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

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182 points NaOH | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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insane_dreamer ◴[17 Oct 24 14:03 UTC] No.41869787[source]▶
Matchbox was certainly the gold standard when I was young (in France). I don’t recall ever hearing of Hot Wheels — maybe those were just in the US?
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ericd ◴[17 Oct 24 14:06 UTC] No.41869809[source]▶
Funny, I’ve always thought the French Majorette were the best. Many of them had pretty good suspension which helped a lot in rolling across uneven ground.
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1. musha68k ◴[17 Oct 24 14:30 UTC] No.41870031[source]▶
Same here, because of that and some of the more extravagant models at "low coin" :)