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History of Lesney and of Matchbox Models of Yesteryear; www.70's-matchbox.de - Extensive matchbox collection of the 70's epoch; Matchboxmemories - Great site on the 'Models of Yesteryear' range; MOYBOYZ - forum chat board for collectors of the 'Models of Yesteryear' range; MatchboxPeru.Com - Foro de autos a escala en español
A 1953-55 Lesney-Matchbox Road Roller, one of the first toys to be produced under the Matchbox name. The Matchbox name originated in 1953 as a brand name of the British die-casting company Lesney Products, whose reputation was moulded by [2] John W. "Jack" Odell (1920–2007), [3] Leslie Charles Smith (1918–2005), [4] and Rodney Smith.
A Matchbox sized Corgi Jr. Mercedes-Benz 240 Diesel Taxi. The Husky name was rebranded "Corgi Jr." about 1970. By 1970 the exclusive marketing contract with Woolworth had come to an end and realising that the Husky range could now be sold alongside Matchbox in a variety of outlets the series was re-launched as Corgi Juniors to integrate it into the Corgi Toys family, and the existing Husky ...
Lledo was a British manufacturing company founded in 1982 by Matchbox co-founder Jack Odell, and Burt Russell, [1] and based in Enfield.The factory produced mainly die-cast scale model commercial vehicles, and also cars, from 1983 to 1999, when the company went into bankruptcy.
Praline - Scale 87 from Germany, at first die-cast/metal models scale 43, overtaken in the nineties by Busch, later plastic models only. Precision Miniatures – originally 1:43 white metal models, fused with Motor City USA; later 1:18 scale models. Premier Models – American plastic producer of kits, mainly from the 1950s and 1960s. Premium ...
The first series of Days Gone models included re-makes of some of the most popular and respected first and second-generation Matchbox Models of Yesteryear. Lledo models were very popular collectibles in the 1980s, leading to a period of diversification (incl. the Vanguards line of classic post-war British vehicles), but by the 1990s they were ...