The Matchbox International Gathering of Friends in Albuquerque, New Mexico is one of the US’s most beloved collector events for Matchbox and diecast fans worldwide. Happening yearly in July, it’s now been running for an amazing 24 years. hobbyDB user Birkinstock attended for the first time in 2026 and wrote this fantastic piece about it […]
With the release just around the corner of Matchbox: The Movie, the first-ever official film based on the Matchbox diecast line, we’ve just seen the first tie-in toys. And they are awesome! Launching later this summer, ahead of the film’s October 9th release on Apple TV+, the range will include something for everyone with tie-in models […]
Matchbox has a new version in 1/64-scale 1995 VW Harleqin Golf coming out soon. It’s part of the Mattel Creations line and will go on sale at 9 pm PT on October 16.
Solstice Day comes but once a year… okay, twice. Summer, the longest day of the year, and Winter, the shortest. But, as we are at the time of the Summer Solstice, let’s take a look at Pontiac’s last gasp at a new car.
Every year, The Model Car Hall of Fame is proud to announce the newest class of model vehicles for several categories. Each model represents the finest achievements in detail, innovation, and character for various scales. Here are the 2023 inductees.
Add up all the hundreds of illustrations he did for Matchbox, multiply that by thousands of copies of each kit or car, and Huxley had a very prolific career. Kids and collectors may not have known his name, but they sure loved his art. For those memories, Roy Huxley is our Artist of the Year for 2023.
Matchbox has just corrected a terrible oversight of the diecast world by releasing a model of the 1980 AMC Eagle, the first diecast version of this car since… maybe ever?
When you think of early products from Lesney, you probably don’t think about components for real cars. Jack Odell and his business partners started that way, but eventually, they stumbled into the diecast model business. For that genius move and everything since, Jack Odell is the 2022 Model Car Hall of Fame’s Legend of the Year.
The Matchbox Push’n-Puller has odd proportions. It’s symmetrical! Even closer, it’s like two front ends of the same car welded together. Where have we seen this before?
Someone at Matchbox must have an irrational love for this Dodge Sweptside Pickup. Did their family own one back in the day? Hats off to Matchbox for bringing us this little piece of automotive weirdness in 1:64 scale.
Model cars are a unique hobby. The number of different ways to express these cars in model form often goes way beyond variations of the real thing. This can lead collectors down some very unique paths. The Journey of Philippe de Lespinay, our newest Selection Committee member, certainly represents an example. Throughout his career in […]
