I know it makes no sense but i still buy them ( but now limited to road vehicles only , concept and occasional race cars have to come from a real manufacturer , even if i let a few Matchbox designs slip away ) .

I'm running out of place , i know i should have stopped a long time ago but then i remember the 10-12 years hiatus when i did not brought back a single one and how i feel about the ones i missed during those times..

I think i'm more a hoarder than a collector now ..

I bought another one tonight at a different Target, this time a gold 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix From Auto World:

https://www.autoworldstore.com/products/pre-order-auto-world-1964-pontiac-grand-prix-royal-bobcat-saddle-bronze-poly-1-64-diecast-due-november-2022?_pos=2&_sid=3623dde3c&_ss=r


I haven't seen that AMC Eagle wagon or the Lincoln Mark V. I think I need those too!

i'm going in the opposite lane.. I want that Pontiac !

Here's my latest Matchbox haul.

https://content-eu.invisioncic.com/m304542/monthly_2023_05/large.IMG_58631b.jpg.90e6e2424873aa9- 13de971e1da44767a.jpg

There should have been others, including an orange Opel Kadett coupé, but they were probably already gone when I visited Action (the dutch discount giant is THE place to get new Matchbox at good prices). However, that new batch included more of the slow selling Nissan Sentra, among others. But it could be worse. Some branches are stuck with these...

https://content-eu.invisioncic.com/m304542/monthly_2023_05/large.IMG_20230523-b.jpg.f1956434eae4aac8fbb12a12c2707e2f.jpg

Are you sure they are Versa and not Sentra ? Or maybe they're offering both ?
I can't wait to get my hands on a Sentra ( i can't believe they did the model either... )

I got the 3000GT in black , the Gladiator in some lime green metallic but missed the Polaris ( i saw it, mixed it with the RZR then when i went back it was gone ) . I also got that road roller but in yellow ( looks more like " official " construction vehicle.. ) i i just want the local Walmart to get rid of the green ones, there is way too much of them in the boxes, shelves..

Also got the Matchbox's version of the Mustang Mach-E , just looks so much better than its Hot Wheels counterpart ..

got the Kadett too but mine is yellow/white ( i have to check if i got the orange too ) and a Renault Megane ( i linked the offer instead of the pic to illustrate how liars internet sellers can be, there is a box at my local Walmart where i can pull out a bunch of these in less than two minutes so they're not that rare.. )

Yes, it's the Sentra. I've now corrected my message.



I've got the Gladiator in lime green, in red and now in black. Not a big seller over here, even in bright colors. I wonder why.

It's interesting that licensed side by side ATVs have become a theme at Matchbox. Polaris, Yamaha, Kawasaki... I'm warming to them.



We never got the 2022 batches with the yellow & white Kadett. I only found one in Germany. The orange one is new, from batches made in February. I don't know if you know the batch codes system at Mattel, but there's one printed on the base of each model, with a letter (year) and two numerals (week). Right now, the most recent batch we have is S07, the seventh week of 2023, so mid-February.