This survey was open to everyone...

The Matchbox Club heldia unique survey asking collectors, members and non members alike to nominate their Top 10 all time Rare Matchbox models.

Such a survey had never been done before. And of course the choices were often subjective and personal, but considerations included, scarcity, monetary value and desirability...

All Matchbox model choices had to be 100% genuine...

THE MATCHBOX TOP 10...

Collectors were invited to nominate their 10 rarest Matchbox models, giving each one up to 10 points reflecting its scale of rarity, with 10 being the highest.

The survey had no ambitions to prove what may be the most expensive or the rarest or most beloved model, it just came up with Top 10 models as people rated them.

Anything went...

i.e. any model made by Moko/Lesney/Matchbox, from early Moko/Lesney ones, through 1:75, Superfast, Models of Yesteryear, Gift sets and multiple packs, Giftware, King Size, Major Packs and Accessory Packs, pre-productions in all ranges to modern day Mattel-Matchbox Toy Fair releases and Superfast; Matchbox Dinky and Code 2 models too.

List 10 models and award them marks out of 10....

We prefered not to impose strict criteria as to how collectors should select the models and present your survey.

They DID NOT have to own any model that selected; they could select up to 10 models and they did not have to be listed in order of their value or rarity.

We left the grading of the models up to the collector, rather than arbitrarily grading them by their listed order ourselves.

We asked that they gave each model 1-10 (rarest) points each. Should they not attribute any points to any models, though, they automatically ended up with just one point each...

As for their selection, they were asked to choose the 10 that they perceived as the rarest ever - perhaps the 10 they would ideally like to have. Each selection would be very different from anybody else's, and that is exactly what surveys or hit parades are for: they add up all the single votes and the overall score shows what the participants agree upon most, and what we would otherwise never find out - and who knows, their own selection may reflect the general consensus!

There was no aim to prove anything, no ambition to "officially" proclaim what may be the rarest or most expensive model, the results were simply expected to show what the collectors considered as the most desirable, valued, admired, popular, etc. models.

The final results...

The results i.e. "The Top 10 Matchbox Models" and the next 100 was initially published in the 2011 Matchbox Club Annual. Thereafter in other Collector magazines, on a world-wide basis and on all the relevant Internet based Matchbox forums etc.

You are invited to down load the survey free of charge...