44A color palette

[Ecclesley]

A line up:

[GHOSTHUNTER]

I spy with my little Eye...Three original coloured models...

...this really was a missed opportunity for Lesney, why did they not do more colours on this model, look how good they look in Gerrit's picture. If the model was in production for a short period you can perhaps understand, but it was in production for a long period, 1958 to 1964, plenty of time for them to find a few more colours...!

GHOSTHUNTER.

[Idris]

...this really was a missed opportunity for Lesney, why did they not do more colours on this model...

Lesney's whole obsession with standardised products was a missed opportunity. I really cannot understand what the objection was to producing the same model in different colours. I always like to think that the cream, green, and red versions of the 74b Daimler Bus representeded a tentative exploration of the results of changing models colour mid-production on sales. However, the advent of Hot Wheels and the rapid introduction of Superfast rendered the results of that marketing study (if it actually was one) purely acadamic.

[Ecclesley]

I spy with my little Eye...Three original coloured models...

...this really was a missed opportunity for Lesney, why did they not do more colours on this model, look how good they look in Gerrit's picture. If the model was in production for a short period you can perhaps understand, but it was in production for a long period, 1958 to 1964, plenty of time for them to find a few more colours...!

GHOSTHUNTER.

Your eye sight is like a hawk Kevin, three originals there.
For sure, Lesney could have done more color variations on many of their models, but that did not happen.

In order to correct that omission I am crusading for more color horizons on Lesney models, a mere 50 years later.
One small step for a man, a giant leap for Matchbox collectors............... (old wise Chinese saying)

[GHOSTHUNTER]

...but are old wise Chinese Men collecting Matchbox anymore...

Ghosty.

[Fox]

I do agree. It's a pitty they didn't make many colors. The gold one looks really great. What a toy this could have been !

[Ecclesley]

I do agree. It's a pitty they didn't make many colors. The gold one looks really great. What a toy this could have been !

The gold one has a peculiar rear bumper, it is made from a paperclip.
The rear section of the base plate is broken off, up to the rivet, that's why.