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In Germany we have Siku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siku_Toys

Mundane cars, municipal service vehicles, construction vehicles, just about everything. All of it in three scales, I think.

I’m part of that minority too, and as a kid growing up in the 80s the Majokits sets from Majorette were the best for me: city buses, construction trucks, and yeah, the same cars you could see on the street.

Same here.

I tell my wife that Matchbox are the "proper cars" and Hotwheels are the whacky lumo-plastic monstrosities.