Police cars have long been a specialty of the Matchbox brand. Over the years, Matchbox has consistently delivered not only great police car castings, but also iconic licensed liveries from famous police departments like NYPD or the California Highway Patrol. These licensed police cars are some of Matchbox’s best models, and they do a wonderful... Continue Reading →
A bit of inside baseball: in order to try to turn around this blog post as quickly as possible, I had the intro pre-written. No specifics of course, since I didn't know what would be announced. It was just a general statement about how we saw a bunch of cool new models and how I... Continue Reading →
It's no secret that Matchbox's mainline is brutally cost-constrained. In order to keep the retail price as close to $1 as possible, Matchbox has had to find efficiencies and improvements wherever they can. The result is more plastic, simpler "drop in" construction, and limited printing passes (typically 2 sides per model). Yet even despite those... Continue Reading →
With the yearly Matchbox line preview at the Gathering fast approaching, we just got a look at some new models to tide us over. The bulk of these pictures were posted by @ada_3l3 on Instagram, but I’ll shout out other creators where applicable. Let’s jump right in! Where better to start than with a new... Continue Reading →
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