The inspiration behind Matchbox cars came from a school rule. Leslie and Rodney Smith started their toy company, Lesney Products, shortly after World War II, and tool and die maker Jack O’Dell ...

AN IMPRESSIVE Matchbox toy fan boasts one of Britain's largest collections of the toy car and is selling them for an eye-watering sum. Terry Kneeshaw, from Darlington, County Durham, is selling ...

Matchbox cars. We collected them. We played with them. We loved them. Heck, a lot of us still do. And over the weekend, the man responsible for making these simple, inexpensive pleasures a reality ...

The first model will be a mini version of the Tesla Roadster. Matchbox is launching a series of toy cars based on real-life electric vehicles and making some using recycled materials as part of a ...

Matchbox cars were the gateway drug for countless auto enthusiasts. Most were used, abused, and lost long ago, but some small subset of young owners was more careful, preserving the cars and their ...

Like most of you, I loved Matchbox and Hotwheels cars as a kid. I had a boatload of them, or at least what I thought was a ...