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I didn't know this truck sold for that much Ben. It may have been over priced. . Originally posted by walt - March 01 2014 :  7:18:03 PM

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yup was a toy show & I tink its a Ford COE too I DO wants one Originally posted by microbusss - March 01 2014 :  10:01:36 PM

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Love the VW bus Ben... I had at least one of those as a kid, but it never survived in the bunch I managed to save... Originally posted by walt - March 02 2014 :  10:47:00 PM

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used to see these on the streets of london everyday in 60s ken Originally posted by catfordken - March 03 2014 :  11:15:20 AM

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Well Thank You, Ben for the offer... But hang on to it friend. I'll grab one on eBay after I get the train stuff together... Originally posted by walt - March 03 2014 :  11:21:03 AM

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My Matchbox Opel Diplomat number 36... Love 'em all... Originally posted by walt - March 12 2014 :  4:56:40 PM

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about the MB Denver pumper Maisto has the MB molds for it Honest They have the molds for quite a few former MBs Originally posted by microbusss - March 14 2014 :  12:24:26 AM

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IMHO that Maisto is a clone. Ladders, bumper look to be cast with the shell. They do have some older dies for a number of other cars; they redid the '33 Willys eliminating the fenders and changing the grille and call it a '34 Ford. Originally posted by lvrr325 - March 15 2014 :  09:13:54 AM

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maisto bought all remaining tools of the original matchbox toys from a well known us company who bought matchbox out,on the grounds it would produce its toys,i wonder who that was,ken Originally posted by catfordken - March 15 2014 :  2:50:29 PM

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quote: maisto bought all remaining tools of the original matchbox toys from a well known us company who bought matchbox out,on the grounds it would produce its toys,i wonder who that was,ken Originally posted by catfordken - March 15 2014 :  2:50:29 PM I always thought it odd that Mattel, who already owned the Hot Wheels line should acquire Matchbox then turn Matchbox cars into something just like Hot Wheels. I grew up playing with both. The Matchbox cars, with realistic wheels and tough axles were fun in the sand box and the Hot Wheels were fun on the Hot Wheels race tracks. Looking at the wheels on the Maisto stuff, it looks like they're shooting for the Hot Wheels market, too, with no one serving the sand box crowd. Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 15 2014 :  5:07:35 PM

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Some chatter I heard on a diecast forum ( Swiftysgarage.net ), is that the Matchbox line will be revamped later this year (2014 ) to include more "realistic" models. One of the things that has discouraged sales is that they have been putting too much artwork on the modern MB cars, which the kids don't care for, and neither do collectors. The simple ones, like the A100 Dodge p/u truck, the Aston Martin, the Volvo P1800, and others, have been well received. Supposedly MB is going to be doing more along those lines, than the futuristic wild looking "things" they've been coming out with. Other than the hard-to-find modern ice cream trucks, and fire and police vehicles, I have had virtually no interest in most of the new releases. A jacked up 4x4 garbage truck? Sorry, the direction MB had taken has been very poor, actually Hotwheels with their emphasis on muscle cars and more realistic vehicles has drawn me more than usual the last few years. Even though HW has a variety of wild rides, I don't buy those, but the more normal ones have been outstanding, including their premium lines with a few AMC cars in them. The latest is a green AMC Rebel Machine in the Cool Series ( blue packaging ). Anyway, look for more realistic and less fantasy models from Matchbox later this year, and hopefully more toned-down paint schemes. If they get back to the original formula of "real working vehicles" rather than graffiti specials, they will pick up sales again. Its more that the HW line was more important to Mattel than MB, so they have let it languish, but it IS something they bought, so they are finally going to make some changes it seems to bring back the balance it once had ( at least, that is the hope of diecast collectors everywhere ). We shall see. Jerry Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GT - March 29 2014 :  11:11:25 AM

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I've never understood the appeal of the ridiculous novelty cars. A few of them are fun to have, but there was never a whole lot you could do with them. When I was playing with toy cars it was either on a city playmat or on the Hotwheels racetracks. The fantasy cars never seemed to run very well on the racetracks, and let's face it, what kid wants their little city's roads populated by giant toilets on wheels? Originally posted by DaCheez - March 29 2014 :  12:10:03 PM

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I've never understood the appeal of the ridiculous novelty cars. A few of them are fun to have, but there was never a whole lot you could do with them. When I was playing with toy cars it was either on a city playmat or on the Hotwheels racetracks. The fantasy cars never seemed to run very well on the racetracks, and let's face it, what kid wants their little city's roads populated by giant toilets on wheels? Originally posted by DaCheez - March 29 2014 :  12:10:03 PM

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I seen that Matchbox pipe hauler as a Maisto Originally posted by microbusss - March 29 2014 :  4:25:15 PM

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Maisto can have all the molds they want and still will never produce old Matchbox toys... Originally posted by walt - March 31 2014 :  7:22:03 PM