Today it is not blood flowing in my veins, it is the river of my childhood and in this river I fished "Matchbox" signed a French collector..............:-).........:-)........Thank you very mutch for the amazing vidéo..................:-).................:-)
Boogie, I lived in NJ for 45 years and I never knew that place existed. Thank you so much for showing me this. It brought back a lot of memories from when I was a little boy and my father used to bring me home Matchbox cars. I wish I still had them.
I'm only like 6 minutes in. Sooooo cool. Just FYI, that big "75" display was a store display. You'd go into a small pharmacy or something (think Mom n Pop, not CVS) and the cats would be being the counter or whatever, and you'd look at the case and ask for #25 or whatever and the guy would reach back (like cigarettes) and give you a #25... Usually in a *box.*
I’m a girl of nearly 60 years but I was something of a Tom boy and I loved Matchbox cars (and Hot Wheels). Still enjoy them. I inherited my dad’s small collection when he died. Very cool, thanks Boogie!
Nice video- I interjected a bit on some of your comments. I run a Matchbox museum as well in Connecticut with 40,000+ toys housed in 11 rooms of my house. Everett and I have 2 of 3 biggest MBX collections around. Again... nice video :)
I grew up in the Clifton area. I attended St. Anthony's school in Passaic. I remember when my mother worked at the Matchbox plant in Clifton. They basically boxed the cars there in order to get around the import taxes. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories.
Somewhere on TH-cam there's a few videos that show the process of how the Lesney company made the Matchbox cars. For the oldest cars by Lesney, they're "British Pathe' docs. Some of the oversized cars were slowly traced over with a device called a Pantograph, which was directly reducing in scale to carve the molds in order to mass produce the car. Others are more modern. They are enlarged test shots so that details are easily seen by the design/production to approve the design before the Computer Numerically Contolled (CNC) process to create the mold begins. What's really fascinating to me, as a collector, is the level of detail in the older castings from the 1950's and 60's exceeds that of the high tech created castings today. Danny's Diecast Disasters customizes and details an old Refreshments Trailer that contains in detail, metal cabinets with handles, a large 5 gallon(?) hot water container, brass cash register, wall clock, metal fry spatula, fry pan, and a stove with burners and knobs in a space less than 2" long, 1" wide, and 1 1/4" tall. You're in for a treat.
Just to clarify, those matchbox cars were not made in 1975. Every year, Matchbox would produce 75 cars for that series for whatever year. From time to time, new cars would replace some from last years 75. Hope that this helps. Huge Matchbox Fan!!!!! Nice video. 🙂
Thanks for this Boogie!! I'm sharing this Video with all my Collectors groups!! Some of my models that I've restored on my channel, like the Muira Lamborghini you filmed! Same Model but variations of colors and years! The plastic big models are the 1st carved or cast model prototype, then goes over to the die cast station for casting. Great upload
That was really cool Boogie! Thank you fore sharing your video w/us. I was raised as a tomboy so I even remember some of those good oldies from the 1970's. This was very awesome, Chris from Missouri
Hey Boogie, fascinating to see so much of my Father in laws work, Matchbox was a United Kingdom company, Gerald worked for them for 20 years right up to when they were sold to Matel - he was THE head designer. Fun fact he was so key to Matchbox, the management dedicated on the event of his 40th birthday, the rolls Royce silver shadow, to this day that car still carries his dedication on the licence plate, reads GNF 40T, GNF his initials, 40 for his age and T relating to 1978, in the United Kingdom a letter code is used to denote a regular cars year of manufacture. He would be amazed to visit this great museum.
i think those large prototypes are used as a tooling guide for an old school cnc type machine called a pantograph they would rub a leverage arm with a pin on the end across the surface and it would push the milling device on a pivot across the blank and create the small version or mould
Hi , Iam from England and I used to collect Matchbox toys from the 1957s and then when my son was 4 Yrs we both carried on till he was12yrs but we have never seen the likes of this ,it was created by an Englishman called Lesney if I remember Iam now 72 and still collecting cars in scales 1/64 1/43 1/18 and 1/12 I guess it keeps me young,Cheers!!
