(CNN) — Matchbox, maker of tiny toy cars, is bringing back one if its most important models. It’s not a car, but a little horse-drawn coach, and its success led to the creation of Matchbox toy cars.

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, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Matchbox was making tiny die-cast cars more than a decade before Hot Wheels rolled onto the scene. It might be even more surprising to learn ...

In a recent cleaning frenzy — brought on by a major plumbing issue — the CEO and I discovered some Willard kid toys from several decades ago. Among them were Matchbox cars from the favorite son’s ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Matchbox die-cast models, which have gone from child's toys to collector's items. More than three billion Matchbox cars have been sold in the last 60 years. If ...

For decades they were the toys that every little boy coveted above all others and kept in proud, neat lines on the chest-of-drawers beside his bed. Being violence-free, mercifully quiet (with none of ...