Welcome to THE MATCHBOX CLUB

Welcome to THE MATCHBOX CLUB


Kevin McGimpsey the editor of the Matchbox Club web site and its team of writers welcome you to The Matchbox Club (MICA).

In 1985, Kevin and Stewart Orr founded MICA at the request of the Matchbox trade mark owners, Matchbox International. Matchbox wanted an official and independently run club and so Kevin and Stewart worked closely with MatchboxToys UK based in Enfield, Middlesex England in order to keep the members regularly informed about the Matchbox hobby.

Although the Matchbox brand has changed hands several times since 1985, the Matchbox Club continues today.

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.

Stewart left in 2001 and Kevin has continued to run the Club since. Due to print costs it was decided to cease printing the magazine in 2007 and to instead communicate with members and Matchbox collectors via a quarterly E-Magazine.

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): #25 will be published in July 2013 (available to members)
The Postal Auction (4 a year)
Auction results (available to members)
The Matchbox Shop
The Club's Archives of past articles
The monthly Matchbox Ambassador's Report on what's new!
The 2013 Matchbox Club Annual (optional charge)

You can also buy all kinds of old, new and rare Matchbox products through the Matchbox Club Auctions, which take place every 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
OR Club Secretary
dawn@matchboxclub.com telephone 00 44 (0) 7429 845 370


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...

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MATCHBOX TOYS WEBSITE

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MATCHBOX TOYS WEBSITE

To get onto the Matchbox Mattel website click Matchbox Best of British


New Products

Lot 80. MINIATURE SF: ...

Lot 80. MINIATURE SF: ...

#70e Ferrari 308 pre-production with an incomplete date on base, some marks, hence 98-99% mint; a red Actros pre-production with a blank base; a blue #17 Londoner Bus, with a mark on roof; #38 Formula 5000 without labels together with a collection of 5 others as per the image, all unboxed. N.B. Buyer contributes £5 to postage.
Reserve £40
Provenance: The Richard Herd (Lesney Drawing office Eastway started in 1968) Collection

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Lot 128. GIFTWARES:

Lot 128. GIFTWARES:

Skybuster Boeing 745 'British Airways' on a black ceramic tray, complete with an excellent white 'Gifts By Lesney' window box and card outer together with a Red AEC Bus in miniature fitted to a Deluxe Wood Cigarette or Trinket Box, complete with its white 'Gifts By Lesney' window box, crushed one side. (2) N.B. Buyer contributes £8 to postage.
Reserve £25
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Lot 127. GIFTWARES

Lot 127. GIFTWARES

City of London Heraldic Shield on a brown ceramic dish complete with its excellent white 'Gifts By Lesney' window box (small tear to top of box) and card outer. Together with a mint un-boxed St. Paul's London wooden trinket box and 1952-1977 Silver Jubilee crest on a brown ceramic dish. (3) N.B. Buyer contributes £8 to postage.
Reserve £20
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