet chain ... they are left over from 2021/2022.

Happy Halloween - customs and displays by "Zhengyang L"

For the past 4-5 years, wed have had a NASCAR CARS collab with real NASCAR drivers with "CARS" character names in a series of die casts - Walmart exclusive ... the 2026 releases are the first with 2-packs. They have not changed the paint schemes/livery look from last year to this year but they all in the new "spectraflame" like metallic look - sharp and classy looking with the biggest release, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (from CARS 1) with an eyelid line and in metallic red.

Nothing too new though Celebration Boost is included ... along with Celebration Sally not out for a few cases. For completists, this seems to be the 1st release of Hudson Hornet Lightning with the eyelid line (Charlie Checker, & Kris Revstopski with Green Flag and Green Ramone have already been released prior with the eyelid line) ... though many townies now sport a "metallic" sheen even though they are not listed as metallic so green Ramone might be shinier ...

From Australia but presumably the US case assortment of the most interesting releases are the same ..

Train thieves stole 350 boxes of Hot Wheels worth an estimated $54,000 in California.