Mattel announced today that every Matchbox toy and die-cast car, including the packaging they come in, will be made with 100% recyclable plastics by 2030. This is part of a broader initiative across ...

For decades they were the toys that every little boy coveted above all others and kept in proud, neat lines on the chest-of-drawers beside his bed. Being violence-free, mercifully quiet (with none of ...

When I was 10 years old I remember staring at the Matchbox, Dinky and Corgi diecast cars in the neighborhood hobby store. My buddy and I had ridden our one-speed bikes to the shopping center, drooled ...

The latest exhibit at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey is a pretty big deal, even though the cars are pretty small. Hundreds of tiny Matchbox vehicles will be exhibited in the ...

A collection of 3,500 Matchbox toys could raise up to a million US dollars when they go under the hammer later this year. An American doctor has spent years collecting the set of tiny, brightly ...

Matchbox is moving to use either recycled or recyclable materials in its toys and packaging by 2030. Matchbox will also increase its EV presence in the company’s lineup and include EV chargers in fuel ...

Barbie, it seems, was just the beginning. Toy brand Mattel has plans to use its iconic Matchbox die-cast toy car line as the subject matter for new live-action movie — and, the brand announced on ...

The first miniature Hot Wheels toy cars rolled down their iconic orange racing tracks in May 1968 in the US. They cost 59 cents each, and that year, toymaker Mattel sold 16 million of them. They were, ...

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Leslie Smith, co-founder of the company that made Britain’s beloved Matchbox toy cars, which are still on the market and have become prized collectibles, has died. He was 87. Smith died of cancer May ...

Mattel will sell a Matchbox Tesla Roadster made from 99% recycled materials in 2022. It's part of Mattel's green push toward more sustainable manufacturing and more toys based on EVs. It could very ...

The old Barbie dolls haven't been dressed up in years, and the Matchbox cars haven't crossed any finish lines. The Mega Bloks have sat idle while a layer of dust gets thicker. Mattel has a way for ...