After the WW2, Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith (not related) created Lesney, a combination of their first names. Later they named it Matchbox because someone noticed the cars could fit in a match box. It's great to see the brand alive and well under the Mattel banner!✌
very happy you went to nj. there is so much history and amazing places in nj. Skylands Manor botanical gardens. long pond iron mines ringwood Manor all within 5 miles in North Jersey amazing if you ever venture back all 40 mins north of Newark air port
My favorite maichbox was yellow mustang blaclk hood motor sticking out big back tires yellowish or orange windows i got it in early 1970s miss it im 52 yrs old now miss how people was back then they was very nice love you boogie love the video to good memories
This looks so cool. I think once I go back to see family again I will have to check this out, TY for letting me know about it. Also I'm sure others mentioned what the big unfinished models were at the start of the vid, they look like proto type models. Still all very cool
I recognize a 2008 Honda Element (#31) and 2005-2008 PT Cruiser convertible (#32) at 5:12 so I don’t think these are from 1975. I think the 75 may be the number of cars in the set, with 2 new bonus models. I can definitely spend an entire day here. Added to my road trip destination, thanks to you! These are kind of places I really appreciate you sharing with us. I would’ve never known about this place had you not posted this video. Great video, man!
That's a awesome store boogie, thanks for showing us this place, it brings back my childhood. You showed some stuff that I had as a child of the 70's and some car's I still have today 🤙🤙
I remember going to the neighborhood drug store back in 1970 and they had matchbox cars in a round display case with cars inside with numbers underneath. You tell the clerk what number you want and they give you that car in a box.
Man, this looks like so much fun. I was all about the Matchbox collection when I was a kid. Wish I still had my old collection. Well played with a beat to shit... worth nothing... but I sure did love them.
thanks Boogie, brings back memories from my childhood seeing some of the cars i used to have, and some i still have in my collection. loving the travel vlogs
I had no idea “Monster in my Pocket” was made by Matchbox. I remember taking those to school and me and my friends would show each other which ones we had. Fun times.
You could use them as a really bad rubber that smudged things everywhere. Rubbers being the proper word for square/rectangle things that rub out pencil marks on paper.
I've been watching your videos for nearly ten years now and I love this travel channel. Keep up the awesome videos boogie. Also, if you are ever in the Pittsburgh area you need to go to Pinball PA, they have hundreds of old arcade games and pinball machines.
This is my most favorite travel video so far! I never knew Matchbox made all the other toys too. I totally had Skip Its! Also really cool to see Monster in My Pocket, the toy line that caused Pocket Monster to release internationally as Pokémon, its abbreviated nickname!
There’s a cartoon/Tv museum in New York where you can watch all your favorite cartoons past and present (I think) if your interested in that. I’ve only been there once and loved it.
It’s just so great, something about it makes me feel relaxed. It’s not like other channels which usually invoke some type of rushed/competition/FOMO feeling. Only Boogie can do it
The 75 was not 1975. I don't remember what it was. Some of the cars in those sets are based on models made in the 1990's and 2000's. The wheels on those models were not available in 1975
Didn’t get to watch the entire video (work) but man that was cool! Can’t wait to watch the rest. Thanks for sharing this Boogie. Have a good day. Love ya man. ❤️
Monster in my Pocket! Oh wow... That's what inspired my username decades ago. A green roc, which I did not see that specific one in your video, but it's out there, I have one :)
@ 4:00 those are examples of partially built 1/32 scale Matchbox Model kits. I have two F1 cars, P34 Tyrell and rear engine Auto Union. These kits look they were started, to the point of spray paint and then left... typical of many modelling enthusiasts, they often don't finish what they start.... lol
Notification squad thank you for another great video Boogie
Pinned for being notification squad!!
@@boogietravels4433 amazing how many cars and trucks are there. This was amazing, brings me back in time. Thank you 😊
Hell yeah
Today it is not blood flowing in my veins, it is the river of my childhood and in this river I fished "Matchbox" signed a French collector..............:-).........:-)........Thank you very mutch for the amazing vidéo..................:-).................:-)
I guess Im pretty off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch newly released movies online?
If Boogie wouldn't have gone here, I'd have never known it even existed. Very cool.
VSG Steve Agreed! I need to go there for myself one day, now that I know it exists. I love small oddball museums.
VSG Steve same
That's amazing, I am 46 from the UK and I spotted some vehicles from my childhood, even ones I forgotten I ever had.
