Type 2 box variations with small windows for PK 7 Lysander, PK 24 Buffalo and PK 25 Siskin - contributed by Petr Hayek. As there have been multiple reference catalogues over the years, there is no complete consensus on the coding of a model. However, a standard code might read as such: Y-15 A 6. This would mean the 6th variation of the first ("A") release of model no. Y-15. It is dedicated to the memory of the founders, engineers and illustrators who made these wonderful kits come to life. Catalogues - With the help of Miguel Duque we finally could add the English version of the 1977 Matchbox catalogue. The ex-Otaki 1 TO 48 scale range - We have added pictures and instruction sheets for all four kits in this range from PK-460 to PK-463.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Matchbox also published several video games that tied into the Matchbox line of model vehicles. These games featured construction and emergency services (fire, police, ambulance, rescue), [12] with game play involving vehicle-appropriate action sequences (for example, intercepting a robbery with a squad car in Motor City Patrol). [13] These games were developed by other companies for a variety of platforms, including Game Boy handheld gamers, the NES video gaming system, and PC. [12] Multi-colored Matchbox kits have been produced up to 1990, but Revell continued the range and revamped it during their ten year lease period. Those days, it was almost unthinkable for a Hong Kong based manufacturer in a British colony to take over a star enterprise in the UK. Specials - A special last run of the Mirage IIIB for an Italian magazine in 1995 by Revell and a limited edition of the BAC 167 Mk.80 Strikemaster issued by Revell in 2011.

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Home » 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kits » Vehicles » Matchbox – 40175 (PK-175) – Monty’s Caravan and Daimler MKII Scout car This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Not unlike other "classical" collectible items such as stamps, coins, or real cars, the value and collectibility of model cars such as Matchbox is driven primarily by three factors:

A live-action film adaptation produced by Mattel Films was announced in January 2022. [14] Later that year, Skydance Media joined in making the film with Mattel Films. [15] Matchbox collectors [ edit ] See also: Lesney Products A 1953-55 Lesney-Matchbox Road Roller, one of the first toys to be produced under the Matchbox name Age also plays an important part in making a model rare. A model produced in standard quantities in the 1950s will likely be much rarer today than one produced in similar quantities the 1980s.

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The guided tour section had a new wing built to our museum in which we show some of the work of Roy Huxley from new angles. decided they wanted a share of the plastic model kits market. This is where Maurice Landi, a keen aircraft person, came in.