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A handsome beast, sir. It has been a pleasure following this series
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Like Vermin King, I've enjoyed following this series. The history behind each model adds much to the enjoyment. Who knew you were such a Hot Wheels expert. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Not only is this an interesting paper series, but it also takes me back to these childhood toys.
Matchbox & Hotwheels were the best!!! Thanks!
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Thanks and I am very grateful for the feedback.
Sometimes I felt like I was relating a lot of Hot Wheels backstory that nobody was really interested in. And I will take no credit for being an "expert"...thanks to an internet connection, I was able to augment what I already knew about Hot Wheels with a lot more found information. I learned a lot I never knew...it was fun! Being just as much a Matchbox, Corgi and Dinky fan, and having already created a few related models, I think I might consider another series of models in the future. hmmmm
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I am sure it will be every bit as interesting
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Dear Air Dave:
Growing up in the 1950's My parents and I mostly on trips to Canada would buy matchbox cars coaches and unique trucks. I would like to see your redition of older match box stuff. Thanks, for the models and the history, Miles
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Matchbox was of course bought by Mattel (in the 90s I think?)
and Matchbox cars are now produced in blister packs like Hot Wheels toys. Many Matchbox castings have been used for Hot Wheels cars, and vice versa. Mattel has done a great job of preserving the Matchbox image. Many people still think they are a British company. Actually I have little interest in older Matchbox stuff since it was never really part of my life. (sorry, I wasn't born until 1959) I knew of, and owned a handful of Matchbox cars in the sixties and I respect the history of matchbox toys, but I don't have much interest in recreating older Matchbox models. Never say never. My late Father collected the Models of Yesteryear series in the 80s, and then later, when he was amassing a large Hot Wheels collection, he collected about 600 more recent Matchbox blisterpack cars. (I've since sold them all) For me, the bigger interest is the 1960-70s Corgi and Dinky toys. All the Movie and TV stuff was of big interest to me. And, there are some Military models I might consider. (The Dinky Centurion is what inspired me to do my big scale paper model!)
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Great Job! I really enjoyed this series.
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I was a Corgi Rocket kid of the 70s - the cars had a separate plastic chassis which vould come off with key provided with the car, and you could then key out the axles. I remember that I would part detatch the chassis with the key, thus jacking up the rear of the car😊
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