Boogie, I lived in NJ for 45 years and I never knew that place existed. Thank you so much for showing me this. It brought back a lot of memories from when I was a little boy and my father used to bring me home Matchbox cars. I wish I still had them.
Your comment made me so happy. I am glad I can bring you good memories!
Same here. I just started collecting again with my son, but we are no longer living in NJ. Wish I knew about this before.
George Wilson I’ve lived here for 63yrs and didn’t know about it
This is the most beautiful place I have ever seen ! I would not want to leave!!!
I'm only like 6 minutes in. Sooooo cool.
Just FYI, that big "75" display was a store display. You'd go into a small pharmacy or something (think Mom n Pop, not CVS) and the cats would be being the counter or whatever, and you'd look at the case and ask for #25 or whatever and the guy would reach back (like cigarettes) and give you a #25... Usually in a *box.*
Oh wow that place is amazing.
Fantastic , A big kids dream when you grew up with Matchbox, Thanks for the memories !!!
I’m a girl of nearly 60 years but I was something of a Tom boy and I loved Matchbox cars (and Hot Wheels). Still enjoy them. I inherited my dad’s small collection when he died. Very cool, thanks Boogie!
Nice video- I interjected a bit on some of your comments. I run a Matchbox museum as well in Connecticut with 40,000+ toys housed in 11 rooms of my house. Everett and I have 2 of 3 biggest MBX collections around. Again... nice video :)
this museum has 50,000 toys
I grew up in the Clifton area. I attended St. Anthony's school in Passaic. I remember when my mother worked at the Matchbox plant in Clifton. They basically boxed the cars there in order to get around the import taxes. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories.
Somewhere on TH-cam there's a few videos that show the process of how the Lesney company made the Matchbox cars. For the oldest cars by Lesney, they're "British Pathe' docs. Some of the oversized cars were slowly traced over with a device called a Pantograph, which was directly reducing in scale to carve the molds in order to mass produce the car. Others are more modern. They are enlarged test shots so that details are easily seen by the design/production to approve the design before the Computer Numerically Contolled (CNC) process to create the mold begins. What's really fascinating to me, as a collector, is the level of detail in the older castings from the 1950's and 60's exceeds that of the high tech created castings today. Danny's Diecast Disasters customizes and details an old Refreshments Trailer that contains in detail, metal cabinets with handles, a large 5 gallon(?) hot water container, brass cash register, wall clock, metal fry spatula, fry pan, and a stove with burners and knobs in a space less than 2" long, 1" wide, and 1 1/4" tall. You're in for a treat.
Just to clarify, those matchbox cars were not made in 1975. Every year, Matchbox would produce 75 cars for that series for whatever year. From time to time, new cars would replace some from last years 75. Hope that this helps. Huge Matchbox Fan!!!!!
Nice video. 🙂
Fan for years and always will be I'm actually loving this travel channel
Very awesome thanks for sharing something I will probably never get to see in person! Very awesome Matchbox collection WOW 🤘🏼🤩✌🏼
Thanks for this Boogie!! I'm sharing this Video with all my Collectors groups!! Some of my models that I've restored on my channel, like the Muira Lamborghini you filmed! Same Model but variations of colors and years! The plastic big models are the 1st carved or cast model prototype, then goes over to the die cast station for casting. Great upload
I've loved Matchbox cars since I was a kid, it would be awesome to visit this place.
I never knew that place existed and it's close enough for me to go to sometime. Thanks Boogie!
That was really cool Boogie! Thank you fore sharing your video w/us. I was raised as a tomboy so I even remember some of those good oldies from the 1970's. This was very awesome,
Chris from Missouri
LEGIT cannot express how happy I am to SEE you doing these videos!! LOVE YOU BOGGIE!!
Hey Boogie, fascinating to see so much of my Father in laws work, Matchbox was a United Kingdom company, Gerald worked for them for 20 years right up to when they were sold to Matel - he was THE head designer. Fun fact he was so key to Matchbox, the management dedicated on the event of his 40th birthday, the rolls Royce silver shadow, to this day that car still carries his dedication on the licence plate, reads GNF 40T, GNF his initials, 40 for his age and T relating to 1978, in the United Kingdom a letter code is used to denote a regular cars year of manufacture. He would be amazed to visit this great museum.
i think those large prototypes are used as a tooling guide for an old school cnc type machine called a pantograph they would rub a leverage arm with a pin on the end across the surface and it would push the milling device on a pivot across the blank and create the small version or mould
Cool , thanks for takin us there✌🏼
Thank you for joining me!
