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Lesney cement mixer




When Lesney were looking for the next vehicle to model there was a building site just down the road and someone had noticed they were using a cement mixer so at lunchtime they took a tape measure up to the site and measured up their mixer.
The mixer was 90mm (3.5 inches) long and was first produced in 1947/8 at approximately the same time as the road roller. The colours were usually green with orange wheels but like the road roller it was released in a number of different colours simply because of the limited paint supply meant that they had to use whatever colour paint was available at the time.
As a toy the choice of a cement mixer would probably not exite too many children so it is surprising to find that although the mixer and the roller were in production for the same amount of time and sold for the same price it is the mixer that is the most common of the two.
The mixer was deleted in 1950 and a scaled down version of it was made as the number 2a cement mixer in the Matchbox 1-75 series in 1953.

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Lot 104 Matchbox Magic 19 - October 9th, 2007 Moko Cement Mixer - dark green body, red drum and wheels - Good. Estimate: £120-£150 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £120


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Lot 103 Matchbox Magic 19 - October 9th, 2007 Moko Cement Mixer - pale green body, red drum and wheels. Some minor chipping - Good Plus to Excellent. Estimate: £150-£200 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £240

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Lot 102 Matchbox Magic 19 - October 9th, 2007 Moko Cement Mixer - dark green body and drum, red wheels - Excellent. Estimate: £150-£200 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £120


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Lot 101 Matchbox Magic 19 - October 9th, 2007 Moko Cement Mixer - red body, dark green drum and wheels - Good to Good Plus. Estimate: £140-£160 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £140

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Lot 1315 Other British Diecast - May 5th, 2004 Early Lesney Cement Mixer - mid-green, red wheels, only light wear to some raised edges of body, some wear to edge of one wheel, would benefit from careful polishing - otherwise Excellent. Estimate: £60 - £80 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £100

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Lot 1313 Other British Diecast - May 5th, 2004 A group of early Lesney Cement Mixers - 2 x green body with red wheels and barrel, 1 x light green body with orange barrel and grey wheels - significant wear, one item lacks hand-wheel - still a Fair interesting lot. (3) Estimate: £60 - £80 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £80

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Lot 1312 Other British Diecast - May 5th, 2004 An early Lesney Cement Mixer - mid-green, red wheels, light wear to some edges of body and wheels, would benefit from careful cleaning - still Good Plus to Excellent overall. Estimate: £50 - £70 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £80

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Lot 179 Miscellaneous - March 12th, 2003 Lesney large scale Cement Mixer - green, red wheels overall condition is Excellent (slight chip marks to wheels). Estimate: £140 - 180 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £150

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Lot 613 MOKO, MAJOR, KINGSZE ETC. - November 15th, 2000 Lesney large Cement Mixer - green body, red mixer & wheels. Good Plus; and another - pale green body, orange mixer, grey wheels. Fair. (2) Estimate: £100 - £150 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £260

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Lot 612 MOKO, MAJOR, KINGSZE ETC. - November 15th, 2000 Lesney large Cement Mixer - green body, red mixer, yellow wheels. Good Plus. Estimate: £200 - £250 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £280

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Lot 611 MOKO, MAJOR, KINGSZE ETC. - November 15th, 2000 Lesney large Cement Mixer - green body & mixer with red wheels. Near Mint. Estimate: £120 - £160 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £255

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Lot 610 MOKO, MAJOR, KINGSZE ETC. - November 15th, 2000 Lesney large Cement Mixer - red body, green wheels & mixer; plus another with pale green body, red wheels & mixer. Both Good Plus. (2) Estimate: £100 - £150 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £220

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Lot 407 Early Lesney Toys - September 8th, 1999 Large scale Cement Mixer - green/red wheels - B+ unboxed - rare, particularly in this condition Estimate: £140 - £160 Bidding is now closed on this item Price Realised: £160