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Toy maker Mattel's newest toys that honor front-line personnel in the ... Matchbox cars, ... The Matchbox #ThankYouHeroes Frontline Heroes Vehicles Gift Set, selling for $20, has an ...
Another iconic Mattel brand is racing off the toy shelves and onto the big screen. Mattel Films and Skydance Media are developing a live-action film based on the Matchbox vehicles toy line ...
Matchbox was bought by Mattel, maker of the rival Hot Wheels line of toy cars, in 1997. Matchbox plans to release seven assortments of 70th anniversary cars throughout 2023, at the same major ...
Matchbox continues to sell its toy cars on Amazon, among other retailers. As with most collectibles (not to mention some old tech you may have lying around ), certain versions can be worth a fortune.
As far as I’m concerned, though, the Matchbox set is the star. Complete with a 1:64 version of the tiny 200-hp pocket rocket and a miniature restaurant, it’s a creative take on a toy car set ...
February 08, 2023 at 1:00am GMT. MOST petrolheads foster their love of cars well before hitting legal driving age in the company of die-cast toy cars, writes David Roy.
Mercedes-Benz and Matchbox have created a new toy car modeled after Ewy Rosqvist's winning 220SE sedan. The toy will be gifted to first-grade girls to inspire them and shatter gender stereotypes.
Micro Machines were a major toy phenomenon at retail in the late 1980s and 1990s, after debuting in 1987. The lineup of cars, truck, boats, buses, race cars and planes seemed to grow exponentially ...
After Matchbox filed for bankruptcy in 1980, a Hong Kong-based toy manufacturer bought the company. Tyco Toys bought Matchbox from them in 1992, and Mattel – Hot Wheel’s producer – ultimately acquired ...
Matchbox, maker of tiny toy cars, is bringing back one if its most important models. It's not a car, but a little horse-drawn coach, and its success led to the creation of Matchbox toy cars. And ...
Extraction director Sam Hargrave has reportedly been tapped by Mattel, the current owner of Matchbox toy cars, and Skydance, who is set to produce the film. The Wrap reports that David Coggeshall ...
Like the classic Matchbox toy car line that features die-cast scale models of real-life wheeled vehicles, Sky Busters has offered the same for winged aircraft since 1973.