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I've seen this before when I was a kid. The whole bus was dropped in a glass of turpentine. Turpentine causes the plastic to fade and crack. It also causes the windshields to craze. I might have a couple of samples running around

Hans in Denver

I don't post on this site a lot. I probably haven't posted in a couple of years. I read through every other day, but I don't post. I read everything on this thread several times (yay for cataract surgery, welcome back to the land of sight) and I am asking myself why I am not posting here more. Here ...

Hi Bill

I too am now signed up and ready to go. This is a great event for collectors.

Next year would be a good year to go. I have attended 13 of the 14 gatherings. I have met a lot of great people and have increased my Matchbox knowledge exponentially. I am one of the few who was at the first gathering back in the old days. It was really just some collectors meeting back then. It ha...

I am still looking for a 9B, 10A, and 27B in any condition to complete regular wheels castings. I am now slowly tracking down boxed models as they become affordable for early regular wheels just to upgrade. I possess one of every casting for Lesney Superfast. I am chasing down a couple of superfast ...

I am lenient with my definition of transitional. I figured the definition was a model that transitioned from Regular to Superfast. I am not as concerned with color. The #1 Mercedes Truck has a regular wheel and a Superfast version thus transitional. I then also decided that any model in a 1969 catal...

Interesting that the Green Hillman is usually found in the Netherlands. During the last thirty years or so I have found four green Hillmans in greater Denver. Any Hillman Minx is rare around these parts, but the odds are decent that if one is found it will be green. I have always assumed that some g...

So. I just finished putting my Londoners together is a case. I am hoping to photograph soon. I am thinking I have a pretty solid Londoner collection with 50-60 Lesney Londoner variations and a few code three buses. Then Jim shows up with like 1400 Londoners and I realize I have a long way to go. Han...

Hey Stephan

Nice to see you back in the game. You should look me up if you come down from Calgary

Hans in Denver

The car in the illustration is actually a pretty good drawing of an AMX Javelin. Sorry, but I am not where I can post a picture. Matchbox did start making the #9 Javelin in 1972.
I think the #9 Javelin is a pretty model, but it took a lot of liberties versus the real car.

Hans in Denver