"MATCHBOX" copies etc.

[johnboy]

Interesting lot here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Complete-Set ... rk:84:pf:0

[johnboy]

Latest small edition, a Y3 style tram, made in Hong Kong. The casting looks very Lesney like, does anyone know the history of these?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

I don't actually have any backgtound information for it but this is how it started out as a new item.


Ghosthunter.

[MOKOSEX]

The victor has been shown earlier in this thread by ghosty heres it is again with a riley and mga,there are really good copies.
dave

[MOKOSEX]

Couple of late sf copies,the peterbuilt looks good with an all metal front,even copied the number plate,the shovel is a better copy even down to the wheels and base.
dave

[ChFalkensteiner]

I have just taken the time to go through this thread in its entirety, and while I have encountered quite a few duplicate posts of the same models, I think Guisval's Ford Tractor has not been put in the spotlight yet (although one may have been featured in one of Steve Brown's group pictures), so here it is:

[matchboxmarcel]

Does any-one know more about this Dutch promotional for the dutch national police.







It seems an exact copy ? Of this Matchbox boat.
See the Matchbox casting here:

http://www.cfalkensteiner.com/Matchbox/ ... -LS09a.htm



marcel

[matchboxmarcel]

The answer came from Christian Falkensteiner himself.

This boat is by Efsi. It was featured in several different packs either on a trailer towed by some passenger car or on a semi-trailer truck.

It is fairly commonly seen wherever Efsi models are available. I remember on my latest Houten visit in October Peter Adam had a large quantity of such Efsi boats available: apparently some warehouse find.

While the boat is a direct copy of the Matchbox model, the trailer looks totally different.

It is one of several different copies of the Matchbox boat. Others were made by Manurba in Germany and also by some Far East manufacturers.

As far as I know, the most obvious distinguishing feature of all of them is the fact that only the Matchbox original has window glazing, while that is absent on all of the copies.







marcel

[matchboxmarcel]

Another item I found at the Dannhausen Aachen swap meet November 16th was this very rare Indian catalogue from Maxwell.
Maxwell is well known for making copies of Matchbox models.
Kay Schaber sold me this rare catalogue and as you can see on the front page and on a page in this catalogue the copy of the Y11-1 Aveling is pictured.
Model 502 as you can also see in the impressive listing on the back of the catalogue.

Many years ago I bought that Maxwell model and you can see the Indian city of Calcutta is both mentioned in the 1st page of the catalogue as also on the box of the model.
Very rare to find boxes with these model.
There is a flower on the roof, both with my yellow model as on the blue model in the catalogue.
On my box there is a yellow dot, indicating the model is yellow.

Very happy with this catalogue.




















Marcel

[GHOSTHUNTER]

A wonderful find Marcel. These are badly made and finished models but now very collectible items. Catalogues form part of any collection and what a great catalogue to have and I am pretty confident it will be a very good investment for you!

Ghosthunter.