Matchbox still hasn't went with a chase car yet? I think it would give a spark to their sales perhaps?

I don't think MB needs a sales spark, they do well just making excellent die-cast.

I agree. I don't want MB collectors to be burdened with the chase woes HW collectors go through. Just looking out for new releases and variants is good enough.

Please no chase cars, then the MB pegs will be all messed up all the time and cars will be everywhere. I like paying a $1 for basic cars and $5 for the 5 packs.

I collect mostly police but I also grab ones that catch my eye. But I see a lot of craz'd HW collectors that will do anything to get the TH's. Just my 2 cents though

Sales are going fine where I am. Whenever a new batch hits the pegs are empty except for one or two cars. As the older castings get phased out and newer and better castings arrive (like the Pierce) the sales will get better maybe.

Please no chase cars, then the MB pegs will be all messed up all the time and cars will be everywhere. I like paying a $1 for basic cars and $5 for the 5 packs.

I collect mostly police but I also grab ones that catch my eye. But I see a lot of craz'd HW collectors that will do anything to get the TH's. Just my 2 cents thoughDitto. Chase cars bring confusion and chaos.

I hope they don't make any chase cars. I don't want to see the pegs all messed up and cases raided and stockers angery at collectors more than they are already. Matchbox did make some chase cars with the Logo cars a few years back...............:thumbsup:

Felix Holst, the Design Director of the Matchbox brand, has specifically noted that Matchbox do not do the whole "chase" thing. They do not want to try and copy the Hot Wheels ideas, and rather produce their own.

:) :D :p

Yeah, there is no need for chase casr if they keep producing models like the pierce or the new motorhome. You can't beat matchbox for $1. I am so glad they got away from the kidstuff like the hero city crap they were doing.

I think everyone can agree with that...even the kids! :lol:

NOOOO!!!!!!! Please no Matchbox chase cars!

Matchbox is not going to do such. Matchbox does sell out its entire run each year. It has no problem doing so. Mattel does not want Matchbox selling near the number of cars that Hot Wheels does, so Matchbox does not produce near the same amount of cars.

who buys some of that garbage that hot wheels puts out? My 4 year old won't even touch some of that crap. The Hot Bird is the only good Hot wheel casting ever. They need the gimmick of the TH to sell cars.

I firmly say NO to chase cars w/in the MB line. Their quality is superior to virtually any other $1 brand. I'd hate to see scalpers start to treat the MB line like the HWs line. We don't need those type of collectors raiding the boxes and pegs in seach of 'elusive' versions of otherwise common castings.

The overall stunning quality and the LACK of a chase car is one of the few reasons I've been into MB so much for the past 3 years. MB should carry on without a chase car.

who buys some of that garbage that hot wheels puts out? My 4 year old won't even touch some of that crap. The Hot Bird is the only good Hot wheel casting ever. They need the gimmick of the TH to sell cars.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...that's extreme right there. Hot Wheels has quite a long history, and they have produced a plethora of cars that have been widely accepted by the die-cast collecting community.

They've made a lot of crap too, but there has been many more than 1 good casting from them over the past 40 years.

Ditto. Chase cars bring confusion and chaos.

Spoken well young padiawan learner. The force is strong with this one.:wave:

Matchbox tried the "chase" car thing a couple years ago. They had the gold chase cars, and the "year 2000" chase cars. Even tho Matchbox got hyped up a little over them and some chaos ensued.. they didn't prove to be popular beyond the Matchbox community. You can still find them at about retail price at toy shows and on eBay. Even the 55th anniversary cars and "pearl white" alfa which people are calling chase cars can be bought cheap.

Spoken well young padiawan learner. The force is strong with this one.:wave:

Lol, thank you master, may the force be with you;). :wave: T

Even the 55th anniversary cars and "pearl white" alfa which people are calling chase cars can be bought cheap.

Could never figure out why they where calling them chase cars. The cases all had the same amount in each one. Had a HW collector tell me those were chase cars, and when i told them they were part of the regular line he told me i didn't "really" collect because only a true collector would now what they were.

Who's calling the pearl Alfa a chase? It's a legitimate variation with a legitimate story behind it. The pearl color was intended to be the regular release, but Alfa forced Matchbox to change it to gloss white after some pearl ones had already shipped.

the green 55ths were not chase cars. They were inserted in every case at the same ratio as the rest.

I was interested in M2s when they first came out. Almost immediately they came out with Chase Cars. That was it for me. Now maybe one or two that Dad drove and that's it. My hunting days are over.

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Dudemanbro....you gut the funniest name on HT!!!! :thumbsup:

I have to agree that the Hot Wheels brand's appeal is their eclectic approach to design and their successes number a hell of a lot more than one casting. That being said, it doesn't take a genius to see that the chase car phenomenon has created as much bitterness and resentment as excitement. It's not hard to tell where the true enjoyment of the hobby ends and greed and market manipulation begins. I could do without them, but that's my opinion. The way I deal with chase cars is I don't chase them and I definitely won't pay the secondary market prices to own them. I spoke to some pretty hardcore collectors (read dealers/scalpers) the other day and they said they had a "system" to collecting - one that sounding like it was created out of pure obsession (does the love of die casts really mean you have to own 20 or more of the same car?). Nice guys all, but sounding like they would sell their ailing grandmother for a super or two. Another even said he has his 65+ year old mother, who is walker-bound, help him at K-day events. OMG. To say that Mattel has created monsters with these chase things is an understatement. MB seems to be the last bastion of pure die cast collecting for entry level fans and Mattel's ownership of Matchbox has long-time fans rightly in fear of their favorite brand's transformation into a simple marketing scheme. In the end, there's only two ways to express one's feelings about chase pieces: buy them or don't buy them. Just remember, you can't complain about them if you continue to support the market that deals in them.

Didn't Matchbox release some "all gold" versions of the regular series cars (#1-#75) back around 1996-1997 ? If i recall they were randomly inserted in cases, and usualy were 2 or more in a 64 car case.... I remember finding them quite often when i was an avid HW hunter.... Think this was their attempt at a treasure hunt, but they didn't go over well at all...... randall

I don't think Matchbox was trying to do a chase line. The fact that they were so frequent shows that they were just commemorative pieces, like the green 55th anniversary cars in recent sets.

If MB makes chase cars, then the daily "door crashers" and "scalpers" will pick up the majority of them along with their TH's and the rest of us will have to pay them a premium just to get one for our collection. I'M GLAD THEY DON'T MAKE CHASE CARS!!!!!

Felix Holst, the Design Director of the Matchbox brand, has specifically noted that Matchbox do not do the whole "chase" thing. They do not want to try and copy the Hot Wheels ideas, and rather produce their own.

:) :D :p

Thanks David for the above post.
Any type of true chase car such as a Treasure Hunt would totally ruin the the Matchbox line as long time and serious Matchbox collectors have come to expect from their favourite diecast. Matchbox collectors for the most part are educated, refined, dignified, and passionate about their little cars. I would like to see it stay that way for ever.
We don't need any kind of chase car.
Leave the HW Treasure Hunts and other chase cars for the other types of "collectors".

Cheers. Cobra