The world’s favorite toy cars, Hot Wheels and Matchbox, are celebrating anniversaries this year: Hot Wheels just turned 50 years old, while Matchbox cars are 65. It turns out some of them would ...

In today's Thread of the Day, user TravMan stirs up the epic row between 1/64-scale toy car makers Matchbox and Hot Wheels.It's a topic as divisive as the touchy Ford vs. GM vs. Chrysler debate we ...

The price back then: 48 cents. That's because the Opel he wants is small enough to fit in the palm of his hand--a miniature die-cast Matchbox. Matchbox scale models were first introduced in ...

And it was Matchbox cars that, in turn, inspired their one-time competitor, Hot Wheels. Both brands are now owned by Mattel, but it all goes back to an ornate little horse-drawn carriage that was ...