Hot Wheels vs. Matchbox

Plenty has happened with miniature toy car companies over the years. This video gives an overview of the market while outlining a rivalry between two of the all-time biggest brands.
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[@tiufb]

When I was a kid, one of the cereal companies offered a special chrome hot wheels car called the Boss Hoss. For a couple of box tops and some money for shipping, they would send one to you. I am now 63 years old, and still have this car sitting on my desk.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I'm half your age and I actually have a hand-me down of one of those.

[@ItzzzBeamo]

My dad got one of those and he handed down his set of cars to me. Thats the top dog of the collection. I’m 27

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Yes! I sent for that one too. A very cool H.W. car.

[@jackjohnson833]

I’m more amazed your 63 and know how to use KZbin so well.

[@honeysunday]

That’s so cool

[@FakeDriftChris]

My story with hotwheels (car guy): my wife and I started trying for a kid, so everytime we went to a store id check out the hot wheels and only buy REAL cars so when they were old enough I could teach them about each model. Unfortunately there were multiple miscarriages and infertility issues, and my wife was just distraught BUT for 3 years I kept buying hotwheels to show her a sign of optimism. My son just graduated from kindergarten and we now have a collection of probably 600 cars.

[@jackgibb16]

Lovely story dude… future car guy right there.

[@FEdeRioBravo]

My son just turned 3 and have a large collection too. Matchbox City &Hot Wheel city play sets set's is my new vise.

[@DA_PROYT_LOL]

That's HUGE like you have about 20 to 30 of all unique hotwheels (if none of yours are duplicates (

[@FakeDriftChris]

@@DA_PROYT_LOL maybe, we do have 10 different falken tire cars with the teal/blue livery and my favorite is the purple rwb. Did scoop up a godzilla edition r32 skyline and a yellow and white liberty walk s15 that i havent let him touch yet lol

[@Hertz2pp]

❤❤❤

[@Tinhare]

I had both growing up. Hot Wheels were used for fun and excitement with their tracks. Matchbox were used for serious playing. Like driving on pretend roads, obeying traffic rules etc. When I think about it, very rarely were they played with together.

[@johnwhitehurst7484]

I did the same.🙂 It was fun.

[@BienSwinginbase]

Matchbox was a little goated I think but Hot Wheels was absolutely goated bossman.

[@tinymetaltrees]

I like that! "Serious playing" 👍

[@BasedWarGoose]

This is correct. Hot Wheels was GTA or Forza; and Matchbox was more driving simulator. Micro Machines were for when you *really* needed to sneak a toy car to school.

[@Tinhare]

@@BasedWarGoose well said. 😀

[@marksylvain2839]

I'm 49 yrs old and I've been collecting Hot Wheels and Matchbox for 31 years, thanks for this video, brought a smile to my face.

[@GarfieldAtLasganaParty]

I love that! Never stop collecting!

[@LiamGardner-w6k]

Bro I'm still a kid and I love collecting them. Love to see people that aren't kids still enjoying the thrill of these awesome toys.😃

[@LiamGardner-w6k]

I have well over 300

[@subraxas]

@ Never stop never stopping!! 😀

[@jimcurt99]

Totally a Hot Wheels fan- LOVED the car case shaped like the wheel

[@JBG1968]

Had that to . Kept my matchboxes in it

[@sethdavis4382]

In the late 80's I used to eat Hot Wheels cereal for breakfast in the morning. At the time they had a promotion going on where they included sticker packs in the cereal boxes. The top sticker on the sticker pack gave you a chance to win the new California Customs set. One day I opened the cereal box and found I had won. I mailed it in to redeem my prize but the company couldn't send me a complete set so they ended sending me a big box full of a variety of hot wheels cars worth about $300. That day was better than any Christmas morning I can ever remember.

[@pensivepenguin3000]

Reading these comments is basically like mainlining 80s nostalgia lol

[@100percentSNAFU]

You mean to tell me they had Hot wheels cereal? And to think all the broken teeth I had from eating actual hot wheels for year 😂

[@BlueFox284]

Didn't McDonald's give those out in Happy Meals too? I had a couple of em'.

[@christianpoint0888]

That’s awesome !

[@santicar10]

Dude I read the first line and was like ‘wtf’ then I saw the rest lmao

[@BWItoATXF]

Born in 92, I always opted for Matchbox for the exact reason of their intention, realism. I always thought that Hot Wheels looked too animated and cartoonish. All a preference, but definitely preferred Matchbox. Today, it seems that Hot Wheels offers a lot of more realistic cars.

[@gold-818]

Also 92 baby here and yes if you wanted an accurate version of cars on the road you opted for matchbox cars, but I will say Hot Wheels had the better tracks. I also would mix Hot Wheels and Matchbox together as a kid which was considered heresy by some of my friends 😮

[@ihatecabbage7270]

largely because those realistic car is cooler and easier to sell at a premium. A Tokyo Drift Nissan 350z Hotwheel can fetch up to a few hundred bucks.

[@braxtonthelucario2129]

Its strange i was born in 07 always preferd the realstic cars over the cartooney ones thdy looked werid to me

[@B-Shells]

The jingle I remember the most was, “Hot Wheels! Beat That!”

[@LoveMyUnusual]

Ha ha nice! I don't remember that, but I remember the episode of Powerpuff Girls when Buttercup made Blossom's hair look like a Hot Wheels racetrack. 😂❤

[@pb5x5]

Just compare a 80's Matchbox and Hot Wheels to see the difference. Quality of the cast details and paint.

