Did you collect Matchbox Cars or Hot Wheels?
This was a huge debate when I was a kid. I started collecting Matchbox cars early. I would save my allowance for months to be able to buy the new Matchbox car down at the local "five and dime" store. Then, in the 1960's, Hot Wheels came along. I didn't like them at first, because they had flimsy wheels, were made of cheap metal and plastic and didn't look like real cars...but they had a track and you could race them! That made them a hit. Unfortunately, all of my cars were given to charity by my parents, without asking my permission. Some of those Matchbox cars were my brother's, and dated to the 1940's. Which did you collect?
I have always been partial to Matchbox. Hot Wheels cars are just to ridiculous. I always liked the more realistic vehicles Matchbox had to offer. I also think the 50state car thing they had going a couple years ago (they were kind of like state quarters but they were cars) was pretty awesome.
Die Cast Cars
People all over the country have different hobbies. Some people collect model trains, some people collect books, baseball cards, movies, music, or bobble heads. One of the most popular hobbies around today is the collection of die cast cars. Die cast cars are popular because not only can the person with the hobby build the model that they have purchased but they can put that model in a glass case and display it at their house or office. They could also construct the model, frame it, and then sell it for a tiny profit.
Many people collect die cast cars as a hobby and enjoy attending model car shows where you can purchase old models and new model kits to work on. The die casting method is the use of metal and plastic. The metal that is used is zamak, which is an alloy of zinc and aluminum. Die cast toys come in scale models of fire trucks, police cars, airplanes, construction equipment, trains, buses, trucks, automobiles, and motorcycles.
These scale models can be assembled by the person purchasing them or can be purchased already assembled and ready for display. The fun part of the hobby is purchasing the kit and then assembling the model when you get home. You can build the car, paint it and then set it out for display. The die cast toy industry began in the 1940s in the United States and has grown in popularity ever since. Some of the most popular cars in the die cast world are Matchbox cars. Matchbox cars are incredibly small models of cars that kids enjoy playing with or collecting on a daily basis. One line of Matchbox cars, the 1-75, was named 1-75 because there are always 75 different vehicles in the line. Each car was packaged in its own box and the box looked like it was small enough to hold matches, hence the name Matchbox cars.
Mattel first introduced the Hot Wheels brand in 1968 because of the complaints that there were no toys for boys being produced by the company. Mattel is also famous for their Barbie doll collection for girls. Die cast cars became so popular that McDonald's, Sears Roebuck, Kodak, and Texaco asked toy makers to make vehicles with their business name and likeness on them for advertising purposes and to sell to collectors in their popular stores.
Along with collecting die cast cars, manufacturing companies also produce racetracks, toy restaurants and toy filling stations for children to play with while using their model cars. The racetracks have become increasingly realistic over the years, with cars being electronically driven on the tracks by the players as well as being propelled from the starting line in a pin-ball like manner. Aside from the cars and the accessories, companies also provide carry cases for people to put their die cast cars in when traveling. So, if you are going on a family vacation and your son or daughter wants to bring their cars with them, the carry case can hold their cars perfectly.
Matchbox Cars listed on www.matchboxcars.org and has been sold on eBay:
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