But what I jokingly say is if you bring me a matchbox toy - I don't care if it's a Dale Earnhardt collectable, it's a matchbox car, you need to go get me something else," said Caldwell with a smile.

The Matchbox brand was invented in 1953 by automotive enthusiast Jack Odell, whose daughter who was allowed to take a toy to school — but only if it could fit inside of a matchbox.

The Matchbox Sky Busters Dream Chaser reproduces the SNC space plane as a 3.5-inch-long (9-centimeter) toy approximately 1:100th the size of the actual orbital craft.