MB1230 : Tesla Roadster
As most people already know the 2020 Tesla Roadster was used as the launch vehicle for Mattels announcement on the future sustainability of the brandm as more and more adults purchase electric vehicles it...
Author: MCF
Where are the cars?
Not sure how well stocked shops are where you live but here in the UK purchasing new Matchbox is harder than it should be. Its been months since the only store that is allowed...
DYB07 : Lotus Super Seven
Back in 1999 when Mattel made some larger scaled models under the Matchbox brand they released this beauty. The DYB07 : Lotus Super Seven was the last in a series of seven vehicles that...
MB666 : Hummer H3
Arriving on the Matchbox scene in 2005 was this fantastic rendition of the Hummer H3, its debut outing was in all black and almost immediately came with a slight variation as production switched from...
MB716 : Ridge Raider
First released in 2007 the Matchbox MB716 : Ridge Raider is a great example of how Matchbox can do a generic model right. For nearly 15 years now this model as appeared in the...
Not every model makes it!
Since the very inception of Matchbox there are plenty of vehicles that the designers have come up with over time, I am sure that ideas get pitched that make it no further than the...
01A – Diesel Road Roller
I was going to write about the 01A Road Roller for todays blog but before I did I updated our listing with the images and information gleaned from Nick Jones’ Vintage British Diecast website. ...
MB767 : Quick Sander
If you are going to have a generic car in the lineup then why not this one? The Quick Sander was first introduced to the Matchbox basic range in 2009 and for me really...
Regular Wheel Box Types
So the work has begun in earnest of capturing the information from Nick Jones Vintage British Diecasts page and the first task was to look at the box type information that Nick compiled. You...
All is not lost
As has been reported on the Facebook group for various reasons it looks like the website vintagebritishdiecast.co.uk will soon be no more. This is a big loss to the Matchbox collecting community and one...