MB Collector UK, for all collectors of matchbox 1-75 miniatures Welcome to my site, Matchbox Collector UK. This site will be of interest to anyone with an interest in Matchbox cars wherever you are in the world, although as the title suggests there is extra information relating to the range as sold in the UK.

The list section of the site catalogues the UK range from 1982 through to 2004, with images where available, ordered by both year and manafacturer number.

The gallery pages, started in March 2004, contain images of the models in my collection.
News
The range of regular models to be released during 2004 has been announced. There are 90 models in total from which the ROW and US ranges will each take 75...[More]
Details of the models to be included in the 12 five packs to be available in the UK are being released, currently packs 1-5 are available, the contents of most of the other packs are known...[More]
During 2004 a new range of Superfast models is to be released...[More]

To give you a quick overview of my collection I first began collecting in the late eighties. I collected the then current range plus older models, mainly superfast but including some regular wheels. By the early nineties I had stopped serious collecting, buying only occasionally (9 models over 8 years!). In mid 2002 I came across a Matchbox website by chance whilst searching for details about an actual car, and that single event started me collecting again. I decided to collect all 75 models and the 5 packs released that year and buy older models when I found them in good condition and at fair prices. I applied the same criteria in 2003 and am doing so again this year.

2004 Releases currently in my collection
I now have all the models from batches a, b & c, and most of those from batch d.
MB1 - MB15 MB01 641 Squawkie Talkie MB02 618 Badge Car MB03 619 Fire Freezer MB04 644 Flame Chopper MB05 643 Pound Hound MB06 621 Dragonfly Helicopter MB07 624 Rumble Dozer MB08 638 Mixopotamus MB09 642 Mush Puppy MB10 640 Go Rolla MB11 625 Police Hat MB12 626 Military Helmet MB13 639 Hot Head MB14 647 ???? MB15 648 ????
MB16- MB30 MB16 423 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet MB17 438 Volkswagen Beetle Concept 1 Convertible MB18 440 Lotus Elise MB19 573 Opel Frogster MB20 400 Mercedes-Benz CLK Convertible MB21 335 Porsche 911 GT1 MB22 531 Ferrari 360 Spider MB23 532 BMW Z8 MB24 549 Volkswagen W12 Concept MB25 291 Ferrari F 50 MB26 470 GMC Bucket Truck MB27 149 Mercedes-Benz G Wagon MB28 562 Fork Lift MB29 281 Ford Transit, 2nd Casting, No Roof Light MB30 548 Emergency Power Truck
MB31- MB45 MB31 594 Airport Fire Truck MB32 593 4x4 Fire Truck MB33 613 Fire Quencher MB34 588 Dennis Sabre [turntable ladder] MB35 602 Bucket Fire Truck [fixed arm] MB36 632 632 Honda Element MB37 564 All-Terrain Fire Tanker MB38 551 Ice Breaker Boat MB39 543 Nissan Xterra [no kayaks] MB40 547 Police Motorcylce Sidecar MB41 600 Checker Taxi MB42 614 Bus MB43 577 Taxi Cab MB44 578 Volkswagen Beetle 1962 [taxi] MB45 390 Volkswagen Transporter 1967 Split Screen
MB46- MB60 MB46 598 Ambulance MB47 605 Ford Explorer Sport Trac [fixed tailgate] MB48 541 Rescue Helicopter MB49 545 Ford Falcon [square roof light, no spoiler] MB50 129 Chevrolet Blazer MB51 627 Jeep Compass MB52 628 Land Rover SVX MB53 575 Willys Jeep Concept MB54 582 Volkswagen Beetle 4X4 [non-opening bonnet] MB55 569 Beach 4X4 MB56 542 Trash Truck MB57 552 Volkswagen Microbus Concept, Blue Met MB58 180 Land Rover Defender 90 MB59 530 Ice Cream Truck MB60 576 Car Carrier
MB61- MB75 MB61 607 BMW Z4 MB62 611 Nissan Z MB63 630 Chevrolet Corvette C6 2005 MB64 612 Pontiac Solstice MB65 579 Mini Cooper S MB66 592 City Police Car MB67 523 Radar Truck MB68 528 Police Car MB69 606 Armored Response Vehicle [modified] MB70 571 Sea Rescue Helicopter MB71 492 Road Roller MB72 601 Super Dozer MB73 494 Demolition Machine MB74 589 Dodge Ram SRT10 MB75 536 Dump Truck
  = 2004 version owned, = other version owned, = required
Hover your mouse pointer over any car for a description of that model

      



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