[@yokai1235]

o yeah the time hot wheels was cool

[@AccountFromGoogle]

That was from the ps2 game, right?

[@yokai1235]

@@AccountFromGoogle nope that was the jingle of hotwheels during the early 2000's

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I preferred Matchbox because their sports cars like Ferrari and Lamborghini did look more realistic

[@joshuafoight9579]

Yeah I feel the same. I just wish they still were more realistic and not just the same car dies used for both

[@strikersbargainbin]

Look at Siku, a german company.

[@r3mdh]

I was born in 1974 and Matchbox is what I grew up with. My favorites were the Planetary Explorer from ‘75, the ‘76 VW Golf with removable surf boards, the ‘76 Swamp Rat, and the ‘77 Jeep CJ6 - which began my love of the Jeep brand. Earlier this year I was finally able to afford my very first Jeep, which has become my daily driver. ❤️

[@ian3580]

I'm 45, and I much preferred Matchbox as a kid. I only wanted stuff that look like real cars on the road and not some fantasy toy looking thing.

[@darkskinwhite]

same, I never wanted the batmobiles and all that. matchbox also made more average cars that hotwheels never did. you had a good chance at getting a matchbox version of someone you knows car.

[@BenjamintheTortoise]

Same here. I'm 48 and only played with Matchbox. Always wanted a van with the tear drop window but never found it 😄

[@100percentSNAFU]

I'm 47 and feel the same. I preferred the realism of matchbox cars vs the more fantasy based hot wheels. I feel like matchbox was more popular with our generation and hot wheels became more popular later.

[@hiimjustin8826]

Yeah kids hate toys and fantasy that makes sense

[@ItsDaJax]

Yall probably ate corn flakes and watched the saturday morning news too, huh?

[@mrgurulittle7000]

I grew up in Japan so I played with mainly Tomicas and some Matchbox, Hotwheels, and Majorets.

[@BenjaminWilley-j1o]

Tomica cars have suspension and a lot of details on the car and it's cheap as well. So it's the best diecast car. 🙂

[@mrgurulittle7000]

@@BenjaminWilley-j1oTomica tend to add detail nicely, whereas some Hotwheels or Matchbox cars have misprints or paint chips. But I have all of them and love all of them.

[@AbandonedRaven]

Does that include ChoroQ as well? I don’t know how popular they are in Japan still, but I remember playing a few of the games on the PS2 back in the day.

[@mrgurulittle7000]

@@AbandonedRavenChoroQ is still popular in Japan and some are now collectibles. Yes, they are in the same group as Tomica as both are product lineups from the same parent company, Takara Tomy.

[@mrjsanchez1]

They sold Tomica’s in the States under the name Pocket Cars, this was back in the 1970’s, they were my favourites, MatchBox was 2nd, I still buy Tomy N gauge trains as an adult!

[@dadabetic]

when i was a kid, hot wheels were in the Kaybee toys, but matchbox was at the hobby store. hot wheels were all on the pegs on the rack, but the matchbox cars were in a spinning display case and you had to ask the worker to see them; if you wanted to buy one, they would open up a drawer to get one out. it definitely made the matchbox cars seem more prestigious and valuable.

[@rumblehat4357]

And they literally came in a box. No bubble cards. The seller had to open the box and show it to you.

[@theblackdiamondguy4606]

ye thats basically greenlight and inno64 today lmao

[@iraulagunasperez5688]

😂😂Ignorant

[@KrummyBrinkleJr.]

I still have a desk drawer dedicated to all the 1990s European matchbox cars my dad bought me as a child. Always preferred them because I liked "normal traffic" cars that I'd see in real life.

[@RudysGarage]

I’m almost 37 and I’ve been a car enthusiast since I was born. I had tons of toy cars and plenty from each company. I typically preferred Hot Wheels because the cars felt heavier/sturdier and were definitely smoother when rolled. I was also big into custom paint jobs and stuff which hot wheels catered more towards. I also thoroughly enjoyed my Matchbox cars as well though. I’m glad both companies are still around.

[@RobotDCLXVI]

I am also 37 and a cat enthusiast.

[@Gr8Methos]

Scalpers, the bane of Hot wheel collectors

[@QuattroSG]

I stopped collecting because of them and gave everything to a friend’s kid. Every model you’d want would be sniped by employees or friends of employees in my area. It’s not even speculation like every car culture set comes 2 full sets to a box and there was many times Id stop in while on the road at like opening of target/walmart or wherever and there’d be 2 of every mode but one in the set. The most desirable and scalpable model everytime. They wouldn’t even bother completing the set just grab the one they can screw people with.

[@corpsie666]

Scalpers used to tip Toys R Us workers to go back and bring out full boxes before the shelves needed to be restocked.

[@nursestoyland]

And any popular toy brand *cough cough* lego

[@geetoasty]

My dad felt this comment on a spiritual level

[@Diodorus79]

Man, don't mention, them. They're the bane of everything, collectible.

[@deshaunx776]

As a poor kid in the 90s, *Matchbox* were my favorite. They were always being sold by the fistful at secondhand shops and garage sales. They had a simplicity that Hot Wheels lacked and added much needed realism to my 6 year old playtime. Regular people didn’t drive around in souped-up sports cars. Plus Matchbox had a better selection of emergency service and work vehicles. And trucks! Most of us had both brands back then, though. Hot Wheels were flashier and fun to race, especially if someone managed to keep all the pieces to their tracks.

