Take Flight

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Take Flight
Runtime (approx.)	June–September 2012

The Take Flight collection was a die-cast special series based on the larger Cars Take Flight brand, a marketing push for the Cars Toons shorts Moon Mater and Air Mater intended to transition between Cars 2 and the upcoming Planes spin-off film.

History

Released around early June 2012, the Take Flight Collection primarily took the form of individual blister releases, identical in size and packaging to the traditional mainline "Deluxe" branch. The line was split into two different segment series, Moon Mater and Air Mater, each based on their respective shorts.

	Operation Tow Mater is a go! Autonaut Mater lands on the moon for a special rescue mission and returns to Earth with Lightning McQueen at 17,000 mph. Is it a true story or a tall tale?
	Mater Hawk performs at an air show with the Falcon Hawks stunt team. When he has trouble during a daredevil maneuver, it's Lightning McQueen Hawk to the rescue! Is it a true story or a tall tale?

In promotion of the collection, a stop-motion YouTube video using die-casts was created and uploaded to YouTube.

Main series

Cars Take Flight Die-Cast Assortment (X4898)

Photo	Model Name	Segment	Toy #	Notes	Cardback(s)	Edit
60772	Autonaut Lightning McQueen	999 Moon Mater	A X4899	— 60772	2012_X4899	edit
60791	Autonaut Mater		A X4900	— 60791	2012_X4900	edit
58885	Stu Bop the Jet	999 Air Mater	A X4901	— 58885	2012_X4901	edit
62453	Rescue Chopper		A X4902	NEW First release X4902_62453	2012_X4902	edit
62451	Falcon Hawk 1	999 Moon Mater	A X4903	— 62451	2012_X4903	edit
62446	Mater Hawk	999 Air Mater	A X4904	NEW First release X4904_62446	2012_X4904	edit
62449	Lightning McQueen Hawk		A X4905	— 62449	2012_X4905	edit
62445	Aviator Mater		A X4906	NEW First release X4906_62445	2012_X4906	edit
60792	NASCA Truck	999 Moon Mater	A X9500	NEW First release X9500_60792	2012_X9500	edit
60773	Burnt Autonaut Lightning McQueen		A X9501	NEW First release X9501_60773	2012_X9501	edit
62452	Falcon Hawk Black	999 Air Mater	A X9511	NEW First release X9511_62452	2012_X9511	edit
62454	Propwash Junction Biplane		A X9513	NEW First release X9513_62454	2012_X9513	edit

Box sets

Two box sets were also released, exclusively at Toys R Us stores.

Photo	Model Name	Cast #	Toy #	Notes	Exclusive	Cardback(s)	Edit
62448	Mater Hawk	A X4904	A X9732	NEW First release X9732_62448		2012_X9732	edit
62450	Lightning McQueen Hawk	A X4905		NEW First release X9732_62450			edit

Photo	Model Name	Cast #	Toy #	Notes	Exclusive	Cardback(s)	Edit
62449	Lightning McQueen Hawk	A X4905	B BDT71	— 62449		2012_BDT71	edit
62446	Mater Hawk	A X4904		— 62446			edit
62451	Falcon Hawk 1	A X4903		— 62451			edit

Playsets

Photo	Model Name	Toy #	Cardback(s)	Notes	Edit
60791	Autonaut Mater	A W7850	2012_W7850	NEW First release W7850_60791 Plastic; Space Mission Adventure play pack	edit
63222	Roger the Space Shuttle			NEW First release W7850_63222 Plastic; Space Mission Adventure play pack	edit

Photo	Model Name	Toy #	Cardback(s)	Notes	Edit
60772	Autonaut Lightning McQueen	B BBN56	2012_BBN56	BBN56_60772 Plastic, 1:55; Astronaut to the Rescue Track Set (pictured)	edit

Standalone

Photo	Model Name	Toy #	Cardback(s)	Edit
62449	Lightning McQueen Hawk	A W7215	2012_W7215	edit

Gallery

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  Burnt Autonaut Lightning McQueen prototype

References

	This article is part of the Diecast Project, a PCW project that aims to report on every aspect of Mattel's Disney Pixar Cars toy line.
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