1963 King Size Displays

[matchboxrw]

Thanks to a good friend of mine, I was able to add these two displays to the collection (one has an orange bottom and the other has a red bottom):









http://www.mbxrw.com

[matchboxmarcel]

Steve, these realy look superb now they are populated with models !
Very rare displays indeed which can be seen here in the january 1963 UK trade catalogue



marcel

[Moyboy]

Just knew I should have picked better friends ! Great displays

[tractorboy]

Impressive displays, as are the Prime Movers on your other post.
Wasn't even aware of these displays until your post, so many thanks.

I never had any of the King Size or Major Pack range as a child, perhaps too expensive for my parents.
Don't even recall going to a toy shop to look at models. The few I did have came as birthday/Christmas presents.

Enjoy collecting them now and seeing your great photos just makes me want to unbox what I have and have a push around the table.

[matchboxmarcel]

Here you can see photos for the Major Pack display for the same year (1963)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2717&p=24723#p24723

marcel

[matchboxmarcel]

One of these two now sold on Ebay:

See:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-MATCHBOX ... 7675.l2557

I now think the display is from late 1962 (not 1963) and this one is from 1963:

(auctioned by Graham Hamilton (Rockerton Toys) in may 2012)



A fully populated 1968 Kingsize display from the same collection as the sold late 1962 Kingsize display was also sold on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-MATCHBOX ... 7675.l2557

marcel