[@zombiedodge1426]

I just sold a bunch of mine at a yard sale, and now I've seen this video and wish I'd kept them. :(

[@broadcastmyballs]

I'm also a poor kid who bought bags of Matchbox at thrift stores. Another thing to consider is that a lot of the appeal of Hot Wheels is playing with the big fancy playsets with tracks, which were more expensive and I never had as a kid. I was lucky to get mom to buy me one car for a dollar at the supermarket checkout, I'd never convince her to get me a big playset. And so those cars I got at the checkout were Matchbox which at least for me were more fun to have

[@lumbagoboi1649]

Yeah i wound up with a ton of beat up old lesney England matchbox cars going to thrift stores and stuff. The blue land rover was definitely my favorite along with the ford galaxie police car. Still have them today, just with even more paint chipped off than when i first found them lol

[@joelbosso1331]

Matchbox was the superior choice for me as a kid. I liked the realism. HotWheels were too crazy and I always thought the quality was less than matchbox cars

[@kcamera4975]

I agree. I started with Matchbox. Hot Wheels just felt cheaper and more delicate.

[@swh0001]

i had the matchbox fire engine, didn't look fast or cool but it would beat any hot wheels on the track due to its larger metal content/mass--loved that thing

[@DavisSmith-b3r]

real

[@DavisSmith-b3r]

real

[@roark5t6]

Hot Wheels cars were often so crazy looking they broke my immersion during toy roleplaying sessions. >_>

[@LotharSuhr]

I remember both companies made a red RR Silver Shadow. I had the classic MB version and was shocked when the HW suddenly arrived.

[@guysfieri8900]

as a collector of both, i appreciate the way matchbox consistently has better proportions to their cars than hot wheels

[@DerekL2005]

Matchbox did more realistic cars while hot wheels did like shark cars

[@KernelFault]

My car is a shark. It eats all my money.

[@neonotterpop2528]

​@@KernelFault😂

[@TheInkPitOx]

I have that one

[@mankind8088]

To this day that's the formula

[@ThisOldSkater]

or a toilet, or a hotdog. Hotwheels can get pretty far out there. Matchbox if I'm making a train set, hotwheels for fun!

[@duhbullb]

As a child I never really knew the difference. I just knew I have multiple of those Hot Wheels briefcases full of cars from both companies somewhere in my parents' garage right now 😂

[@MrRezRising]

Man, the older kid down the block once pulled out one of those 100 car suitcases and my brain pretty much imploded.

[@theblackdiamondguy4606]

same i have a couple cases of matchbox hotwheels tomica realtoy etc to me they were all the same

[@Toontastic_Juju]

I love playing both of those brands as a kid. I love the adventure and saving the day aspect of Matchbox and the racing, fast paced action of Hot Wheels.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

1:23 This might blow some minds; did you ever notice that the 'OT' in the Hot Wheels logo is in the shape of a wheel?

[@excalibrrimcold9354]

The most interesting fact I learned from this video is where the word 'dinky car' comes from, which is usually used to describe a tiny toy car that is not hotwheels or matchbox and usually of a lower quality.

[@ohyeah6453]

I hope you do Lego vs Mega Blocks next.

[@Remnazuo]

More like, "The superiority of Lego and the piddling challenger Mega Blocks"

[@TheInkPitOx]

It'd have to be Mega Blocks vs Duplo Also, I have not heard the name Mega Blocks in years

[@abelruiz1996]

​@@RemnazuoThe Halo line is actually good from megablock. its a shame Lego refuses to partner with violent videogames.

[@Remnazuo]

@@abelruiz1996 I'll be honest, I was surprised to see all the licenses that Mega Blocks has when I read the wikipedia page.

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

@@TheInkPitOx mega bloks is now owned my Mattel...surprise.

[@BrodyAnimates]

my family has always called hotwheels and small car toys "dinky cars" or "dinkies", super cool to find out about the origin!

[@XyloNe112]

Hi

[@JohnMcLoughlin06]

Brodyanimates in this comment section is crazy! Love your videos man!

[@Jonathan_SiriPlayz]

Wsp Why dpmt u have more likes your famous!

[@misaeljoelvera6631]

I'm 57 from the Philippines. So I grew up on Matchbox and Dinky Toys. My favorite Dinky was the Eagle Spaceship from Space:1999

[@pensivepenguin3000]

Kind of fascinated with the dinky cars now because I’ve never heard of them before this video

[@AngelFloresOchoa]

Commenting at 00:15... This was a rivalry briefly when they werent both owned by mattel. This hasnt been a true rivalry in a lifetime. BTW Johnny Lightning and AutoWorld are a parallel situation. Hot Wheels vs Johnny Lightning or Greenlight would be more genuine.

[@LoveMyUnusual]

Awesome review! I liked playing with my brothers' Hot Wheels sometimes. I personally loved die cast cars that had functional doors and trunks, there's a lot of them at drugstores. My bf bought me a little batmobile a few years back, and I bought a little VW bus. 🥰 I assume these little cheapie ones are also made by Hot Wheels/Mattel.

[@RetailRipper]

When mcdonald's had hotwheels in their happy meals 👌

[@alexander1485]

and Ronald McDonald as a mascot

[@JozMkII]

I liked when they had that happy meal box that had cutouts that could be folded into a track tunnel through the box

[@Matt-re3or]

I see other 80's kids here

[@corpsie666]

​@@Matt-re3or- kids nowadays will never know the magic of the toys that came with Happy Meals.

