| Author | Message | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 587 Registered: 5-2002 |
Des, I picked up three already in 2 different occassions.. I also went to the Matchbox site and they don't have this car yet posted as a new model for 2003.. BUT!!! Hotwheel will be selling a yellow 2003 Murcielago along with there ENZO.. Real cool! | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Member Username: Doody Post Number: 957 Registered: 11-2001 |
apparently, the hot wheels brand is focused on cars, including cool cars and concept cars. the matchbox brand is mostly rescue vehicles and trucks and stuff like that. they're still doing the transition to clarify/clean up the two brands. doody. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3136 Registered: 8-2002 |
So, basically, i have two of the same car, whose values will not increase through time...? | ||
| "The Don" (Mlemus)
Advanced Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 3428 Registered: 8-2002 |
Matchbox are based on production cars only and Hot wheels are production and concept cars | ||
| william speer (Wspeer)
Junior Member Username: Wspeer Post Number: 180 Registered: 8-2002 |
mattel owns both hotwheels and matchbox. in general, the matchbox cars are a little more detailed and thus slightly more expensive. | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
Intermediate Member Username: Jay Post Number: 1164 Registered: 10-2001 |
I thought Matchbox is now owned by Mattel, thus making it a Hot Wheels. | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Intermediate Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 1537 Registered: 7-2001 |
It is a collectible. It's worth what you paid for it, minus depreciation. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 3048 Registered: 8-2002 |
Ok, folks... (it's not enough that i have my own chat section, i need to post in yours, too...  ) Anyway, here's my question... Over the weekend, i found myself in a department store... i figured i might as well check out there Hot Wheels/toy section (ok, so i was in the department store just to check out the toys, big deal!) and my eyes drifted into the Matchbox section of things... Well, much to my pleasant surprise, i found a 1:59 silver Ferrari 360 spider... Is this a collectible...? i checked the copyright on the back and it's 2002... The car is # 7 of Matchbox's Hero City collection... Do i have a cool & rare collectible or did this just slip out while Hot Wheels was still working with Ferrari for exclusive rights...? Legal input would be great, but any input is usually cool... Thanks everyone... |