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

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182 points NaOH | 3 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. insane_dreamer ◴[17 Oct 24 18:22 UTC] No.41872232[source]▶
maybe the Matchbox ones were more "desirable" at that time because they were imported? I can't remember anymore (this was mid- to late- 70s).
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2. selcuka ◴[17 Oct 24 23:14 UTC] No.41874771[source]▶
I've always thought Majorette and Bburago were higher-end than MatchBox. Maybe it was because of the scale (1:43 for Bburago vs 1:64 for MatchBox).
3. ericd ◴[18 Oct 24 18:39 UTC] No.41882231[source]▶
Heh yeah, I guess the flip side might’ve been working on me, Majorette was the exotic imported brand.