Matchbox 5-Pack of 1:64 Scale Vehicles, 5 Toy Car Collection of Real-World Replicas for Kids 3 Years Old & Up, C1817

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The MB55-B Mercury Commuter Police Car. Inspired by the Ford Interceptor Utility as I do SUVs as being somewhat closely linked to wagons (albeit taller) and this one was also in white just the like the new SUV is. This model does not particularly look out of place among the other Ford Interceptor Utility models in the collection. I think it was very tastefully done.

Yes I was out in the garden with these utilizing a few of the Action Driver playsets as I felt they were a good fit. And also good for shades. Just as with the 2011 Expedition in brown, this one could not stay consistent during its run.As I move through the decades I come across the last model to run through, inspired by the Hazard Squad. This is the MB402 Dennis Sabre. I think there will be very few people who will look at that and tell you exactly what it is. Picture courtesy of Keith Hoskins But due to a slight mix up, they forgot to change the details on the base at first, so early production runs still had MB846 on the base. They realized during production, altered it and later runs saw MB933 on the base instead. Of course this was also used to say thanks to the firefighters as well, as they just couldn’t stop. Fires weren’t going to go away. A very lovely and thoughtful design.

It returned in 2002 in quite a big way for what would be one huge send-off. It was a part of the Across America series in red for Texas. It was also a bonus model for the “Central” part of USA too in bronze, with another Texas themed design.After 2001 the model was pretty much finished. However, I know I said I wasn’t going to do any of the premium ones, but this was a lovely little model. I couldn’t resist showing off the swansong. It was part of a premium set made in 2002 called True Heroes, containing 4 models all from various walks of life. A police car, a fire unit, a tank and this ambulance. You see this ties in with something I am tagging on to the end of this report. Next up after seeing the first use of a casting, we now saw the last use of a casting. The MB877 International Pumper had been going since 1999 and saw a change in 2012 to incorporate the lighter bar into the window section. This particular MAN number only saw 3 uses, and Boone County happened to be the last one. It was in the 2015 Supreme Heroes series. This was the first year that proper premium products returned to the Matchbox brand after Lesney Edition was dropped in 2011. Boone County was in the last year of premium (the Ambulance) and the first year of the rebirth. Boone County is quite the significant license isn’t it. Or with the base. This came with an all-new base stating it was the police car, but could have quite easily used the base for the MB59 Fire Chief/MB73 Commuter as they were using the same base as each other.