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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 8:23 pm
by matchboxmarcel
matchboxmarcel wrote: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.
marcel
Finally after many years today I found a 3 pack with this long awaited variation, one of the last models I wanted to fulfill my collection of My First Matchbox models. This Police Launch with the rare THAILAND base was in a 3 pack which ended this afternoon on Ebay UK. The seller had more My First Matchbox models.
Have to get in hands but very happy with it already.
marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 8:29 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Congratulations Marcel. What a great sense of achievement you are now experiencing. I will celebrate at my Home with a cup of tea and a sandwhich knowing one of my collector friends has finally found something he has been chasing and it virtually completes a collection, nice one Marcel.
Ghosthunter.
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:55 pm
by matchboxmarcel
I of the very last variations I had to find for my MY FIRST MATCHBOX collection was this Police Launch with Thailand base.
Prooved to be very difficult !
Now in hands !
Marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:33 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Again, I am very pleased for you Marcel, as these 'My First' models must have been marketed in limited retail outlets and not the normal toy and model shops and I see by the sticky label on yours it came from TESCO, a large supermarket retailer in the UK.
Do you know how many more variations you are chasing.
Ghosthunter.
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:56 pm
by ritchie
2 rare sets from fellow collector Backham.
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Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:05 am
by matchboxmarcel
thanks for posting these.
I realy like the My First Matchbox range.
Unfortunately I recently missed a rare set on Ebay which I didn't have sofas.
marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:19 pm
by matchboxmarcel
missed this unfortunately.
Who has a nice boxed set for sale to me ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MATC ... 7675.l2557
marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:36 am
by matchboxmarcel
I finally have found this
MI 182 (MB 20-E), pre-production Volkswagen transporter ambulance in white , which was never released in the mY FIRST MATCHBOX series.
marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:47 pm
by matchboxmarcel
I now have this LL-102 1989 TOWN set in hands.
As you can see the cover of the box shows quite some preproduction models.
The seller (from the south of The Netherlands) bought this not long ago as ex shop stock form a closing shop in Belgium.
Here you can see the other 2 sets for 1989:
marcel
Re: MY FIRST MATCHBOX
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:57 pm
by matchboxmarcel
I have added 5 more sets to my MY FIRST MATCHBOX collection today !
Including this Garage which I wanted for a long time.
Very happy with this 1. Sold to me for a very good price.
@Kevin Ghosthuner, the picture looks to wide but I can not solve it.
Probably you can ?
marcel
There you go Marcel, just resized it in the 'Paint' program before sending it to 'postimage'.
Ghosty.