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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.
"Smooth" increased his visibility, and that of Matchbox 20. [12] The song's video, starring Thomas, was played extensively on VH1 and MTV. That exposure launched him out of anonymity. [15] A new set of listeners, older than the band's initial fan base, was exposed to, and liked, Thomas's work. [21] Yourself or Someone Like You continued to sell ...
refugees per month – up to 1,000 each day – enter Malawi. Many of these refugees arrive in poor health, severely malnourished, without belongings and often naked. In Swaziland, there were about 8,500 Mozambican refugees at the beginning of 1988; that number has already doubled and, according to one informed estimate, could quadruple by mid ...
This set of maps shows you how all of the rooms are connected in the game, and where to find the special tasks, puzzles, games and searchable locations. Special Mystery Case Files: Return to ...
The article was originally called "Matchbox (toy company)". There is and never was a toy company called "Matchbox". Matchbox is a brand owned over the years by Lesney Products, then by Universal and Tyco (under the name "Matchbox Internat'l Ltd."), and now by Mattel. I felt that if Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, then the entries should have a ...
Airfix is a British brand and former manufacturing company which produced injection-moulded plastic scale model kits. In the UK, the name 'Airfix' has become practically synonymous with plastic models of this type, "they became a sort of generic name for any plastic, injection-moulded model kit".
In 1988 Bachmann started to produce large scale (also known as G Scale or garden scale) train sets called the Big Haulers. They were first introduced in sets consisting of a locomotive, one or two freight cars and a caboose, Set 90100 was the first set. The locomotives were battery powered and were radio controlled. [13]