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Hello everyone,

I have about 20 1960s matchbox cars (none with boxes and some with paint chips) that I was given as a kid by a friend of the family who used to work at the Lesney factory in Edmonton England. He would sometimes collect up rejects from the production line and give them out to a few of us kids. I've looked through each of mine a little but I'm not a collector so don't really know what I'm looking for, checking online against the list of variations in each model. The only 'flaws' I have found are more like parts missing, like the roof of a Bentley (or does that make it a rare Bentley convertible ) and the decals on a canteen. I am wondering if anyone knows whether a reject is likely to be more valuable, or less.

Thanks,
Paul

Firstly, welcome to the Forum Paul,

I hope you enjoy your first impressions of the forum. With regards the models that you have i would suggest that posting some images of them would be the best option regardless of their condition. There may be some rare stuff amongst the many you have so get that camera out and let us have a look at what you have, that way we can all give a more educated opinion on each model. I hope you enjoy your visit and please do not be afraid to ask any questions.

Hello motorman,

I'm loving this forum! I didn't realize there was a whole world out there of matchbox aficionados, and so much knowledge to share.

I actually have all the photos already as we are getting ready for a move so I've been documenting everything as we pack it away. I took 6 of each vehicle, should I really post the 120 photos here in this thread? I don't want to get kicked out after one visit

Paul

A warm welcome to our forum Paul and Motorman had quoted perfectly.
We wary that your so-called "rejects" could actually be highly collectible & valuable Lesney historical artefacts.
We await your clear pics.
numi

numi wrote:A warm welcome to our forum Paul and Motorman had quoted perfectly.
We wary that your so-called "rejects" could actually be highly collectible & valuable Lesney historical artefacts.
We await your clear pics.
numi

TYVM numi and motorman, I really appreciate the warm welcome.

So, I''ve attached one picture but can't figure out how to attach multiples, any help there much appreciated, and also if you could let me know if the one I posted is in an acceptable format and quality. Here's a total list of what I have:

King-Size No.K-4 McCormick B250 Tractor
King-Size No.K-6 Allis Chalmers Earth Scraper
King-Size No.K-9 Aveling Barford Diesel Road Roller
King-Size No.K-13 ERF Concrete Mixer(no door decal)
Major Pack M-5 Massey Ferguson 780 Combine Harvester

Yesteryear Y-5 1929 Bentley 4½ litre (missing spare wheel tyre)
Yesteryear Y-9 Fowler Showmans Engine (no top)
Yesteryear Y-12 1899 Horsedrawn London Bus
Yesteryear Y-15 1907 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

2c Muir Hill site dumper
15c Tippax refuse truck
26b Foden cement mixer
31c Lincoln continental (bad paint top)
34b Volkswagen caravette
38b Vauxhall victor estate
40b Leyland royal tiger coach
50a Commer pick-up Mk Vll
50b John Deere Lanz 700
73b Ferrari racing car
74a mobile refreshments canteen (no side decals)

and some newer stuff...
Matchbox MB60 Ford Transit ( Cadburys Flake ) Made in China 1986
Tonka Fire Truck Made in China 1992
Hot Wheels (Dinty Moore) truck Made in Malaysia 1991
Hot wheels Indy car Made in Malaysia 1982
Hot Wheels '31 Doozie' (no top) made in Hong Kong 1976
Lledo 1933 Atlas tire truck Made in England 1992 (no tires, no top)

Thanks again,
Paul

Hi Paul and welcome to the Forum. Some errors carry a small premium but the demand for these are lower among collectors so some go the other way and are lower. It all depends on what you have and a few pictures will help decide what you have. I myself have quite a few errors/rejects and personally like them. Looking forward to seeing some pics.

If your rejects are rare colours or wheel variations then they will be worth money

If you are having trouble posting pics, use Photobucket or a similar cloud based photo host. Then al you have to do is post hot links here and you add those as simple text in the body of the post.

Here is a resized and lightened version of "Greatbrit's" image,

Ghosty.

GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Here is a resized and lightened version of "Greatbrit's" image,

Ghosty.

Thanks very much Ghosty, much more manageable! I've figured out how to resize the rest of them, but I have 120 photos in all, can't find a way to upload them all in one go. What would be the best way to get that many photos up on the forum?

Thanks,
Paul