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 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.

Millennial car nuts are right in their sweet spot for vehicle nostalgia, and for many of said nuts, Micro Machines were the toy of choice for a few years. The fast-talking pitchman made the tiny cars, ...