Matchbox Car

As mentioned on the previous page, many of us have undoubtedly hosted make-believe scenarios with our toys throughout our childhood. Besides having tea parties with them, some of us have also made stories of them living in a house or even saving the world: the stakes often came in varying degrees with these toys. Now, of course, another thing we loved doing back then was pretending we were building something.

For that, it’s no surprise many of us have small-scale construction vehicles in our toy chest, like Matchbox cars. Having debuted in 1953, these beauties were sold for less than a dollar each, though their worth has soared since then. In fact, back in 2004, a Matchbox collector decided to buy himself a brown No. 30 crane. He didn’t spend a dollar for it, though: he bought the car for an astounding price of $13,000.