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Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:37 pm
by Sir_Matchbox_96
Hi all,
today I found this video on the official matchbox website. A special carry case in it :D
http://www.matchbox.com/video-matchbox-60th.html
Maybe some of you know of this already, but maybe some do not...I hope this will work in other countries as well.

Greetings,
Linus

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 4:19 pm
by mike
Hi Linus.
A wonderful Matchbox father and son film.
I got tears in my eyes.
It's nice to share the hobby with his son.

Thank you, and collectors greetings from Austria :D

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:29 pm
by motorman
Thanks for the link Linus. I enjoyed watching the video.

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:51 pm
by kay
This video has been shown by the Matchbox staff during this year's Matchbox Collectors Gathering in Albuquerque, and there's a funny story behind it.

I think every Regular Wheels collector wonders why they used a non-original Matchbox carry case with a picture of a played with model for the clip - they better should have taken an original carry case from that time instead.
Well, they had an original one - but during the test shots for the clip, the original carry case has been cut through while filming the scene when the outer cardboard shipping box was cut open! Ouch!!

And as they had no other one, they quickly made a prop with the picture of a used No.55c Ford Galaxie - that's exactly the car the father helds in his hands.

Kay

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:23 pm
by motorman
Brilliant Kay a nice story.

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:25 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
Nice little film and not shown on UK Television! However, thanks go to Mattel for keeping the name alive and celebrating the brand.

Ghosty.

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:38 pm
by Ergomatic
Thank you, Linus!
Tomorrow evening we will watch it with my sons.
Cheers, Peter

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:14 am
by Tinman
Dad doesn't look old enough to have bought that model when new.

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:29 pm
by radar
Rubber tyred Corgis and Dinkys on that dining room table.

Dad is 45 max. Born 1969.
Tinman is right.
His dad must've given him the Galaxy.

Nice clip anyway.

Re: Matchbox 60th Anniversary Video

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:23 pm
by mcnair55
A nice video,shame that Matchbox made such a mess out of the 60th birthday creations they were selling.