MY FIRST MATCHBOX

Non UK made Matchbox toys 1983 on
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Thanks Marcel.
I'm about to sell a Sierra as part of my clearance. Photographed it last week.

Also I noticed on then Play Track Sets Boxes, there's a Faun Mobile Crane, and GMC Wrecker. More pre-pro's for you to find!!!
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shockwavetrading wrote:Thanks Marcel.
I'm about to sell a Sierra as part of my clearance. Photographed it last week.

Also I noticed on then Play Track Sets Boxes, there's a Faun Mobile Crane, and GMC Wrecker. More pre-pro's for you to find!!!
If your Sierra has the same wheels as posted here a fre post ago I am interested. Please can you sent me a pm.
This model was found in a shop so not a preproduction model but still one of the models I would like to find.

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I'm on the road for another week yet, but I'll check the wheels when I get home.
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Update as this Ford Bronco model with yellow & bue wheels was not shown in my 1st post.
I don't have this variation but recently one was sold on Ebay.

MI 187 (MB 39-E), ?
ford bronco II
red, blue base, yellow & blue wheels, Thailand (listed by Christian Falkensteiner as a pre-production, not issued)

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I missed this on Ebay (sold july 5th 2015) and it is one of the very few known MY FIRST MATCHBOX variations I DON'T have.

MI 113 (MB 52-B), Issue 12
Police launch
white deck, blue hull, red figures, red wheels, with THAILAND base.

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Some sets I have in my collection, please contact me if you know or have any different.

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These I don't have:

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Just found this set on Ebay and bought it.

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I can not add anything at the moment, but what a fascinating collection.

My immediate interest in this series are the Opel/Astra models, as I have been trying to keep a record of the different versions seen.

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GHOSTHUNTER wrote:I can not add anything at the moment, but what a fascinating collection.

My immediate interest in this series are the Opel/Astra models, as I have been trying to keep a record of the different versions seen.

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There is one variation on the Astra for this series which I don't have. One with yellow and blue wheels and a China base but the Chinas is cast on a raised area. This casting is normally found with all blue wheels.
The yellow and blue wheels model normally has a flat area China base.

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