Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: Trainees – Collect ‘Em All
From CARS 3, the trainees set is almost complete (well, they are getting re-released with eyelid lines) …
Yes, the gray is not too exciting but the rims are nice … and it’s a nice range of colors.
You win as the ultimate CARS collector if you can actually name them. 🙂
25 January 2022
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It is very hard to name only 10 ultimate Cars collector die cast since 2006. I did a list going through the years and pull out the ones in my opinion who deserve to be listed. My selection was based on many criteria such as the look of the car, how hard to find it was, how popular it is among the collectors, how I was able to get them and finally I let my heart make the final call. 🙂 I did separate SDCC, promo and D23 but still must be underline.
Your list my be very different. Each collector have their reasons but I am sure many will be agree with most of the following…
Damaged King 2008, 2009, 2011
Frank 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Laverne/Rhonda/Sheila (3 pack or single) 2008, 2013
Todd Pizza Planet 2009, 2014
El Materdor 2010
Dragon Lightning McQueen Metallic finish with booklet 2010
Bye Bye Kar 2011
Tabinu 2010
Chuy 2008, 2011
Bubba (2 Pack) 2011
Celine Dephare 2012
Hydraulic Radiator Springs Ramone (7 Pack) 2012
Aviator Mater 2012
Santa Car 2008, 2013
Luigi and Guido with roller paint (Lenticular) 2013
Uncle Topolino,s Band 2013
Ramone The Stanley Days (3 Pack) 2014
Kabuto with Flames (3 Pack) 2015
Didi 05 & Mike 07 (3 Pack) 2015
Transforming Lightning McQueen 2015, 2017
Percy Handbrake (3 pack) 2016
Raoule Caroule Carnival 2016
Sage Vanderspin with Pit Stop Barrier 2017
Red & Wagon Trailer (Road Trip) 2017
Smokey (short box with mirrors) 2017
Stu Scattershields 2017
Steve “Slick” LePage (4 Pack & 7 Pack) 2017, 2020
Lane Locke 2017
Bruce Miller RPM 64 (10 Pack) 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
Dino Draftsky Metallic (Scavenger Hunt) 2018
Krzystof 2018
Sudeep 2018
Steve Hearsell 2019
Andrew Vrooman 2019
Next Gen “New-Win” Leakless (5 Pack) 2019
Lightning McQueen Storm (SDCC 2008)
Rescue Squad Mater (SDCC 2009)
Motorama Lightning McQueen (Promo) 2013
Muggsy Liftsome (Promo white box) 2013
Convoy Brothers (D23 Expo 2015)
Big Al (D23 Expo 2015)
Making Of Lightning McQueen (SDCC 2017)
Steel Blue Jackson Storm (Promo) 2019
You done gone and constructed a comprehensive list quercy, can I suggest the addition of Race Damaged Mood Springs, Final Lap cardback. Checked Flag to you.Kachow!
Race Damaged Mood Spring was on my 100 list! 😀 I had to scratch several but could not bring it down to only 10. That would be just too unfair! 🙂
Mind Blown!! You’ve got it down to a science my friend. You and Met provide sooo much info to this community. Thanks for keeping it alive! We all love our Cars collections! I mean everytime I look at them, they all look back at me with different expressions! Whatever keeps you smiling, do that more often!
Here is a list of the released trainee so far…
003 Aiden
012 Kurt
012 Kurt with bug teeth
021 Krzyzstof
025 Ernesto
035 Ronald
049 Gabriel
057 Junyi
061 Tom W.
070 Shiram
083 Sudeep
094 Jae
You win as the ultimate CARS collector! And as the ultimate CARS collector, what are the top 10 ultimate CARS in your opinion?
Very good question! Many things to consider. Design, rarity, value, context, personnal preference or story how you get the car, etc… Let me think about that a little… 🙂
That would be a hard list to compile. There are so many specialty Cars that some are willing to pay a premium for. I guess I meant the ultimate main line collectibles. The ones that could be found in the wild.
I’m looking forward to seeing Quercy’s list but in the meantime here are my top 10 favorites that I have:
Dr. Damage
Mario Andretti
Dinoco McQueen
Tach-O-Mint
The King
Leroy Heming
Steve Hearsell
Donna Pitts
Racing Red Cruz Ramirez
Komodo
What about you, MackDaddy? What are your top 10?
I did submitted a list Saturday but still awaiting moderation approval…
I submitted my own list as well for fun, also still awaiting approval.
I look forward to seeing them once they are moderated!