MY FIRST MATCHBOX

Non UK made Matchbox toys 1983 on
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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX

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I used to have the 'My First Matchbox' garage as a child growing up!

I remember the Rover Sterling came with the set, also had the School bus, Breakdown van, and Volvo Lorry (which I still have).

My Grandparents used to keep it at their house when I went round to keep me entertained.
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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX

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164Madness wrote:I used to have the 'My First Matchbox' garage as a child growing up!

I remember the Rover Sterling came with the set, also had the School bus, Breakdown van, and Volvo Lorry (which I still have).

My Grandparents used to keep it at their house when I went round to keep me entertained.

Nice !
I managed to buy some missing sets recently.

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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX

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After finding a few sets from Vectis you can see what I have on the Farm sets (top row) Town sets (middle row) and Railway sets (lower row)
From left to right the sets are from 1988, 1989 and 1990.

As you can see
I am now missing 1990 Town set and 1989 Railway set.

Who has them or do a place to find them ?

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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX

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just found another example of the last type of 3 pack, much rarer then the all blue packs.

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