Dimensions Of A Matchbox Car

Lesney products matchbox series range of small diecast vehicles appeared in 1953 and were one of the classic ranges of playground carpet garden and sandpit toys.

Dimensions of a matchbox car.

Don t be surprised if the number deviates from 64. The gokart they made is only about 2 inches long at the most but then some of the semi trucks they have made are over 3 inches long or over 6 inches long with trailer. A human is approximately 1 1 16 inches 27 mm tall in 1 64 scale. Matchbox 9 car gift pack find at retail offered price of the product is 9 79.

Quick view matchbox 9 car gift pack opens a popup. Matchbox star car collection. Hot wheels and matchbox cars and trucks vary considerably in size and there is no standard dimension. Although considered 1 64 scale even the actually scale can vary quite a bit anywhere from about 1 50 to 1 80.

Matchbox is a popular toy brand which was introduced by lesney products in 1953 and is now owned by mattel inc which purchased the brand in 1997 the brand was given its name because the original die cast matchbox toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold. Matchbox 1 75 moko regular wheels era 1953 1961. Matchbox 1 75 picture box era regular wheels 1961 1970. Then divide the length of the original by the length of the matchbox car.

The ford thunderbird stock car has come out in the following 1 66 scale versions. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys including larger scale die cast models plastic model kits. In millimeters ideally but convert if you have to. Quick view matchbox marine rescue shark ship opens a popup.

A large 4 door car like a ford crown victoria works out to 1 70 scale. After the video ended i asked about what type of math the designer was talking about proportions measurement scale and what was the scale they used. A small car like an original vw beetle works out to 1 58 scale. Then measure the matchbox car.

1 64 scale is a traditional scale for models and miniatures in which one unit such as an inch or a centimeter on the model represents 64 units on the actual object it is also known as three sixteenths scale since 3 16 inch represents a foot. In this video a mattel toy car designer explains the process of creating a toy car from measuring the dimensions to the scale 1 64 used to create realistic looking cars. Matchbox major packs accessory packs roadways. It all depends on the car.

Ideally the cars are built to a 1 64th scale however after owning many cars over the years you start to see that this is more of a rough guid. With no pretence at even attempting to use a common scale matchbox toys were individually sized to fit a matchbox and were sold in matchbox styled packaging.