[@Matt-re3or]

@@corpsie666 I think I might still have some of the Stompers from the Happy Meal

[@DampNoodles]

As a car enthusiast. I've spent way too much money on these. I had whole totes filled with them as a kid to play with. And I collect them as an adult. I have probably close to 300 right now. Small numbers in the collectors world. I have to play a game to limit myself. I'm not allowed to dig through the racks, I can only buy from the first row. And I'm personally only interested in models of real cars, so I pass on the fantasy ones. But I do enjoy trying to find all the different color ways as well. I'm working on lining my garage wall with them. My favorite is a red Honda s2000 that perfectly matches my full-sized track prepped s2000.

[@100percentSNAFU]

That's what is great about matchbox, you can get mini versions of the real thing. I also am a modest collector as an adult. The excuse for me is always they are for the boys, but when I buy the boys a couple I buy myself a couple "special" ones as well. Don't know if I have a favorite, but one of my favorites I have had since I was a kid is the "1983" Corvette, which is cool in it's irony in that there was never an actual Corvette made for that model year. My matchbox was made in '82 and was likely in anticipation of a real version that never actually existed.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@100percentSNAFU Is the 1983 Corvette a C4? If so they were assuming GM would get the car to market on time.

[@100percentSNAFU]

​@@skaldlouiscyphre2453Yes, it is a C4

[@BasementBerean]

I was there at the origin of Hot Wheels. I was eight years old. Hot Wheels were designed to race on their own tracks, but Matchbox were not. Matchbox cars were collectable replicas that rolled, but did not race. Neither I nor my friends compared them. They were for different audiences. The competition for Hot Wheels was Johnny Lightening by Topper. I collected both.

[@wellmike]

The tracks are what made Hot Wheels dominate the market. Lots of fun until my brother discovered the tracks were perfect for slapping my legs.

[@JL-sm6cg]

I had the Hot Wheels Spiral Speedway as a kid, then I tried running some cheap-s**t toy car I bought at a dollar store through it. I recall having problems getting the car through the revving thing, so I revved it as fast as I could, sent that car through it, and it shot out in pieces and flew across the room. Pretty funny in retrospect. Lol

[@perfectallycromulent]

If you were like me, and your favorite thing to do with your Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars was to smash them to bits with rocks, and then ask mom for more, there were no significant differences between the brands. Those plastic Key Cars didn't last long though. Eventually, my parents figured out that if they bought me plastic model cars instead, I would glue them together, smash them up, and reglue them together for more smashing.

[@JL-sm6cg]

@@perfectallycromulent I used to smash them with my father's work bench clamp. He hated when I did that.

[@BasementBerean]

@@perfectallycromulent I guess I'm not like you. I bought them with my allowance, and I guess my father might have bought me a few, but I still have them and I didn't smash them up.

[@F40M07]

“Democrats vs republicans” “Coke vs Pepsi” “Lionel vs MTH” This is the only question.

[@snoozeflu]

Great video. A big controversy with these toy cars when I was a kid was that the paint used to contain lead. And kids being kids they will put anything in their mouth, including these cars.

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

I used to work at Target, and a guy would come in as we were stocking and loom behind us, waiting to see what we had. It was kind of annoying, but we finally gave in and just let him look through the boxes before we hung them up. I realized eventually that he was trying to start a bonding hobby with his young son, who really didn't seem to care. I'll bet that kid will, some day, remember good times with his well-meaning dad...

[@rrai1999]

That's sad. I wish my dad had tried things like that with me. He just gave up when I didn't care about sports

[@valutaatoaofunknownelement197]

A wholesome story that for a second I thought it was going to be another scalper horror tale.

[@jetscreamer1]

He is one of those annoying collectors that also hang out at Walmart.

[@Sbolde21]

That dude definitely lied to you lmao

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

Probably, but seeing his kid next to him made it seem legit... Thanks for the reply!

[@Canadian_Yoshi]

As a Matchbox fan, I've been waiting for this for a long time

[@ickisdog1592]

Plastic crap

[@mankind8088]

Diecast isn't plastic 😭🤣😂😭🤣😂😭😭🤣

[@x-90]

As a lifelong die cast collector so have I

[@Jay-jb2vr]

I always loved Matchbox, all the way back when they had metal chassis

[@TheOtherBill]

Hot Wheels is flash while Matchbox is class.

[@apulrang]

Thinking back on it, my preference for Matchbox cars as a kid might be one of the first times I developed my own "taste" for things. And I just instinctively liked the more realistic Matchbox cars better than the more fanciful Hot Wheels cars. It's not something I thought through ... it was just automatic. And since then I've pretty consistently preferred detailed and aesthetically pleasing but non-flashy or outrageous things of any kind, or any art.

[@bobz1736]

I'm from the UK and collected Lesney Matchbox vehicles for nearly 50 years. I've never owned a Hot Wheels vehicle...

[@JordanGlawe90]

I'm 33, and among my favorite toy cars from childhood were Matchbox's 50 states series that included license plates about the same size as the toy cars and the Vipers (and later Hummers) cast with late 90s/early 00s NBA logos. I also think having a Matchbox TV van, fire truck, bus, etc. made my toy car box more complete. That said, I probably chose to buy Hot Wheels 9 times out of 10. There's an aspirational design element to Hot Wheels that I still find appealing.

