Am I the only one who preferred Matchbox?

"The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123" (mattp123) 12/15/2013 at 00:02 • Filed to: None

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They were generally more realistic and less... bonkers? Wild? Over the top?

scoob > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:03

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Nope, I loved the real cars they put out too.

Desu-San-Desu > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:04

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I'm with you.

Lets Just Drive > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:04

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It's the reason I prefer JL.

Though, both Matchbox and Hotwheels have done some very realistic casts even if the majority tend to be more budget oriented.

Here's my all time favorite.

BullManUGA > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:08

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I loved Matchbox cars. Just about the time I got too old for toy cars, they started going in the Hot Wheels direction with cars with crazy paint schemes. I had an Isuzu Rodeo that was black with bring pink splashes on the side. I took a sharpie and colored in the pink.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > BullManUGA 12/15/2013 at 00:13

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LOL! I must have made a good quarter or third of my cars black using a Sharpie.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Lets Just Drive 12/15/2013 at 00:16

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Yea. I got into those as I got older, but left a bunch in the packaging. There was another company, I forget who, but they did some really nice ones too. I remember them costing 3 or 4 times as much as a HW car back then.

Lets Just Drive > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:17

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Greenlight?

twinturbobmw > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:24

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Yup. They did get a bit boring sometimes though.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Lets Just Drive 12/15/2013 at 00:32

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Nope. Racing champions. Opening hoods, rubber tires. Occasionally gold plated.

Lets Just Drive > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:37

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Ugh.

So much like. But do not want.

Hear me out; I like realistic casts and I like metal on rubber chassis but I can't stand the commemorative cars or those that you'll never take out of the package. But that's just me... and it comes down to the fact that I like being able to zoom my diecasts across my desk and make vrooming noises - it connects me to how I felt playing with my cars as a kid. That, and I want to pass mine along to my daughter once she's old enough, so she can learn to love cars early and ASAP.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Lets Just Drive 12/15/2013 at 00:42

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Yea. Again, these were from when I got older. I have some collectable stuff and some other stuff I just never bothered to take out of the package. But I agree. I would rather hold them and use them. For what it's worth, I did have a non gold plated Chevelle (and others) by the same brand that made it out of the impossible to open without injuring yourself packaging.

Lets Just Drive > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:44

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Wanna go play cars?

I'm pretty sure I still have a roll-out City playmat around somewhere.

All Motor Is Best Motor > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 00:45

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I still have a bag full of all the toy cars I had as a kid. Somehow I ended up with a lot of them, but I still don't really remember how. It's nothing compared to some of the users here on Oppo but it was enough. I should bring the bag out and photograph some of them in a way that reveals the "use" they've seen. None of them are in "clean" form, that's for sure.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Lets Just Drive 12/15/2013 at 00:54

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Sure. After I dig up my bins-o-cars. The ones that survived the vice.

Dr. Dingleberry > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 06:51

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Yep, Matchbox for me too ! Hate how HotWheels ruins nice cars with weird paintjobs and tampos !

MTY85 > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 14:09

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On Fridays, my dad got out of work early and he picked me up from school, and he would take me to the local pharmacy (which sounds slightly strange in retrospect) and buy me a Matchbox car. I never got into Hot Wheels.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 18:19

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Nope, Matchbox > Hotwheels etc for me too, during the 70s.