Matchbox and HotWheels cars

[bathurst77]

I have just hada strong memory of Matchbox Cars come flooding back.
Who else here loved them when they were kids? There was NOTHING I would rather get as a present or spend me money on as a kid then matchbox cars.
They were my absolute fave toys right up till i was really too old to admit to still playing with them!

I think I learned alot about understanding car design etc from Matchbox.

I was kid of the 60s and 70s, so I had a collection of cars dating from mid 60s to mid-late 70s. Had literally hundreds of the little buggers.
BAck then they used to come in a little "matchbox". I actually have a few of the 1970s annual catalogues here..somewhere...

Then one day, when i was teenager, i gave teh whole lot of my cars to some pretty girl's little brother!
and to make it worse it didnt help me with her!
(I guess she wasnt into boys who played with toy cars. : )

shoulda kept the cars and forgot about her.. i dont even remember her name... :

Back then matchbox cars were slightly better quality then hotwheels, Dinky/Corgis. Hotwheels (by Matel) tended to be "wild crazy" lookin things where matchboxes looked prety well like the real thing.

Then matel bought Matchbox too. And Matel then claimed they were the worlds biggest car company!

I WANT MY MATCHBOX CARS BACK!!! WAAAAAHHHH