[@geoffkirkpatrick9727]

I was eight when hot wheels were introduced, so was already a Matchbox kid. I fell in love with hot wheels too, but retained a preference for matchbox and continued collecting them into adulthood. I had probably 4,000 at one point though I’ve sold some off. I regret selling my hot wheels as a teenager though, as they would now be worth many thousands of dollars. The collector market for Matchbox is much smaller and the prices are a fraction of those for hot wheels of similar eras. I still have a few rare matchbox items. In the mid-60s they offered a moving van, first in dark blue then in green, with logos for Pickfords moving company. This toy was also used as a promotional item for the Beales Bealsons department store, painted tan with the Beales Bealsons logo. These were only available at the department store, and have long been one of the most desirable Matchbox items. I have two, one in excellent condition and one more played-with. I believe this was Lesney’s first promotional model contract, though other brands like Dinky and the Danish company Tekno had long histories of them.

[@carcrasher88YT]

I'm a big diecast fan and collector, myself, so seeing this video come up put a big smile on my face. What's really something is just how vast the diecast car market is and has been for decades. You also had Topper's Johnny Lightning line (later acquired by ERTL, then Playing Mantis, Tomy (more on them further down in this comment), and now the rights are owned by Round2 (more about them below, as well), but still manufactured by Tomy, IIRC), there was also Tomy's Tomica line (in it's earlier years, sold in the US as Pocket Cars), Corgi (including their Hot Wheels competitor, Whizzwheels, a part of the Corgi Juniors line, formerly Husky), Racing Champions (mainly known for their NASCAR diecast, now solely sold in their Mint lineup), France's Majorette, Zee Toys/Zylmex, Welly, MotorMax, etc. Nowadays, you've also got brands like Jada Toys (now owned by Simba Dickie, who also owns Majorette, and Jada distributes Majorettes in the US market), Castline Inc.'s M2 Machines, Greenlight, Mattel's Disney Cars line, as well as the aforementioned Round2... Round2 was founded by former Playing Mantis owner Thomas Lowe, and started with their self-made Auto World line, and over time acquiring the rights to the Johnny Lightning, Racing Champions, as well as the AMT model kit brand (which had previously been bought by Lesney in 1979). To be honest, I think the topics of Johnny Lightning, and in connection, Round2 LLC, as well as Tomy (also known as Takara Tomy, as they were the result of a merger between Takara and Tomy) could be great material for future videos. Maybe a Tomy video could even have a segment on the joint venture between Takara and Mattel on the first generation of Transformers.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Tomica mishandled JL so badly, which is disappointing because it could have gone so much better.

[@ryanorzechowski14]

Company Man just does not miss. Another banger

[@tylerrichards5457]

Absolutely love this channel

[@cadimarucut7724]

yes😊

[@agustin20091]

I had all the matchbox rescue kit toys from matchbox love the miniatures and being able to convert a plane or having the rescue truck with mini trucks was amazing

[@Tim.Hammer]

When I was a kid, it was an awesome and unique feeling to open a gift on Christmas, and it's a 12 or 16 pack of Hotwheels, all snugly fitted in their plastic compartments. Opening that box, smelling the metal (they used more metal as a rule when I was a kid), and taking out each shiny car one-by-one... So nice... The only holiday experience that topped that for me as a kid was cracking open a new Lego set - obviously you can't beat Lego, but that's another conversation... Those multi-packs though - as a kid I didn't know where to look, and I couldn't decide which car was the most awesome... I also once got a purple vampire casket car with a floppy disk video game. The video game was lame, but man, as a kid I was loving it, and it made me very sentimental about that car.

[@Randomark3087]

I always mixed the 2 together when I was a kid. I remember having the Criss Cross Crash playset. So much fun! Miss those days.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I remember having some kind of "tornado" set back in 1999, had those battery charged hot wheels cars with it. good times.

[@RoKKr023i]

Criss Cross Crash was an excellent set. i was lucky to have it

[@tonynelson5229]

I’m old. Just turned 55 and I still have a of my Matchbox cars from when I was a kid.

[@donfisherjr.2404]

Not as old as I am. I'm over 65 and still have many of my Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. 😊

[@stlfatman]

You're not old, just "seasoned!" And still having those cars after all these years is impressive. I don't have half of my collection of wrestling figures, and I'd give almost anything to have them again.

[@agatemaster1998]

I still have my match box / corgi /hot wheels from when I was a kid in those match box carry cases a blue 70’s double stack 2x80’s triple tray and a blue hard plastic double tray

[@100percentSNAFU]

​@@agatemaster1998The old carry cases and trays were so much better than the cases they have now.

[@GarfieldAtLasganaParty]

Good on you guys! Keep your cars my dad kept his, and trust me he did himself a favour i keep them in my collection as he gifted them to me! Love them, don’t let your love die out for them

[@ChevyCamaroIsBetter]

I loved both growing up. Hot wheels sets were for “speed” and Matchbox sets were for “adventures”.

[@GeorgesMiniatureCars]

At 67, I’ve been collecting for 36 years now. Matchbox, Dinky and Corgi are what I loved to play with before Hot Wheels came along. Where I lived in Canada HWs were not as common yet I had a few cool ones(e.g. Custom Fleetside), Matchbox was still outselling HWs for several years after their launch. As a teen I was more interested in model car kits since they were accurate scale versions of real cars that I loved. Thanks to Mattel, I’m loving Matchbox as much as Hot Wheels!

[@1970JeepGladiator]

Yes, I have the original hotwheels 1967 dodge deora and a whole collection of vintage matchbox starting in 1953 and going all through the 50s,60s,70s,and 80s.

