HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM poster spinal70 shared these links to the photos he took from the San Diego ComicCon. Both albums are chock-full of images featuring many of the soon to be released castings from the movie CARS. Enjoy!

San Diego ComicCon Album 1

San Diego ComicCon Album 2

Thanks to spinal70 for sharing these pictures!

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A few lucky collectors over on HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM were able to attend the San Diego ComicCon over the weekend and brought back a few visual goodies to feast our eyes upon. Special thanks to 69MACH1 and MILKWAGON for sharing their photos! Click the thumbnails for the full picture.

Use the link below to jump over to HOTWHEELSCOLLECTORS.COM to see additional photos.

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As found on DIECASTMAX.COM:

“Anyone who knows diecast minis knows about Dinky (now owned by Matchbox). They were the very first line of miniature models made – their heyday of popularity being in the 50’s and 60’s as boys clamored to increase their colorful collection. Though the toys started out in England, as word spread they soon became available in the Netherlands and other European countries and eventually the United States. South Africa was also a huge importer of the toys because of cheap, existing trade laws with Great Britain. Now the line is back in style with a new generation of high quality, top-shelf model cars that seeks to attract the serious hobby collector instead of just the young fellas. The 1958 Porsche 356A (SKU K1882) and 1960 Jaguar SK150 (SKU K1885) have been seen at many Target stores. Dinky Diecast collectors be sure to check out the Complete List of the Dinky Collection. Though the site has not been updated in since 2005, they also have links to other extensive lists.”

[via diecastmax.com]

Johnny Lightning collectors who are ambitious enough to make the trek to Wizard World Chicago for LightningFest 2007 will have the opportunity to score one of these sweet yellow Thunderbolt test shots.

Of course, you will also need to be wealthy enough too as they will be available to collectors who purchase 12 pieces of the 2007 Lightning Fest Camaro, which will be sold for $15 each.

Tom Zahorsky, Senior Design Manager at Johnny Lightning recently stated on the JL Blog: “Come join Mac, myself and the rest of the Johnny Lightning Design Team at the event as we unveil the 2008 line. We’ll also be bringing the $1 and $2 JL specials with us along with some new JL product launches of the V-bot and Battle Wheels. Product will be available for sale throughout the weekend with special giveaway cars available each day. Don’t miss it!”

This should definitely be a fun event - not to mention attendess will have the entire Wizard World convention to take advantage of as well!

[via johnnylightning.com]

This past weekend Bill Wooddell (Woody68RS on the forums) contacted diecastAUDIO to let us know about a special offer that his car club is running. Bill is a member of the Northern Kentucky F Body Association and they are currently teaming up with the folks at Greenlight Collectibles to offer a limited edition 1:64 scale 1985-1989 Trans Am.

Here are the details straight from Bill:

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting pre-orders for the first official 1:64 NKYFBA diecast vehicle which will be produced by Greenlight Collectibles. The car will carry the logos of both the NKYFBA and our favorite speed shop, Cincy Speed(both on window banners). Not only are we very excited to offer a club car, but we’re delighted to announce that this will be one of the very first runs of a new casting by Greenlight — the 1985-1989 Pontiac Trans Am! Collectors have long been waiting for this casting to be released.

We have chosen Wayne & Holly Best’s 1986 Pontiac Trans Am (photo below) as the model for this casting. This car will be blue with silver ground effects at the bottom and will likely sport a black spoiler. Greenlight is hoping to have the Pontiac wheel design available for the launch of this casting as well.

A very limited number of this production run will be “Green Machines,” the chase version of a Greenlight. As a Green Machine, the blue portion of the paint job will instead be painted Emeraldish Green. The silver ground effects and black spoiler should remain the same. Additionally, the base of the car will be green.

Each car will be individually numbered and this production run will be limited to no more than 1536 units. Only 10% of the total run will be Green Machines.

For those collector’s wishing to guarantee themselves one of these highly limited and truly unique Green Machines, we have set up a package deal. Our Green Machine Box Set will include nine (9) of the regular production blue vehicles plus one (1) Green Machine. The Green Machine will be number matched to one of the regular units (for example, if you have Green Machine #19, one of the regular units will also be #19 so you have a numbers matching set). Box sets are priced at $70.00 plus shipping and insurance. Due to the limited nature of this product, we will be selling only 100 box sets. When they are gone, they’re gone, so order yours today!

Also available for purchase are the regular production units in single quantities. The cost of an individual unit is $9.99 plus shipping and insurance. A few lucky folks will be randomly selected to receive a Green Machine for free with their individual unit purchase!

Finally, the units will be in clamshell packaging. The packaging will carry the NKYFBA and Cincy Speed logos along with a custom design and information about the association.

This is definitely a great opportunity to own a limited run Greenlight piece in addition to helping out an excellent car club. Use the link below to jump over to the order page!

[via www.nkyfba.com]

In addition to the recent 1 Badd Ride NASCAR annoucements on DIECASTLIVE.COM, this sneak peek picture of the new 1 Badd Ride Dodge Challenger was spotted as well. The Challenger will come in both diecast and radio control versions. Not much else is known about it so far, although we can expect it to hit retailers some time this fall.

[via diecastlive.com]

This past week the folks at 1 Badd Ride let collectors know about the launching of their new line of NASCAR collectibles through a post on DIECASTLIVE.COM. Both 1:24 and 1:64 scale cars can be found in Target, and their availability will expand to additional retailers soon.
The first series of 1:64 scale pieces includes six drivers:

- #01 Mark Martin, Army Vette
- #17 Matt Kenseth, DeWALT Mustang
- #99 Carl Edwards, Office Depot Ford GT
- #26 Jamie McMurray, IRWIN Ford GT
- #6 David Ragan, AAA Mustang
- #16 Greg Biffle, Ameriquest 67′ Shelby GT 500

The first series of 1:24 scale pieces will include:

- #01 Mark Martin, Army Vette
- #17 Matt Kenseth, DeWALT Mustang
- #99 Carl Edwards, Office Depot 67′ Shelby GT 500

These are definitely great looking casts and are a nice twist on the traditional Nascar diecast collectibles that have been available over the years.

[via diecastlive.com]