Thanks for taking me on this trip! So cool to see stuff like this from you. I feel like you would love an old aviation museum or something!
That place is amazing . Never knew there were rescue 911 versions
I never thought matchbox cars would be so Interesting. Thank you Boogie, for opening me up to something new.
Thanks for the video. This is on my list next time I'm over there. So great to see the items Matchbox has done.
Mind blowing collection!!
Hi , Iam from England and I used to collect Matchbox toys from the 1957s and then when my son was 4 Yrs we both carried on till he was12yrs but we have never seen the likes of this ,it was created by an Englishman called Lesney if I remember Iam now 72 and still collecting cars in scales 1/64 1/43 1/18 and 1/12 I guess it keeps me young,Cheers!!
After the WW2, Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith (not related) created Lesney, a combination of their first names. Later they named it Matchbox because someone noticed the cars could fit in a match box. It's great to see the brand alive and well under the Mattel banner!✌
Awesome Video, thanks first showing, never knew it exsisted.
I really thought that this was a collection of "match boxes".
Me too, I was like “Boogie no offense but why TF are you going here” at first before watching lol. Great video though!
So glad you went back. This place is awesome. So many cars I remember from my childhood. Great fun. Cheers.
very happy you went to nj. there is so much history and amazing places in nj. Skylands Manor botanical gardens. long pond iron mines ringwood Manor all within 5 miles in North Jersey amazing if you ever venture back all 40 mins north of Newark air port
3:28 Those are resin prototypes. They would make accurate scale prototypes later on if it is going to go into production.
Thank you for showing this amazing place. I have always enjoyed looking at unique places and this by far is one I want to go see.
Loved seeing this museum! Never knew it existed and I'm so happy Everett Marshall created it for all to see. 👍👍
Very cool! Really enjoyed this video. Never knew this place existed.
wow i live in central jersey and i need to go there. i love matchbox and hotwheels.
My favorite maichbox was yellow mustang blaclk hood motor sticking out big back tires yellowish or orange windows i got it in early 1970s miss it im 52 yrs old now miss how people was back then they was very nice love you boogie love the video to good memories
This looks so cool. I think once I go back to see family again I will have to check this out, TY for letting me know about it. Also I'm sure others mentioned what the big unfinished models were at the start of the vid, they look like proto type models. Still all very cool
Great video brings back so many memories
Awesome Thanks 4 Sharing 👏
I recognize a 2008 Honda Element (#31) and 2005-2008 PT Cruiser convertible (#32) at 5:12 so I don’t think these are from 1975. I think the 75 may be the number of cars in the set, with 2 new bonus models.
I can definitely spend an entire day here. Added to my road trip destination, thanks to you! These are kind of places I really appreciate you sharing with us. I would’ve never known about this place had you not posted this video. Great video, man!
items at 3:30 are pattern models - resin 3:1 prototypes
That's a awesome store boogie, thanks for showing us this place, it brings back my childhood. You showed some stuff that I had as a child of the 70's and some car's I still have today 🤙🤙
Ive lived in New Jersey for 25 years and never knew this existed. I might have to go check this out! So cool
My god, I never knew this existed! I’m totally going to go now thanks boogie!
Wow too cool thanks for sharing.. big thumbs up.. :) :D
i live in South Jersey and never knew this place exist!! I will be driving over to check it out! Thanks Boogie!!!! Love the new channel to by the way!
“Hi, I’m Boogie, your internet tour guide” love the videos dude!
I love your travel vlogs Boogie. They help me relax when i feel stressed and make me smile when im down.
Fantastic!!!Nice.....By Channel Garagem do Chico of the Brazil!!!!
BOOGIE you sound so HAPPY! Your re-brand is paying off!
That’s soo cool. I didn’t even know that the Matchbox Museum was in Jersey! That’s an amazing collection! Love this!
Grew up in New Jersey =P Great video, was entertaining =)
I remember going to the neighborhood drug store back in 1970 and they had matchbox cars in a round display case with cars inside with numbers underneath. You tell the clerk what number you want and they give you that car in a box.
Very cool
Awesome place.
