Observed arrival · 2026-11-11
Matchbox del Abuelo Miguel: a collection in miniature
A personal online museum for a Matchbox collection begun in the 1960s, with a searchable vehicle archive, catalog images, and the collector’s story.
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- Matchbox collectors and miniature-car enthusiasts
- Worth noticing
- The collection is deliberately bounded, with its scope set using online references and Tom Larson’s Warman’s Matchbox Field Guide.
Field notes
The inventory is divided into Regular Wheels (series 1–75), Superfast (SF, series 1–75), and Superfast no Lesney (SNL). Miguel says he used online references and Tom Larson’s Warman’s Matchbox Field Guide to set a limit for what the collection would include; the catalog gallery is described as holding 27 images. The page also credits relatives and a nephew who helped find or restore models.
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