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To: ETL
OH, NO! But just like my 64 Chevy, back then nobody thought they'd ever by worth anything big. I still collect Matchbox. It all started when my aunt and uncle bought me a bunch of them for my 9th birthday and I just kept adding to it. You know what they say

52 posted on 06/14/2019 7:13:51 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: Impala64ssa
I still collect Matchbox. It all started when my aunt and uncle bought me a bunch of them for my 9th birthday and I just kept adding to it.


I was shocked that not only do they still make a lot of the old-school Matchbox type toy cars, they're making them cooler than ever.

For example...

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58 posted on 06/15/2019 4:19:12 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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Same is true on the plastic scale-model front.

Not only is the hobby still around, but they're building them better than ever...

Check out this thread I posted last year. There's way too much to re-post here....

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Plastic model car hot rods & customs (many pics)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3696532/posts

59 posted on 06/15/2019 4:35:06 AM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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