[@nexusangel]

This was really interesting. In Singapore, the Japanese brand Tomica is also really popular (more so than matchbox). They do have quite a bit of collaboration with popular kids movies and disney, and they have realistic versions of Japanese and Korean cars.

[@100percentSNAFU]

I'm in the U.S. I had one single Tomica car, a Porsche 959 GT race car. It was the "special" car of my collection that I hardly played with to keep it in good condition. I don't know where it even came from, my dad brought it home to me after a business trip back in the 1980's. I still have it and I looked it up and it is fairly valuable for a single open box diecast. It is very nice and detailed and you can remove the back end of the frame to reveal a detailed engine below. I don't think I ever recalled seeing Tomica cars for sale anywhere, but occasionally you would run into one here in there in a friend's collection. I have a few other oddball ones, but that Tomica Porsche was always my prized pick of the collection.

[@TheWeremouse]

I have one Tomica car, and it’s the Ford Continental Mark IV

[@Josh_Quillan]

Tomica make Korean cars? As a diecast collector with an interest in Tomica, that's surprising - as you probably know, Japan does not rate Korean things at all normally, and their range in Japan has no Korean models. Do they have a Singapore-exclusive range?

[@Diodorus79]

Tomica cars are awesome. Now, if only the can replace those thin wheels, with the wide wheels!

[@asthmainhaler2378]

Was really surprised when Tomica did a collab with Oshi no Ko. Seemed really out of left field compared to the other collabs they did.

[@mullman]

I have one Matchbox from my 7th birthday. It is stamped “Matchbox Speedfast No3 Porsche Turbo Made in England 1978 Lesney Products & Co.” Fast forward many years, schools, colleges, jobs, 2 grown kids, an ex wife, 22 motorcycles, 30ish cars, and I still have it in pristine condition. Also on my second Porsche 911 probably because of this $0.50 toy I received when I was 7… I’ve picked up some modern Hot Wheels Porsches, but that 1978 Matchbox will always be with me. It started everything.

[@boots8562]

Rob Thomas loved Matchbox cars as a kid, which is why he named the band Matchbox Twenty.

[@fubytv731]

Taika Waititi's dad loved Tyco when he was a child.

[@pensivepenguin3000]

He wanted to push them around, and he did, and he did

[@zombiedodge1426]

@@pensivepenguin3000 He used to be up until 3AM playing with them.

[@forgettablelisa]

He’s also Sinbad’s bitch

[@cadimarucut7724]

🎉🎉

[@lexocet]

Being 80's kid from Europe, I'm a Matchbox guy all the way. There really weren't that much Hot Wheels around in Scandinavia back in the day, and while both have sell some nice models, Matchbox still has a certain flair to it.

[@Belangerz]

I was a huge fan of both brands as a kid. I wouldn’t say I prefer one over the other. It was more of what mood is was in. Sometimes I wanted something flashy and sometimes I wanted something realistic. I’m glad Mattel didn’t merge the two and kept both brands going with their own distinct identity.

[@eddiegv45]

I had lots of both growing up, loved them both!

[@manapualabs]

My cousin woke up on his 18th b'day and found a b'day card and a matchbox van on his breakfast plate. Outside, on the driveway, was the life size van, same color and everything. Pretty cool.

[@Roberto_Steele]

When I was little, my parents bought me a loop figure 8 hot wheels track set and I loved playing with it!

[@christophersmith3005]

When I was a kid during the 1970s, the rivalry between Matchbox and Hot Wheels was real. There were kids that strictly collected Matchbox, while others swore by Hot Wheels. Kinda of like Marvel vs DC kids. Hot Wheels just seemed cooler because of the emphasis on souped-up muscle cars. Let's not forget that those orange Hot Wheels tracks made an excellent weapon against your siblings!!

[@neontownescape]

We grew up with Matchbox. It was great having a mum who was a Matchbox sales rep, because we'd have new cars and toys every week (Rubik's Magic, anyone?) These days I buy the odd car from both brands, whichever looks good, but mostly it's Hot Wheels.

[@jonc3903]

I was a huge Matchbox fan as a child. I am 48 now.

[@jagboy69]

You and me both... If you wanted a car with 4engines out front, you got a hotwheels, if you wanted authentic, ya had matchbox.

[@dennisd9554]

And Matchbox seemed to be better made. Hot Wheels always seemed cheap to me with flimsy axles.

[@BleachDemon707]

....and? You want a medal? Maybe Company man will notice you, huh? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@jonc3903]

@@BleachDemon707 Wow what is wrong with you? I feel sorry for you. You must really hate yourself.

[@100percentSNAFU]

​@@BleachDemon707I want a medal. A solid gold one preferably. Mail to : Turd Ferguson, PO box 69, Intercourse, PA. Thanks.

[@bpdbhp1632]

These vs videos are great. Because you get a better view of what companies did right and wrong

[@seanhutton7155]

As a kid i loved matchbox but as an Adult i collect Hot wheels, They make Adult collectable versions now called (Hot Wheels premium / real riders) These are designed for adults with metal/metal chassis, rubber tires and detailed paint and details. Exact replicas of an original car/ race car. A complete game changer in my eyes, they dont just make crazy fantasy cars anymore guys

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

If you like adult collectables brands like Inno64 and Tarmac Works make the different Hot Wheels high end lines look like toys. Only the old 100%s line compares to the more serious 1:64 scale model brands.

