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The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire

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pge ◴[17 Oct 24 11:19 UTC] No.41868506[source]▶
As an American growing up in the late 70s/early 80s, we called all die-cast metal cars “matchbox cars,” even though many (all?) of them were Hot Wheels. I never knew there were two competing brands.
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