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Disney Pixar's Cars was an instant hit even before it's June 2006 movie release. The movie introduced us to a new list of characters like: Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater, Doc Hudson, Luigi and more. Mattel teamed up with Disney and Pixar to create diecast versions of the characters from the movie. These little 1:55 scale replicas quickly became as big a hit as the movie. Frantic parents and collectors desperately scoured the globe to attempt to collect a complete set of cars. Many people even took on new identities as I wrote in September 2006(story).

Alas, a new frenzy may be just ahead with the Cars DVD being scheduled to release on November 7. But, for the model car collector, Mattel will be releasing more character replicas. Some of the new characters that will be released are: Michael Schumacher Ferrari F430, Hamm the Pig car, Hudson Hornet Doc, Young Tow Mater and Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen. A release date for these cars has not been firmed up yet. However, this is probably to build more frenzy around the pending release. Well it worked on me. I'm excited.

However, in the meantime I stumbled on a full list of Cars characters. Yes, you may know Lightning, Mater and Doc. But do you know Mood Springs, Mia and Tia, Easy Idle, Rusty and Dusty or Darrell Cartrip? Wikipedia has a very detailed list of Cars characters and trivia.