[@naijeru5451]

As a kid I thought Matchbox was the superior brand because their cars were more detailed with articulated features like opening doors, hoods, trunks etc. Matchbox cars also had better paint and a more diverse vehicle selection that included construction vehicles. I spent many an afternoon lusting after various Matchbox cars at the stationery store. That was the big problem with Matchbox cars; they were expensive! My parents certainly weren’t going to buy toy cars for me so they came out of my allowance. I could buy two Hot Wheels and candy for the price of one Matchbox car. Over all I had about two Matchbox cars and five or six Hot Wheels. At the end of the day I love both of these brands and have fond memories of them.

[@bryanfreeland]

The best part of this video is seeing all of the Matchbox fans come out of the woodwork. Like many other middle aged guys here, I had a strong preference for Matchbox over Hot Wheels as a kid due to the realism of the cars. Although I wasn't opposed to ever getting a Hot Wheels and owned plenty, I kind of saw kids that enjoyed all the flames, disproportionate sizing, and shark cars over a realistic car as the types of kids that would eat glue at school.

[@mikef8069]

As someone with extensive experience of running these on tracks, Johnny Lightning made the fastest die cast cars.

[@weaslemin7728]

Have you put them up against the og redlines?

[@shanelynch7757]

I was a matchbox kid - I loved the realism , I had a few hotwheels too but my matchbox cars were my favourites

[@joelbosso1331]

same here!

[@pp3k3jamail]

I have both i literally never understood taking sides. They both miniature toy cars who had cars that had doors opened and hoods opened. it's not that big of a deal.

[@shanelynch7757]

@@pp3k3jamail If its not that big of a deal - Why are you commenting????? People have different tastes in things - Get over it

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

@@pp3k3jamail Hot Wheels tends to do modified cars, performance models and race cars, MBX does boring trim levels. Even when both brands do the same car the Hot Wheels one tends to look like a custom modified version.

[@pp3k3jamail]

@@shanelynch7757 I'm commenting because it's a free country and I can comment if I want to b+tch

[@MarJay1980]

viewer from the UK here. I was born in 1980 and during my childhood Hot Wheels weren't really a big thing here in the UK. You could get them but only in big toy stores and they were expensive as I recall. You could buy matchbox cars at your local corner shop, and to my mind they were far more popular than hot wheels. Hot wheels were seen as a bit chintzy and a bit showy, whereas matchbox were the real deal, and they were cheap, you could buy them in your local shop and they had great detail and were fun to play with. I'm sad that Hot Wheels won out, although I'm not surprised that their popularity in the US eclipsed that of Matchbox. The same commercial pressures that made the Hot Wheels cars more expensive here probably did the same for Matchbox there, and American taste is often a little different to that of Europeans. I still have a collection of Matchbox cars from my childhood, but my 9 year old Nephew uses the term 'hot wheels' to describe any 1:64 scale die cast car now, which I find rather sad.

[@mk_annan22]

Hot Wheels fleshed out creativity while Matchbox remain grounded in reality. Both have their own merits. My first Hot Wheels car was a Ferrari F50, my parents bought in the year 2000.

[@KomradZX1989]

I was totally a matchbox kid in the 1990s (born in 1989). For whatever reason the radical awesomeness of hotwheels never appealed to me. I just wanted the kind of cars I saw on the roads and in my sim city games. 😂 Oh and I still own every single matchbox car I ever bought as a kid. They’re beat up because I played like crazy with them so they aren’t valuable but now my 7 year old nephew LOVES playing with Uncle Derek’s cars ❤

[@GetAwayFroMe]

You need an updated UPS vs FedEx video. I imagine those two companies have changed quite a bit since 2020. UPS sold their freight line, Fred Smith retired, etc.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

UPS vs Fedex vs DHL.

[@juancerda-duran1824]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldthat’s an even better idea, he should’ve talked about DHL to begin with.

[@bobroberts2371]

The other tie in ( in the USA ) is the relationship between these companies and the USPS . Many times the previously mentioned companies do the long haul and the USPS the last mile.

[@GetAwayFroMe]

@@bobroberts2371 UPS has some sort of contract with USPS where a percentage of UPS surepost packages are delivered to the post office by UPS, then delivered to residents by USPS. not all surepost, and no ground, or air.

[@joelbosso1331]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld and the effect Amazon has had on all three

[@altezza46]

Meanwhile, Majorette semi-trucks were my favorite growing up

[@anthonycbudd]

2:03 "The company claims that Hot Wheels is the best selling toy in the world based on units" LEGO: 👀

[@not2hot99]

I don't think the bricks get counted separately

[@Anish_B]

Lego mainly comes in kits, so maybe thats why its less.

[@Krydolph]

At least LEGO is the biggest tire producer in the world :)

[@waifubreaks1572]

Unlike Legos, Hot Wheels aren't ridiculously priced.

[@Thinginator]

I think LEGO is the largest toy company in the world right now due to overall profits since their products are larger and more expensive, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hot Wheels still sells more units because they're small and affordable. You just make less profit per unit when they're small.

[@drewliedtke3415]

I only buy the good brands like Greenlight, Auto World and Tomica Limited Vintage, but will occasionally buy a Hot Wheels RLC.

[@LRamaekers]

I played with Matchbox more as a kid as I preferred the more realistic cars. I still had a lot of hot wheels as that’s what I would use with tracks. I loved them both 😂

[@cornap1]

That orange track was legendary

[@markdanielczyk944]

And hurts also!🤣

[@prettypic444]

My mom’s an elementary school teacher, and hot wheels are still some of the most popular toys students request for the reward box

[@IamSnowbird]

My grandson has about 25 Hot Wheels at my house and many, many more at his house.

