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Paul K wrote:Anyone remember Lesney ? They were small cars, like Matchbox ones.

I think they were acquired by Matchbox. Some of the Matchbox cars I had when I was growing up had Matchbox-Lesney printed underneath.

it was for as long as I can remember Matchbox by Lesney

Garry

Lesney introduced a range of small models (Matchbox)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones731 ... lesney.htm

I loved the early boxes that were made tpo look like matchboxes.

Garry

Ah that makes more sense Garry... I was just putting 2 and 2 together since Matchbox was the more well known name.

Matchbox was just a product range of small models that would fit an a matchbox...so the name came about.

I think the matchboxes had to be a little bigger :roll: but it meant cute little boxes at a time when such things were a little sparse.

So it was an easy identifiable range

Garry

I think Mr V, the Matchbox you remember as a kid (not really that long ago) were a tad different from what Garry and I were used to in the 60's

Who mentioned stick-on spokes?? Yeh but I wasn't that struck to be honest as they made the wheels look egg shaped when being 'driven' unless they were bang-on!!

If anyone pop's up to Whitby, there's a nice toy museum showing many of the cars/lorries I had in the window :shock: Was it Corgi or Spot-On that made the Cadillac ambulance with flashing light?? :think: I seem to remember an AA battery fitted underneath and the light worked off a cam that made contact between the lamp on the roof and the battery :shock:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Corgi - my sister had it!

On the subject of Matchbox, I saw program on TV a while ago that said Matchbox came about because Mr Lesney (or his children) were only allowed to take to school, toys that fitted into matchbox. An idea was born

DaveB wrote:

I think Mr V, the Matchbox you remember as a kid (not really that long ago) were a tad different from what Garry and I were used to in the 60's

Well I think the oldest-designed ones I had were dated in the mid to late 70s, but no, nothing as early as 60s.... Little dark blue window boxes with a thin lighter blue check pattern from what I can remember.

I only looked in this thread out of interest, then I stumbled across the link to this site:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones731 ... lesney.htm

I happen to have two models from there, still.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones731 ... roller.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.jones731 ... es/mf7.jpg

Would it be worth retrieving them from the loft?

Dan.

Leif,

You mean like this?



Bit dusty - been on a bookcase in my study together with:



Only surviving Dinky Toys here - don't want to part with them

Ian