Matchbox cars were the gateway drug for countless ... which for most years included a color rendering of the toy inside. All 41 of these toys include that box—the sign of a very fastidious ...

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 ...

Matchbox even tried its hand in what were very obviously Micro Machines-type five-packs of Micro Machines-size cars, largely because what Lewis Galoob Toys was doing could not be patented—it was ...