Models of Yesteryear models in rare blisterpacks

[matchboxmarcel]

My current collection of red blisterpacks.
All different. i.e. 1966 or 1968 catalogue printed on the backside. a D3, E or E1 box inside the blister etc.
3 more to arrive, all with a 1966 card and D3 box inside: Y6-2 Buggati, Y15-1 Rolls Royce and Y5-2 Bentley.
I also have the original display rack for these packs. This was on show at the 2nd MECA convention.
The Y7-3 Rolls Royce was a quite recent find.
On the Y11-2 Packard there is a variation where the card is clued upsidedown.



My current collection of 2nd type of blisterpacks. (the ones with F box and card with Driver)
All different. i.e. 22 Kingsize or 24 Kingsize model listed on the backside.
The 1st Y10-2 Mercedes has a plain backside.
The Y5-2 Bentley also has a plain backside and as far as I know does not exist with a card with printing on the backside.
Also 3 trade boxes included (for Y9-2, Y14-2 and Y16-1) Only the Y9-2 carton is full with 6 models.



My current full collection of 3rd type of blisterpacks. (the ones with F box and full color card)
There are no variations on these, exept on the Y15-2 Packard (which I have)
The Y13-2 Daimler was a quite recent find.



My current collection of last type of blisterpacks. (the ones without the box)
All different. i.e. Blue Text - New Superfast or Blue Text - 2 New MBx Winners) printed on the backside.
The very rare Y15-2 Packard with purple boarder was a quite recent find.



Some time a canadian collector contacted me via private message board on the British Diecast Forum from Nick Jones.
We settled in the end for some blisterpacks including the latest type of blisterpack (without box) for the Y15-2 Packard which is very very rare. (pictured on the left in the attached pictures)
The Y15-2 Packard is the only one of that type which has a purple boader (standard is pink for all other models)





On page 460 of Alex Picha his book it was pictured but the card was missing a corner. That card was not my own.

I am pretty convinced now that I may be the only collector in the world who has all these 3 versions for the Y15-2 Packard. Very very rare cards.

I am building my Models of Yesteryear blisterpack collection for a long time now since I found my 1st pack over 20 years ago and I am happy I recently found 2 of the 3 holygrails, this Packard being one of these.

This collection currently holds 104 blisterpacks (including the 3 to receive)

marcel

[matchboxkiwi]

What a wonderful collection of blister packs. I don't think I've even seen that first series of red ones. What markets were they produced for? One of the red ones looks like it missed the printing machine. It looks blank - no Matchbox on it.
Now if they had been marketed over here in New Zealand like that I may have become a Yesteryear collector.

Cheers Steve
Matchboxkiwi

PS I bet Bob and Mick are jealous of that lot.
The only thing I've seen as good as that lot is Mick's Japanese Yesteryear box.

[YYS4BOB]

With Marcel's help, I'm working on it. A long way from a display of this magnitude, but only been after these for a couple of years so plenty of time yet. The red ones are from '66-'68. The Y11 that looks to have no printing does have it, but the model has been attached when the card was upside down!

[GHOSTHUNTER]

The first and second blister card designs were instigated by Fred Bronner for distribution on U.S. markets and despite the general concensus that they are from 1968-69, the pocket catalogue on the rear of the card is from 1966 and examples of pre and post 1968 'E' Boxes exist on these cards. Yes, the Packard has become a negative variation because of the upside down card!

The second blister design card with the 'Pink and Yellow' window box attached, comes in two distinct versions. The white rectangle price box, at the top right corner of the card backing is normally un-lined, but several examples exist with this lined in a darker contrasting colour and Marcel has both examples in his picture.

The same notes apply to the Third blister design, un-lined and lined price box and I think I can see both types in Marcel's picture.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[lionel-honda]

Great collection Marcel & happy to see the new blisters arrived safely!

Scott