Gift Guide: Classic Toys

Matchbox Cars

It seems that cars, of any size, can become classics. That’s certainly true of this brand of die-cast miniatures.

Price:$.99

The Reason We Love Them: They are accurate, small scale models of wheeled vehicles. It just seems genetic that generations of little boys are drawn to such things. A Matchbox toy could be their very own, to have and to, literally, hold. A fun aside: The first Matchbox prototype car made in 1953, was made for a girl.

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