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Subject:	Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:24:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allister McLaren wrote: > Aren't both Matchbox and Hotwheels owned by Mattel? No, see...waitaminnit. They are! What the heck? When I was growing up, those were basically the only two brand-name small-scale toy cars, and the only other ones I can remember owning as a kid were Micro Machines (which were a vastly different scale). Why would they have two similar product lines when they didn't have any similarly-styled competition? Mattel didn't buy out a competing company, did they?

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		Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
(...) Indeed they did. Matchbox cars were made by a British company called Lesney. They brought out their Superfast line in response to the upstart Hotwheels. I still have my collection of both lines including many pre-Superfast Matchbox cars with (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
(...) My 5 y.o. son can pick a clone brick at a glance, so it can't be all that difficult. (...) Aren't both Matchbox and Hotwheels owned by Mattel? Allister (20 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)

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