A Matchbox car can be identified by a label on the bottom of the car. Flip the car over and there will be the logo for Matchbox as well as the country of manufacture.
Information about the current Matchbox car models that are available can be found at the Mattel website as well as Matchbox Collectibles, Collectors Weekly and Entertainment Earth. A Matchbox checklist is available at Toy Nutz.
A matchbox is a box that is made to store matches. A Matchbox car is a car that, when invented, was so small it would fit into a matchbox. Matchbox 20 got their name from the fact that most matchboxes come with 20 matches.
ROGER FENNINGS has written: 'BOOK OF MATCHBOX LABELS'
A collection is a collection, whether it is of guns, of stamps, or of matchbox labels.
That depends on the kind of car it's a replica of. A Matchbox fire engine will weigh more than a Miata.
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Charlie Mack is the name most associated with collecting and putting a value on Matchbox cars. Everette Marshall III is also well known within the field.
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Unfortunately, Matchbox cars are all different scales. The cars are all made to a particular size (no more than 3"). Therefore, a larger car or truck would have to be scaled down more in order to fit the 3" Matchbox size requirement.
1977
€ 65,-
about 35 grams depending on the type of car that you are looking for