Great video.
4:00 THose look like prototypes or concept cars
Yeah, they look like the first carved models from which the molds would be made out of.
Man, this looks like so much fun. I was all about the Matchbox collection when I was a kid. Wish I still had my old collection. Well played with a beat to shit... worth nothing... but I sure did love them.
thanks Boogie, brings back memories from my childhood seeing some of the cars i used to have, and some i still have in my collection. loving the travel vlogs
I had no idea “Monster in my Pocket” was made by Matchbox. I remember taking those to school and me and my friends would show each other which ones we had. Fun times.
You could use them as a really bad rubber that smudged things everywhere. Rubbers being the proper word for square/rectangle things that rub out pencil marks on paper.
I know these vids are not getting a lot of views, but when Steve is not overreacting, its a pure gold. Keep it up, man. Love all the way from Ukraine.
I'm not that far from there, be a fun day trip....great video!
That's awesome, Boogie! Brings back memories from my childhood
After that teaser yesterday I couldnt wait for this 😅. I was obsessed with these as a kid.
I've been watching your videos for nearly ten years now and I love this travel channel. Keep up the awesome videos boogie. Also, if you are ever in the Pittsburgh area you need to go to Pinball PA, they have hundreds of old arcade games and pinball machines.
Wow sounds perfect!
Great Video Boog. Really enjoyed this one.
This is my most favorite travel video so far!
I never knew Matchbox made all the other toys too. I totally had Skip Its! Also really cool to see Monster in My Pocket, the toy line that caused Pocket Monster to release internationally as Pokémon, its abbreviated nickname!
There’s a cartoon/Tv museum in New York where you can watch all your favorite cartoons past and present (I think) if your interested in that. I’ve only been there once and loved it.
man I had so many matchbox and hotwheels when I was a kid, I had more cars than friends thats for sure
As a kid, I had an entire tote filled with these. Loved playing with them.
Great vlog boogie! Been a fan since mtn dew days! Welcome to my home state! Hope your having a wonderful vacation!
Good video boogie
How can you thumbs down, my only objection was not seeing every car thanks enjoyed the video
This is my heaven 😍😍😍
Totally Awesome !!
Oh my word, monsters in my pocket! I had a bunch of those!
That is crazy. I did not know this existed. So cool
I think I had that rescue 911 ambulance.... Haven't thought about it in ages and seeing now just brought up nostalgia feels.... weird... lol
That is very cool place with all those matchbox cars very hugh collection. I use to order from them back in 1997 I knew the bill that work there
this channel is just so damn relaxing. I was losing interest in your other channel but I love this.
It’s just so great, something about it makes me feel relaxed. It’s not like other channels which usually invoke some type of rushed/competition/FOMO feeling. Only Boogie can do it
I'm 23yrs and still have all my matchbox an hot wheels cars I had as a kid
Wow my dream home! And my dream collection!!!!!!
I've been watching you for a decade, great video, those plastic ones might be molds for production
fantastic place, i collect matchbox & hot wheels. some stuff i didn't know existed
The 75 was not 1975. I don't remember what it was. Some of the cars in those sets are based on models made in the 1990's and 2000's. The wheels on those models were not available in 1975
thanks for sharing ... i never knew this place existed
Pura vida Boggie amazing collection
love the firetrucks. I collect them myself and i Need to go to this place so see all them im missing lol
I have many of those Nascar cars. Great museum.
NICE VIDEO....THANKS.......................BRAZIL HERE......
Very nice! I also have my own humble collection
Didn’t get to watch the entire video (work) but man that was cool! Can’t wait to watch the rest. Thanks for sharing this Boogie. Have a good day. Love ya man. ❤️
They are large scale prototypes. I had the rocket matchbox truck
Monster in my Pocket! Oh wow... That's what inspired my username decades ago. A green roc, which I did not see that specific one in your video, but it's out there, I have one :)
What a great nostalgic trip!
That’s a big collection of toy cars i have ever seen myself
thats a lot of cars man
I dont know why I enjoyed this
@ 4:00 those are examples of partially built 1/32 scale Matchbox Model kits. I have two F1 cars, P34 Tyrell and rear engine Auto Union. These kits look they were started, to the point of spray paint and then left... typical of many modelling enthusiasts, they often don't finish what they start.... lol