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1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:13 am
by matchboxrw
Thanks to a good friend of mine, I was able to add these two displays to the collection (one has an orange bottom and the other has a red bottom):

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Re: 1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:54 am
by matchboxmarcel
Steve, these realy look superb now they are populated with models !
Very rare displays indeed which can be seen here in the january 1963 UK trade catalogue

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marcel

Re: 1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:24 pm
by Moyboy
Just knew I should have picked better friends ! Great displays

Re: 1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:31 am
by tractorboy
Impressive displays, as are the Prime Movers on your other post.
Wasn't even aware of these displays until your post, so many thanks.

I never had any of the King Size or Major Pack range as a child, perhaps too expensive for my parents.
Don't even recall going to a toy shop to look at models. The few I did have came as birthday/Christmas presents.

Enjoy collecting them now and seeing your great photos just makes me want to unbox what I have and have a push around the table.

Re: 1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:50 am
by matchboxmarcel
Here you can see photos for the Major Pack display for the same year (1963)

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2717&p=24723#p24723

marcel

Re: 1963 King Size Displays

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:49 pm
by matchboxmarcel
One of these two now sold on Ebay:

See:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-MATCHBOX ... 7675.l2557

I now think the display is from late 1962 (not 1963) and this one is from 1963:

(auctioned by Graham Hamilton (Rockerton Toys) in may 2012)

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A fully populated 1968 Kingsize display from the same collection as the sold late 1962 Kingsize display was also sold on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-MATCHBOX ... 7675.l2557

marcel