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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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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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parpfish ◴[17 Oct 24 12:43 UTC] No.41869131[source]▶
Same. I also referred to all transforming robot toys as “gobots”
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nemo44x ◴[17 Oct 24 14:43 UTC] No.41870140[source]▶
Gobots were Transformers for poor kids.
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parpfish ◴[17 Oct 24 21:01 UTC] No.41873745[source]▶
are you telling me that the rich kids never got to experience the excitement of an awesome robot transforming into... a rock?

https://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Rock_Lords_(toyline)

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1. nemo44x ◴[18 Oct 24 01:33 UTC] No.41875592{3}[source]▶
Gosh I shudder to think what the Eastern Euro kids had to settle for.