[@AbandonedRaven]

I’ve been collecting Hot Wheels since a kid and still do. I even obsessed over the Hot Wheels movies for a bit. I also really appreciate the more recent recreation of modified real cars from actual people.

[@davidadam6997]

I am 70 and grew up with the Matchbox cars of the 1969's and early 1970s. I liked their realism, attention to detail, and being based on real-life vehicles. To me, Hot Wheels were cartoonish, and even more so today. I understand the appeal of the Hot Wheels cars to the very young kids, but I will always be a Matchbox fan.

[@everythingthrice]

As a kid I had a bucket full of hot wheels with a few matchbox slipped in. I still at the time referred to any model car as a 'hot wheels'

[@ribbocernobil7230]

HI

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

Early 70s kid. I wondered even then who was playing with Matchbox as they were so outclassed by Hot Wheels. After a long tour of duty in my mother's fifth grade homeroom, my Hot Wheels collection came back to me in my late 20s when she retired. You were a gem, Mom. RIP.

[@railtrolley]

I now have 3 Hot Wheels: 2 Ford Falcons, and a Holden Monaro. Waiting decades for them to produce Australian cars. One of the Falcons is the XB series coupe, same as shown at: 00:34. Bit too custom looking, so I'm converting to real riders wheels, and repainting it to look like a GT351.

[@nocturneraider]

One of the things i loved with matchbox was the hero City sets that had a tv show tied in with it

[@ARYADAK]

Hot Wheels, honestly is better than Matchbox obviously.. but sometimes it was too crazy/flashy/fantasied, so Matchbox stands alongside Hot Wheels for me. Wise of Mattel to keep the characteristics of both brands.

[@Jakenh84]

Mattel needs to revive the Acceleracers franchise, give us Acceleracers 5, and put the existing films on streaming services.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Johnny Lightning die cast cars were amazing .

[@sikusuyu]

Yeah but they were too expensive 😭

[@MrLukieJL]

I was a Matchbox kid, mostly because my dad had made a sandbox in the backyard to play in. Matchbox trucks had trucks that were Off-Road trucks. Hot-Wheels trucks couldn't mud run haha.

[@Wasper216]

As a kid I always liked matchbox and Majorette cars more than the fantasy hot wheels ones. Even today when I buy some for our son I prefer matchbox, majorette or siku over hot wheels 😂 though most places sell more hot wheels than matchbox, etc.

[@BigPlatinumDragon]

I'm a little sick inside right now, I used to own one each of the Corvette trophy set, and I never opened any of them and kept them in their boxes sitting on a shelf for years until I ended up loosing them when they were in storage and eventually I was to poor to pay off the storage unit and lost everything in it. While my favorite Diecast cars was and still is Hot Wheels, I would say that "Corgi" cars were my second favorite brand, not matchbox.

[@andythem320guy9]

I have both toys... Mtchbox is more from my father's time and Hot wheels is more from my time. But I have both and always respected the realism that matchbox had.

[@BleachDemon707]

No way?! You have BOTH toys?! Wow...🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@fadeinfull]

Hot wheels > Matchbox 11:26

[@theracingcanucks]

I like Hot Wheels but I do appreciate the realism of Matchbox

[@TheEWFX29]

As a child growing up in the early 70s I had plenty of "little cars" as we called them. I had both Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars and a few other knock off brands. I was obsessed with them too. We had a pharmacy that had a huge case with rows of these little cars right at the register to leave. I always got whoever brought me there to buy one because they were cheap. I had a great collection that I lost over time but I was always a Hot Wheels guy because of the tracks and cool looking cars. But I liked Matchbox too. They are the more realistic brand. It is cool to see at least one toy from my youth still being popular among kids today. They are the best toy ever. You can play with them for hours and still play with again the next day on a different adventure. But again good to see they are still healthy and popular among kids and are in many kids lives still. Great video as always.

[@Shralla]

Please do a video on the evolution of Nerf blasters and the rise of brands like Dart Zone and XShot. It's a really interesting story.

[@SmartGuy248]

A video I've been waiting for a while has finally come out.

[@BleachDemon707]

Sure, im SURE you've waited for this EXACT video with this EXACT title🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@SmartGuy248]

@@BleachDemon707 I don't care, I've seen your comments, stop being so pessimistic.

[@BleachDemon707]

@SmartGuy248 ...and? What if I am? What's it too you? You could always block and ignore me 😉

[@tubros]

Corgi was the most desirable cars because they were the most realistic. Matchbox was not as good but still ok. Hotwheels was for kids that didn't play with cars but liked to throw their things at a wall as hard as possible. =)

[@kylebroflovski2917]

Diecast cars, WOOO❗️

[@KernelFault]

Billet cars are better IMO.

[@DeathRageGaming]

I preferred Matchbox as a kid bcoz they were much heavier and had full metal bodies. Also I remember one of my favourite Matchbox vehicle was a helicopter and a prop plane, loved those. I don't know where the disappeared but i guess i'll have to find them later 😅

[@treynolds94]

I had alot of Matchbox and Hotwheels when I was young with a road map that I would recreate scene and roleplay senarios. Matchbox vehicles were always more realistic versions of actual cars. From the emergency vehicles to regular cars always found them to be way better. From the opening rear doors of an ambulance to realistic reconstructions of real vehicles just made for more realistic paly while hotwheels was the futuristic adding an extra flare that sometime was just to over the top for myself.