But did you know your Matchbox car or one owned by your child or grandchild could be worth hundreds or thousands of pounds? The die-cast models were first launched by Lesney Products back in 1953 ...

It is the true Holy Grail of Matchbox cars. The company never put the actual truck into production. However, chief model maker Ken Wetton built between six and eight prototypes. Lesney Products ...

(Later, he’d return to the diecast industry, working for one of Matchbox’s smaller competitors.) Despite having just two at the helm, Lesney managed to weather the hard times because it had ...

"I think I have almost every single car that Matchbox put out between 1953 and 1969," he said. The toys were first introduced by Lesney Products in 1953 and dominated the market until Hot Wheels ...

John Cena has zoomed into his latest action franchise and is slated to star in Apple Original Film “Matchbox,” the latest feature adaptation of an iconic Mattel toy brand. Sam Hargrave ...

Matchbox is the toy brand first created in 1953 and acquired by Mattel in 1997. Mattel competed with Matchbox in the die-cast car space with its own line, Hot Wheels. According to lore ...

EXCLUSIVE: Arturo Castro (Road House) will star alongside John Cena in Apple‘s live-action Matchbox film, inspired by Mattel‘s iconic die-cast toy vehicle line, from Skydance and Mattel Films.

Read our story here. As SpaceX's next commercial astronaut mission rolls out for launch, Mattel is counting down to the release of its latest Matchbox toy based on the space company's vehicles.

Apple Original Films has landed Matchbox, a new, live-action feature film from Skydance and Mattel Films that will be directed by Sam Hargrave and star John Cena. The movie, inspired by Mattel’s ...