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Matchbox Frenzy: Hot Wheels 288 GTO Phil's Garage
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Friday, June 12, 2015. Hot Wheels 288 GTO Phil's Garage. Great car and great casting, both in basic and up-market form. Hot Wheels Ferrari 288 GTO. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hot Wheels Adult Collectible - White 8000 Shell Ta. What a wonde...
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Matchbox Frenzy: Modifiers Escalade - You need one in your collection - worth buying even for today's inflated price points...
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Sunday, June 7, 2015. Modifiers Escalade - You need one in your collection - worth buying even for today's inflated price points. But for some reason the trucks were nicer. I have a white F-150, and these 2 Escalades - in black and green. These are...
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Matchbox Frenzy: Hot Wheels Adult Collectible - White 8000 Shell Tanker and Ford F100 Pickup in Shell Livery
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Thursday, June 25, 2015. Hot Wheels Adult Collectible - White 8000 Shell Tanker and Ford F100 Pickup in Shell Livery. This post has been in draft mode for a while, so I thought I'd finish it up and at least give my readers something new to look at.
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Matchbox Frenzy: September 2012
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Thursday, September 13, 2012. 10 new cars, incl. Superfast Ferrari Berlinetta. Another (small) set of new cars - and unlike other sets - this set was better than expectations. John C. Carroll. Wonderful Impy Lone Star Mercedes 220 SE. The cars are ...
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Matchbox Frenzy: September 2011
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Wednesday, September 28, 2011. The wonderful thing about having my own Matchbox Diecast Blog (go "Matchbox Frenzy! That I can talk about all of the fascinating elements of diecast collecting that I can't talk about with anyone else except for you!
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Matchbox Frenzy: China Trip! (1st Post). Drugstore-ish cars found in Beijing Night Market
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Saturday, August 15, 2015. 1st Post). Drugstore-ish cars found in Beijing Night Market. This packaging of cars - all packaged in groups of 4 - was fairly commonly found in many of the night-market/flea market types of vendors. Actually, the mos...
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Matchbox Frenzy: The scale problem - both in Matchbox size and in real life
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Monday, July 27, 2015. The scale problem - both in Matchbox size and in real life. The photo to the right illustrates this. A "small" Ferrari 308 that is in much larger scale - but almost the same physical size - as an enormous Fire Truck. Not sure...
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Matchbox Frenzy: May 2015
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Saturday, May 23, 2015. SIKU tractors - 2616 and v270 Zettelmeyer Lader Europ L.2000. Taken together, these tractors complement a burgeoning collection of larger SIKU pieces, particularly tractors and other industrial work equipment. While I al...
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Matchbox Frenzy: March 2015
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Saturday, March 28, 2015. 70's European Sedan-Based Ambulances - Matchbox vs. Corgi vs. Majorette. As a P.S., I'm including photos of the equivalent Matchbox in a Speed King higher scale car. This is VERY similar to the smaller 1/64 ver...I recentl...
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Matchbox Frenzy: July 2015
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A way to share my love of all 1/64 diecast toy cars (AKA Matchbox and How Wheels, but also all of the lesser-known brands) with anyone who will read it. (And much to the relief of my family and friends who are sick of hearing me talk endlessly about toy cars). Monday, July 27, 2015. The scale problem - both in Matchbox size and in real life. The photo to the right illustrates this. A "small" Ferrari 308 that is in much larger scale - but almost the same physical size - as an enormous Fire Truck. I just r...
