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I think that when Mattel in 1968 produced Hot Wheels they were fully aware of the volume of models that Matchbox were selling at that time and wanted a share if not more of the market with the new wheels. They had not thought that Matchbox would come back with their own new Superfast wheels Mattel t...

Diecastmolester wrote:Errr...no toy fairs this year.

That i know only to well as a trader.

When Mattel purchased Matchbox i think that they then hoped that having control they would be able to control who bought which product by making Matchbox less easier to come by hence you cannot find Matchbox so easily. You can find at toyfairs traders selling tables full of recently released Hot Whe...

Could the lack of Matchbox models be a ploy of Mattel to make it diffulcult
for for the UK so that they hope we will buy their Hot Wheels.

I posted a question with regards the new Power Grabs range on the same subject
mainly as they are being sold as model in picture box and no blister.

Posted about these under MATCHBOX POWER GRABS.

Dave

Whilst going through some long forgotten box's came across some
UK Matchbox mags but not just the mags a few letters from Ray Bush.
Also there are lists of members worldwide.
The mags of which there are six are from 1981 and 1982 the membership
listing is fromSept 1978

Thanks for the link Kevin will browse later.

The range has been around since at least 2017 and the 2018 range celebrated 65 years of matchbox, also without the blister they are more enfiromently freindly. Why retail outlets large or small are not being made aware of the fact the orginal name is very Brtish and goes back a long way. Mattel have...

I am in need of information on the above. I know these are current models but i have become interested because they are being sold in two ways one is car plus box in a blister they other way is car box but no blister as per the original matchbox concept. The problem i am having is finding a retail o...