Yippie Skippie, new diecasts!

[dodgesuperbee]

I found this online. Check out Ramone in what, IMHO, is his best paint job ever. I also like the racetrack tow truck, whose face wasn't even seen in the film as I recall. However, if detailed "deco approval" sheets like these are made for each proposed diecast, how on Earth did obvious mistakes happen, like Dirt Track McQueen's red teeth (instead of the obvious white) and Tex Dinoco's incorrect mouth? (His mouth splits AT the thin lines of his bumper, as clearly seen on his picture from the toy packaging -- not just below his bumper/grille.)

2aday.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/mattel-pixar-cars-preview-color-guide/

Also, here's a very good article about the toy line as an "evergreen" property. The movie wasn't Pixar's best-grossing film, but the toys exceeded everyone's expectations and are going strong 16 months later.

2aday.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mattel-pixar-cars-i-want-to-buy-but-where/

Finally, some funny proposals for new McQueen and twins variants, i.e. milking the cash cow to the limit! (Bah! When I was a kid, they didn't sell a dirt track General Lee. Ya went outside and rolled yer car through the mud and there was yer dirt track General Lee! Ya kids today an' yer eighteen Lightning McQueen versions!)

2aday.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/mattel-pixar-cars-mia-tia-all-the-possible-variants/

2aday.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/mattel-pixar-cars-whats-coming-in-2008-or-2009/ (Baby car and his/her parents? Rust-Eze tent crowd? Dinoco girls? DO WANT.)

[Tracker89]

That tow truck looks like a younger relative of Mater's.

[Tracker89]

Sorry for the double post, but although you never see the Piston Cup truck's face in the film, he does appear in the theatrical poster:

media.movieweb.com/galleries/2752/posters/poster1.jpg

He's in the right half of the poster, behind the Miata twins and next to the Piston Cup racers.

I just noticed this by chance when it was posted on another non-Cars forum I go to...

[dodgesuperbee]

Sweet, there he is! You have excellent eyesight.

Who's the guy with fins directly behind Red?

[Tracker89]

I'm guessing he's one of the '50s cars that appeared in the "Our Town" flashback.

[dodgesuperbee]

I think you're right, because now that I look at it more I see another guy with fins. He's orange and sideways, near Mack. Aww, I think that's the baby car right behind Snotty.