It's never a boring day in the diecast collector world. If you are running out of ideas on what to buy, you must dig deeper and look farther back in time.

Matchbox was making tiny die-cast cars more than a decade before Hot Wheels rolled onto the scene. It might be even more surprising to learn the first one was made for a girl, not a boy.

I was thrilled to see a big Matchbox bin ... of the spectrum? Hot Wheels still leads the way to this day as the go-to option for anyone who wants a cheap, realistic toy car. Hundreds of look ...