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https://www.tescoplc.com/news/2019/iconic-matchbox-makes-comeback-tesco/

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Michael Hick, VP & Country Manager for Mattel UK said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Tesco to bring this iconic die-cast brand back to consumers and look forward to sharing many great additions to Matchbox fans everywhere!”

https://www.facebook.com/MakeMatchboxGreatAgain/

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Only for the Worldwide Mattel Account Managers to ignore the brand in its ancestral home of the United Kingdom, as well as fail to promote the brand in Europe. Whereby Germany and Holland were two of largest markets in Europe.

 

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1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Think the only places you can get them now are Morrisons and TK Maxx

I've never seen MB in a TK Maxx.  Toy section at TK Maxx here is almost desolate anyhow.  The rest of the shop is like a Next sale cast-off / jumble sale clothes shop

Morrisons here don't even have HW.   Lots of greetings cards though..

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On 9/9/2020 at 8:46 PM, flat4alfa said:

Went to Tavistock and found an olde worlde toy shop.  The type where everything is low volume, maturing stock, stacked to the ceiling. I felt like a little boy again 

Spotted Matchbox singles and Hot Wheels in the same rack !

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I wondered how they got hold of this MB stock

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Yes could be old stock after all.  I've checked the Matchbox Cadillac One limo and it's a 2015 release

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https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Cadillac_One

As an aside: check out the 2016 US election ones in the link above!   The 'Hillary for prison' one with roof showing her behind bars is quite telling....!  I assume this would be a code-2?

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2 hours ago, flat4alfa said:

I've never seen MB in a TK Maxx.  Toy section at TK Maxx here is almost desolate anyhow.  The rest of the shop is like a Next sale cast-off / jumble sale clothes shop

Morrisons here don't even have HW.   Lots of greetings cards though..

I was referring to Majorette - talking of which this just arrived

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along with a couple of Sikus

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and police spec Corgi R5

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On 9/22/2020 at 1:56 PM, flat4alfa said:

My dilemmas are similar.  I dwell on the possibilities too much and nothing gets finished. As has happened here!

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My suggestion to resolve your dilemma is keep the *authentic yellow glazing, swap the broken engine stack row, swap the seat section that holds the front and third row of pipes.

The stack rows are separate; the pipes are on two separate pieces

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Then paint the donor in an upscale similar homage

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Then realise the house can't fix itself, bag them up and forget about them 

 

Reminded me of this which I found today while I was looking for something else.There's a couple of other cars in the series too.

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Old Mrs Copeland's son Alec has been really busy of late with his business 'Nae bother Windae Cleaners' and he's recently upgraded to a Peugeot Bipper. His old Passat B5 TDi wasn't tall enough to accommodate his new Reach and Wash equipment so it's been retired at 335,080 miles. He's parked it up in front of her garage as the Volvo is out of use as well. 

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As council lockups go, that yard looks remarkably clean and litter-free!

When I mentioned swops earlier, I alluded to these two...

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...so I thought a pic was due.

Here are some of the latest entries in the Personal collection...

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L-R: my MG Maestro (which is a bugger to get back together); my Chrysler leBaron, shaped from a Mercedes SL; and the 1966 Mini van we had back in 77, that never saw the road.

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Work in progress!  Corgi Junior Volvo saloon being converted into an estate; Matchbox Mercury Sable wagon being converted into a sedan.  Both of these will join the Personal display when they're done.

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And finally today: my Rover 2600 VdP, almost ready for the Personal display; and a Budgie Wolseley that had lost all its police kit, so I made it a civilian car, then realised it had lost its grille too, so I've had to buy one.  This won't be joining the Personal fleet, neither I nor my family have ever owned any Wolseley, AFAIK.

 

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Box art.

Has there been much discussion?

I remember how wild and fast the Matchbox box art was in the seventies, distinct examples being Cambuster and Bazooka

Advertising

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Catalogue 

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Box art.  Wow!

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Yes, of course, you're thinking.  But look, even Scammells left the ground !

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Anyone found a resource of Matchbox box art in large scale?  Would like to do a poster montage, see

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What I was looking for was combinations using the yellow trailer, having found one now. So:

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However I have found a picture on wiki that doesn't tie in with my catalogues;

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closest I can manage is

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but I'm looking for the correct AMX - a variant I hadn't noticed before.

Also need to dig out a Lamborghini Miura to go with the boat trailer

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4 hours ago, bunglebus said:

I was just looking through my catalogues for something else when this caught my eye - what's that #45 buggy?

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I'm more worried about what the 'GO-GO' range is....!

Charger and Europa were in those colours for that year, but without any stickers.

It wasn't until 1971 that we got to see Baja Buggy and Beach Buggy.  The catalogue drawing looks a pastiche of the two

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Bollox to being sensible. 

I've splashed some wonga on this... 

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My first Goldvarg. 

This brings my Buick Electra collection to three. Four more to go I think. 

It's a bloody impressive model, despite being composit it feels as heavy as a diecast. 

Another daft purchase is incoming from Germany. Hopefully get better pics of both at the weekend. 

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So today I almost finished my camping lap of the Cornish coastline  (tip take a scratched 3 foot wide car 😉 ) and ended up in Tintagel to see a) the castle b) how wet I could get!

However this delightful albeit dusty museum (it was a shop really) of toys appeared. Full of paper tags and mid 90’s prices it seemed too - it did have a fantastic selection of tractors if that’s your thing though.

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There was a cracking display of large scale Viceroys - sadly about 10 foot away. A few for sale too:

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No photos but strawberry boxed Yesteryears for £4.99 if your tempted too 😉

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