While working for an automotive manufacturer, I remember how cool it felt to know the company's future development plans. I would see photos and specs of cars months or years before their official ...

Mattel has announced that they will be moving all of their Matchbox cars, playlets, and packaging to be environmentally friendly by 2030. This is part of their new Drive Toward a Better Future program ...

Times are changing as companies look for a better future with new eco-friendly products and packaging. Mattel is driving collectors towards that better future with their newest goals for their ...

When I was 10 years old I remember staring at the Matchbox, Dinky and Corgi diecast cars in the neighborhood hobby store. My buddy and I had ridden our one-speed bikes to the shopping center, drooled ...

I could teach toy stores something about selling Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. Always refresh your stock! It doesn't matter that you haven't sold your existing line-up yet. Keep bringing in new ...

But did you know your Matchbox car or one owned by your child or grandchild could be worth hundreds or thousands of pounds? The die-cast models were first launched by Lesney Products back in 1953, ...

Leslie Smith, co-founder of the company that made Britain’s beloved Matchbox toy cars, which are still on the market and have become prized collectibles, has died. He was 87. Smith died of cancer May ...

FORKS — A toy-car company wants to re-create the Forks Police Department’s Ford Crown Victoria police cruisers, but the Forks City Council isn’t so sure about the deal. The City Council put a hold on ...

On the eve of the Daytona 500, some collectors are likely to bring out their collectible die-cast race cars. Such collectibles have been around nearly as long as the cars themselves. In 1953, Lesney, ...