Match Box or Hot Wheels??

[Laurabearz]

Is there a difference? Do both run on the hot wheel sets? My boy is quite taken with these type of cars... and I know nothing about them.....

THanks bunches!

 

[KingsFanInRI]

it's like "Coke or Pepsi?" in that both are good; it's just a matter of personal taste. Either will please him.

 

[DisneyCP2002]

I prefer the Hot Wheels.

 

[Laurabearz]

bumping up....

 

[momof3disneyholics]

Matchbox usually cost a few cents more, but there is more variety with Hotwheels.

 

[EthansMom]

My DS4 and DD1.5 will both take either brand. Matchbox and Hot Wheels are equally durable and cost roughly the same -- sometimes I've found one or the other 2/$1 around the holidays.

How old is your son? My DS4 loves playing Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver I and Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver II on the computer. They are race car games where you are racing on a track and the car & track are scaled to the same scale as a Hot Wheels car -- your car can get hit by a cat swishing it's tail or eaten by a frog, etc. Also, the game let's you earn new tracks and new cars as you do well on past tracks. DH and DS4 usually play it together and have gotten lots of entertainment out of the reasonably priced games (~$10).

 

[JVL1018]

My son has over 100 cars easily..mostly Hot Wheels, not sure why I buy them over Matchbox..especially since I call them all Matchbox cars. LOL
Anyway, they are the same thing.

 

[Planogirl]

They are interchangeable and both very durable. I have some that are ancient and all they do is rust if given the chance.

 

[Meriweather]

It has been a "few" years but both my DS and DD loved small cars. They preferred Hot Wheels....more to pick from. I think between the 2 of them, they ended up with over 400 of them!
They still have a few of their favorites packed away.