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shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:33 pm
by nickjones
My Matchbox toys book to date:
The early Lesney toys chapter is done and I have photographed Gary Galvins awesome collection of early Lesney toys for the illustrations,
As of this evening I am halfway through chapter 2 the 1-75 series regular wheels and should be finished fairly soon.
The cover design has been completed, This was done by the publishers Shire.
I am a little concerned that long time collectors might be disappointed with the lack of information it contains as it is only a 64 page booklet but I hope to rectify this with a second publication "Collecting the Matchbox 1-75 series" but lets see how this book goes first.
The cover has reference to the Batmobile, This was a mistake by the publishers and will be rectified before publication.

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:19 am
by Brad Pittiful
sweet...cant wait for it to be done...you should keep the batmobile ones cause id take one of those!

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:37 am
by artherfonz
Look forward to the end result Nick, in the future when the cover as shown is up for sale, will it be a ?
code 1
code 2
lunchtime special
-ve variation
train guys work
printer error
pre production
colour trial
vectis listed so must be original
a lot of hard work

only joking look forward to a signed copy

cheers steven

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:10 am
by tractorboy
Congratulations on the work so far Nick - looking forward to the publication.

I know you can't judge a book by its cover but it looks an impressive start.

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:33 am
by Dr Jazz
great Nick, looking forward to a signed copy :)

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:50 am
by motorman
Great to see the progress so far Nick. I am looking forward to seeing the final result.

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:58 am
by matchboxmarcel
I am very much looking forward to this, especially the Early Lesney Toy section.
Any chance to make this more complete with photos taken in the german Hans and Marco collection?

marcel

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:00 am
by numi
Hearty congrats to Mr Nick Jones for his great attempt with further promoting our culture! :D Your contribution with this book will surely leave an indelible mark in history and i am gifted to be sharing this precious era with you.
All the luck with its completion & purpose. ;)
Numi

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:23 pm
by mike
Hi Nick,
Please also in German / Austrian language .... :?

Re: shhhh........a sneak preview.

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:11 pm
by Idris
Make a nice change to see something other than a reverse-colour 13d on the cover.......