Welcome to The Matchbox Club...

Welcome to The Matchbox Club...


24 July 2010: There are details of the 2010 Club model on the site; the 2010 Club Annual can be ordered now at a discounted price until 7 August and The Postal Auction (26-2) closes on 5 August.

Kevin McGimpsey the editor of the Matchbox Club web site and its team of writers welcome you to the Matchbox Club. We hope to keep you regularly informed about the Matchbox hobby.

The Matchbox Club is a continuation of the internationally renowned MICA [The Matchbox International Collectors’ Association] that closed after 22 illustrious years in 2007.

In 1985, Kevin McGimpsey and Stewart Orr founded MICA at the bequest of the Matchbox trade mark owners, Matchbox Toys UK based in Enfield, Middlesex England.

The owners of the Matchbox brand wanted a club formed for their collectors but run independently. Between 1985 and 2007 MICA published 132 magazines and ran 47 Matchbox Conventions in countries including Australia, the USA, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Its worldwide membership peaked in 1989 at 5,000.

Stewart left the Association in 2001 and Kevin continued to publish and run the Conventions until April 2007. Due to the ever increasing costs of print it was decided to cease publishing and to communicate with collectors via the Internet.

The Matchbox Club went live on the net on 1 July 2007 and comprises 7 main parts:

The www.matchboxclub.com site
The E-Magazine (4 a year): We have just published #12
The Postal Auction (4 a year): We hold the world record (£10,200) for a Matchbox toy
The Matchbox Shop
The Matchbox Club Convention: Our last one was in March 2010
The Club's Archives of past articles
The Matchbox Club Annual (printed once a year...an optional extra)

You can also buy all kinds of old, new and rare Matchbox products through the Matchbox Club Auctions, which take place every 8 to 12 weeks. The Matchbox Club emails its members when the next auction is about to begin...and to close.

Even if you don't wish to be a member, please do visit us again because there will new articles of interest posted on the site regularly and these are free to read.

Editorial, membership and shop queries please email the editor at kevin@matchboxclub.com



Members should log into the Members' area ...


Members should log into the Members' area and check out the free articles and past E-magazines?

And please remember that if you change your email address, let us know.

We hope that you will join us today and below please find the link to Matchbox Toys UK...

Matchbox Toys...for all the latest news on Best of British

Matchbox Toys...for all the latest news on Best of British

For details of a unique celebration of British motoring heritage, visit Matchbox Best of British


Best Selling Items

For Sale: The 2nd Matchbox Club Annual...10 copies just received from the printers...

For Sale: The 2nd Matchbox Club Annual...10 copies just received from the printers...

£21.00

260 July 2010: 7 new copies just back in stock...

The 2nd Matchbox Club Annual 2009 was published in full colour on 3 August.
Comprising 80 x A4 sized pages (equivalent of nearly 4 MICA magazines) it covers the major happenings in the year 2008-2009 with your favourite articles by Horace Dunkley, David Tilley, Stewart Orr, Nigel Cooper and guest writers.

The Club Annual is ideal for those of you who don't like printing out the E-magazine or for those of you who like taking your magazine to work and reading it on the train...



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An earlier E-Magazine (#9) from July 2009

An earlier E-Magazine (#9) from July 2009

This E-magazine is available as a no charge download. Yes it is FREE!
Simply click the "Add Now" button to add this to your basket - please note that you will not be charged for this sample edition. We hope you like it; join the Matchbox Club and download several other E-magazines for a free good read...
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New Products

MBC-20 1930 Duesenberg Town Car '2010 Matchbox/MICA Club model'...

MBC-20 1930 Duesenberg Town Car '2010 Matchbox/MICA Club model'...

£40.00

In 1976, Lesney Products released a very small number of white and orange-red Y4-4 1930 Duesenberg Model 'J' Town Car models; some had yellow seats and hood and others had black seats and hood. This year's Code 2 Club model is based on issue 2 with black seats and hood. In The Yesteryear Book issue 2 is rated as being Extremely Rare with a market value of £2,000.

The 2010-11 Matchbox Club model is a total repaint and features a discreet celebratory decal on the doors of the car. All models are boxed and come with an official certificate.

The maximum production is being restricted to only 60.

Orders are NOW being taken until sold out with delivery scheduled for September 2010. Price for members is £35 plus postage and for Non members £40 plus postage





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The 2010 Matchbox Club Annual...

The 2010 Matchbox Club Annual...

£18.00

Current members can buy the The 2010 Matchbox Club Annual at the discounted price of only £14, (non-members £18) and it will be published in mid to late August.
Members should buy it through the Members' Area to get their discounts...
It is ideal for those of us who like taking a printed glossy magazine to work or on holiday or want to refer to it time after time.

82 full colour A4 sized pages with contents to include:
*The Horace Dunkley Models of Yesteryear Collection sold by Vectis…a full report with great photos of rare models
*25 Years of MICA, the ups and downs by Stewart Orr
*Matchbox News 2009-2010 by David Tilley
*Code 2 Releases, MOY and Dinky 2009-2010
*My time at Matchbox, 18 years Part 2, by Gerry Tekerian
*The MoKo Story and how a Matchbox toy fetched over £10,000 at auction in 2010
*The Definitive inside story on Mattel's Matchbox Toy Show models by Nigel Cooper
*Paul Carr on his time as a Lesney & Matchbox draughtsman
*Me and My Matchboxes by David Henson
***And more, much more...it's a great read.





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DINKY: DKY-03 1949 Commer in 2 tone browns...

DINKY: DKY-03 1949 Commer in 2 tone browns...

£47.00

DKY-03 1949 Commer 'GWR Air Services in either two tone browns or brown and cream both decorated with contemporary advertising graphics...the 3rd in a new regular Matchbox Club series of Code 2 Dinkies with releases scheduled every 8 weeks or so. Limited to only 10 of each.
Members will get a 5% discount on the price.
22 July 2010: 1 in stock
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E-Magazine Postal Auction 26-2

E-Magazine Postal Auction 26-2

This auction list is available as a free download - click the button to add it to you basket and run through the checkout process.

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E-Magazine#13 (Front Cover & List of Contents)

E-Magazine#13 (Front Cover & List of Contents)

CONTENTS OF #13 E MAGAZINE

Editorial Page 1
Matchbox New Releases by David Tilley Pages 2-6
Latest Code 2 News Pages 7 - 11
My Favourite Superfast pre-productions by Nigel Cooper Pages 11 - 16
Code 2 Definitive Listing: MOY 2008 Part 3 by Horace Dunkley Pages 16 - 27
The 26-2 Auction text Pages 27- 33
Blast from the Past: Scorpions by Stewart Orr Pages 33 - 38
Scene and Heard Pages 39 - 42
Lesney & Matchbox Heritage: Talk 1 by G.Tekerian Pages 42 - 58

The front cover is available as a free download - click the button to add it to you basket and run through the checkout process.

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