Production Codes of Mattel Cars

[cac1959]

Here's a thread containing production dates of the various promo Cars...

Faux Wheel Drive:

1168
1278
1308

Sidewall Shine:
1418


N2O Cola:
2128


Gask-Its:
0589
0619

Blu-ray McQueen:
2427



These are the dates of the ones that I have that are opened... I have more of the N2O Cola and Sidewall Shine promo Cars but they are in sealed baggies in the TRU display cases with solid black bottoms.

If you have any promo Cars with other dates, please post in this thread and I'll update the list.

Many thanks.

[Sapfir]

Mattel don't use some letters as they are similar to some numbers or other letters.

I = 1 (one)
O = 0 (zero)

Although Q can look like O, it is reserved for special cases. There was a special assortment a couple of years ago, which had 'Q'.

Thank you!

[niftynigel]

Mattel don't use some letters as they are similar to some numbers or other letters.

I = 1 (one)
O = 0 (zero)

Although Q can look like O, it is reserved for special cases. There was a special assortment a couple of years ago, which had 'Q'.

[Sapfir]

OK. But why 2021 is "P', not "Q", if 2022 is "R"? How to understand which year which letter corresponds to?

[niftynigel]

You are correct.

R = 2022 (P = 2021 etc).
40 = the week of production (of packing as shown on the card). The actual week the car production is shown on the bottom of the car.
A = I'm guessing the factory or production line?

E.g. Racing Centre Cruz Ramirez (Metallic Gold) shows R40A on the card and R38A stamped on the bottom.

Hot Wheels singles, although they are manufactured in Malaysia, have similar codes (without the 'A' suffix).

[Sapfir]

Hello to all!
Who knows how read Mattel production codes on the cars from Thailand factory? In my opinion the letter - is code of the year. But what letter indicate what year? The digital number - is the number of week, right?

[BertieRichards]

Thanks for contributing the thread which contains production dates of the various promo Cars. It's impeccable!

[djjd21]

I have dissected a few Dexters from the 2013 series and they all have plastic eyes/mouth/bed as well...pretty sure they all do

If I'm not mistaken there is a difference between the final lap dexter and the current version,something tells me the smile is different,but I'm not 100% sure

[Scavenger]

What is the code for Final Lap Dexter??? I think I got one in my 2014 package cause the eyes / mouth / bed of the truck are plastic.

I have dissected a few Dexters from the 2013 series and they all have plastic eyes/mouth/bed as well...pretty sure they all do

[ksammut]

Mine says: 2649 EAB.

[iopl3887]

What is the code for Final Lap Dexter??? I think I got one in my 2014 package cause the eyes / mouth / bed of the truck are plastic.

[weebo]

cool thank you

[djjd21]

The first 3 numbers represent the day in which they were made,the last number represents the year.

So if the number reads 1308EA,it was made on the 130 th day of 2008.

Sometimes the numbers can confirm if the car is authentic or not,like the speedway of the south set cars or the promo cars which were only made on certain dates.

[weebo]

can someone explain the numbers to me, do they mean some are rarer than others or something?

[wintermelon]

The Silver Promo McQueen for Europe

0792 EAA - Car Based
0862 EAA - Card