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My last posting about the different "F" boxes has been viewed by 47 members, but not one member picked me up on a wrong box.
I deliberately showed the wrong box in the photos, to see if any one would notice, do some members just glance at all the posting or really read and study them.

Not only on boxes but other postings as well where other members put forward so many things about the new variations found on models.

Below are the 4 correct "F" boxes 1-2-3-4.



George T.

I viewed your post as what you post is always interesting. However, I know bugger all about 1-75's in any guise, and less about the boxes. Not only the purists of a particular genre of matchbox read the posts. This may answer your question.

Like a new book or magazine, I tend to have a quick look to see if it is immediately connected to my interests, then make sure the posting is OK for the forum, bad language, pictures to be resized etc, etc. I then go back on many postings and decide if I need to make comment, so while I have Two stabs at the postings to notice anything, wrongly posted images are not a priority (unless so obviously wrong!), I will miss them.

Ghosthunter.

Im the same as Bob i look/i read but know nothing about 1-75 boxes
(yy man) but still find interesting.

I tried to follow order/caption/photos that didnt seem to fit but dont have them...so whom am I to smack your knuckles
thank you for posting

I looked in on the posting and as soon as I saw the topic mixed regular wheels stuff with super fast, I promptly tuned out. Sorry, no interest in anything superfast.

Similar to the others, I read the subject title and if it's on a subject I'm interested in then I'll read it word for word to see if it corresponds to my understanding of the subject other wise I just enjoy the pictures and skim read it, so can often miss the detail I suppose.

To be honest if the subject is posted by an expert like you, who am I to argue!

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi

Tinman wrote:I looked in on the posting and as soon as I saw the topic mixed regular wheels stuff with super fast, I promptly tuned out. Sorry, no interest in anything superfast.

What's bad about Superfast Joe?

motorman wrote:

Tinman wrote:I looked in on the posting and as soon as I saw the topic mixed regular wheels stuff with super fast, I promptly tuned out. Sorry, no interest in anything superfast.

What's bad about Superfast Joe?

To fast for an ol´man

motorman wrote: What's bad about Superfast Joe?

Who said anything was bad? It's outside of my scope of collecting (which ends at 1969). My lack of interest hails all the way back to the end of 1969 and the end of the regular wheel era (I'm old remember).

A brief history of one collector: My Matchbox collecting was a off-shoot of my HO model layout. Soon enough, Matchbox collecting became a second hobby. I still incorporated Matchbox models into the HO layout as well. My "bought new at retail" Matchbox collecting ended when I scoured the last of the new old stock out of local shops (much like Kwakers).

By 1975, the HO layout took up the entire 3rd bay of the garage of my parents home (I had moved out in 1970). The last added on section was started by me and finished by a local Doctor who teamed up with me to finish it off. In 1975, I dismantled the entire thing and boxed everything up for a new future layout.

I continued buying HO models, building models and making buildings for the next 20 years (all of which were boxed up and went promptly in storage upon purchase or completion). In 2005 I unpacked everything and sold off every last item on eBay. The only thing I kept was any Matchbox items from the layout (those went into my Matchbox collection).

A few short years later, I sold off 90% of my Matchbox collection. While I never bought or collected either HO models/accessories or Matchbox for the monetary value or for investment ... both proved to be a good investment I am very pleased with the addition to my retirement fund (if I can ever find time to retire).

My interest in both HO and Matchbox never faded and that last 10% of Matchbox (which I kept) is still growing in number. My disdain for the new wheels, new colors and wild designs of the Superfast era never subsided. I also have to admit that, from the beginning, I had an odd dislike of the F boxes and when buying any model I avoided F boxes whenever possible. The latter still holds true today about me & F boxes. Everyone's personal collecting style is guided by certain (sometimes odd) parameters and I'm no exception.