I also had them as a kid but the good thing is I still have them as well as over 1000 Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, all in those cool Matchbox cases.
I need to find out what they are worth and sell them.
A co-worker of mine in the 1990s, visited his son in TN while on vacation. He showed us photos of his son’s collection.
His son had converted the basement into a temperature-controlled area, with lighted display cases about 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide with glass doors and shelves. The cases were side-by-side along 3 walls of the basement.
The collection had been appraised to be worth more than $1 million at that time. It was heavily insured.