The world’s favorite toy cars, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, are celebrating anniversaries this year: Hot Wheels just turned 50 years old, while Matchbox cars are 65. It turns out some of them would ...

"By 1969, Lesney was building a thousand toy cars per minute," the article says. However, Matchbox was stuck in idle gear with the arrival of Hot Wheels in 1968. While Matchbox focused on ...

Join me on an exciting diecast pickin adventure where I uncover some of the coolest Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Johnny Lightning, and Treasure Hunt cars from 2017 and beyond. This haul features classic blue ...

In today's Thread of the Day, user TravMan stirs up the epic row between 1/64-scale toy car makers Matchbox and Hot Wheels.It's a topic as divisive as the touchy Ford vs. GM vs. Chrysler debate we ...

Now we can add toymaker Matchbox to the list. While Matchbox’s cars are already powered by ... under parent company Mattel. That means Hot Wheels, Barbie and Polly Pocket will all follow suit.

Matchbox cars of the 1:64 variety dominated the diecast toy business early on, developing a rivalry with Hot Wheels, but focused on real cars and trucks in contrast to Hot Wheels' wilder designs ...

This World War II-inspired military vehicle was meant to ... "Heavyweight" Hot Wheels like this one were Mattel's answer to the Matchbox series of toy trucks, and they definitely hit the mark.

Odell, a school dropout who later joined the Royal Army Service Corps ... Superfast line of fast-rolling cars (Matchbox’s response to American rival Hot Wheels) is a prime example.

Hot Wheels is a brand of 1:64, 1:43, 1:18 and 1:50 scale die-cast toy cars introduced by American toy maker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox. Hot Wheels were conceived to be ...

You might not remember your first Hot Wheels car (or perhaps your first Matchbox car; the British brand was bought by Hot Wheels owner Mattel in 1997), but from the moment you were old enough to ...