Hot Wheels Immediate Success and Impact on Matchbox The Matchbox brand of cars dominated the die-cast toy car industry for decades. In fact, they had no real competitors during their reign as the only prominent die-cast toy car maker. That is until Mattel introduced their line of Hot Wheels in 1968 and had immediate success. […]
Tips to maintain Ornamental Collectables No matter which age group you belong to but one can’t give up the temptation of cherishing the ornament collectables. Every time you purchase new once it’s added to the old once you have. Ironically the old ones are as cherished as the new once. Every year and year after […]
American Roulette Roulette was originally brought to the United States from Europe by immigrants who settled near New Orleans. Soon the “little wheel” (roulette means small wheel in French) quickly became a favorite among the hurly-burly gamblers on the Mississippi River steamboats. During the 1840s California Gold Rush, the roulette wheel traveled westward and floating […]
