Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys, 1947-1996

It's all here! Fifty years of toys! The toys pictured and listed in this book represent the immense volume of items produced from 1947, when the Matchbox company was founded, to the present, including their popular diecast vehicles along with playsets, dolls, plastic kits, robots, and ephemera all in one massive volume-now in its second edition!

Introduction	p. 4
History	p. 5
Photos of Models	p. 8
Early Lesney Toys	p. 11
Rare Regular Wheels	p. 28
Superfast/Miniatures 1-75	p. 30
Roman Numeral Editions	p. 58
Promotional Miniatures	p. 59
Miniatures-Special Categories	p. 60
Rare Miniatures	p. 62
Preproduction Miniatures	p. 65
Long Hauls	p. 66
Convoy/Rigs	p. 67
Rare Conyoy	p. 78
First Series Yesteryear 1956-1959	p. 79
Yesteryear 1960-1997	p. 80
Rare Yesteryear	p. 103
Dinky	p. 105
Accessory Packs	p. 110
Major Packs	p. 111
King-Size	p. 113
Roadblaster Kings	p. 145
Battlekings/Matchbox Military	p. 146
Seakings	p. 150
Adventure 2000	p. 152
Specials, Turbo Specials, and Alarm Cars	p. 153
Skybusters	p. 154
Character Toys	p. 160
Superchargers & Monster Wars	p. 163
Harley-Davidson	p. 168
Matchbox Collectibles	p. 169
Thunderbirds and Stingray	p. 173
Superfast Minis	p. 174
Turbo 2	p. 174
Swop Tops	p. 174
Trax	p. 175
Cap Cars & Flash Force 2000	p. 176
Parasites	p. 177
Trick Shifters	p. 177
Crash Dummies	p. 177
Matchbox Garages	p. 178
Roadways	p. 179
Heritage Series Gifts and Souvenirs	p. 181
Miscellaneous Toys	p. 182
Pocket Catalogs	p. 189
Regular Wheel Boxes (1953-1969)	p. 191
Yesteryear Boxes (1956-1968)	p. 193
Major Pack & King-Size Boxes (1957-1969)	p. 193
Blister Pack Types	p. 194
Code 2 Models	p. 195
Prototypes	p. 196
Pirate Models & Copies	p. 197
Resources	p. 199
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Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys, 1947-1996

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