When it comes to collectible toy cars, Hot Wheels are generally considered the gold standard. But in the late 1980s, a four-wheeled upstart arrived: Micro Machines, a smaller-scale line of racers that ...

If you were a kid in the early ‘90s, watching Home Alone probably brings up fond memories of a toy line you haven’t seen in 30 years. Although a huge hit when first released, Micro Machines eventually ...

Designer Tim Smith began collecting Micro Machines as a small boy in the 1980s. The miniature toys – made by Galoob and based on real-life vehicles – were famously used by Macauley Culkin to deter ...

If you were a child in the '90s, you may remember Micro Machines. The tiny plastic toy cars were a third of the size of a Matchbox or Hot Wheels car and were affordable, light, and very easy to lose.