toy Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/toy/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 30 May 2024 15:51:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Matchbox 70th Anniversary https://mechtraveller.com/2023/02/matchbox-70th-anniversary/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/02/matchbox-70th-anniversary/#respond Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:14:14 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8671 The famous toy brand, Matchbox®, now owned by Mattel, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. It’s not obviously ‘cornerstone content’ for Mechtraveller, but it does have a military history and engineering aspect to it… and seriously, who doesn’t love Matchbox vehicles?! It started with engineer Jack Odell, who had been a vehicle mechanic in […]

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