Hello Matchbox-Friends!

Sorry that there was some time between the last

report and this one. As you might guess I was

„busy“ – let me show you what happend in the

meantime.

Lets start with 24.10.2015 and a Matchbox 1:1

wedding car ;)

You will probably understand that this took some

time I normally used to spent for our hobby!

I can here the

rumours again …

this is not an

ambassador report

as it doesnt have

pure information on

Matchbox … Other

people liked to see

something else … so

lets try a mixture.

Several questions

are with the team

now and I will send

reports and updates

when we have

answers like the

MAN list on the right.

2015 new models:

MAN Name

979 2014 PORSCHE CAYMEN

978 TRAFFIC CONTROL

977 2013 FORD CARGO

976 2015 MAZDA MIATA

975 JAGUAR F-TYPE COUPE

974 CADILLAC ONE LIMO

973 AIRPORT TRACTOR

972 RAIN MAKER

971 MOUNTAIN MOVER

970 2015 FORD F-150 CONTRACTOR TRUCK

969 92' MUSTANG LX SSP POLICE CAR

968 BAY BRIGADE™

967 AIRPORT FIRE TRUCK

966 BMW M5 POLICE CAR

965 ATTACK TRACK™

964 1975 MACK CF PUMPER

963 SPARK ARRESTER™

962 MOTO TRACKER™

961 MAULER HAULER™

960 MALIBU MARAUDER™

959 GATOR RAIDER™

958 ROAR BY FOUR®

957 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAIL HAWK

956 LAMBORGHINI CHEETAH

955 JEEP WILLYS 4X4 PICKUP (1953)

Other point is the distribution problem which effects Europe much

more than the US. At least we did see some of the newer 5packs

now in the stores. Also the „nearly cancelled“ supreme Heroes

wave B models found their way to the shelves and shops.

Our „#mymatchboxpegs“ campaign did help the design team in

their discussions. And we all hope it will improve step by step. But

it will surely work better when not only the Mattel side is pushing

but as well we collectors speak to the shop managers and ask for

the product to show them our needs.

Supreme Heroes of course not in european stores!

Honeymoon on Bali – Thing is still used for touristic cruises!

I guess you all follow the mbxforums, the lamley blog but also make sure to follow

matchboxworld on Instagram – here are some posts you might have missed … I will

surely not repeat all of them here ;)

Still Bali – several VW T2

Restaurants to be found as well

as LandCruiser – now you know

why they are so popular with

indonesian collectors !

Bali taxis are silverblue – the bus

on top connect cities in the inner

country side for the people – the

turtle stil one is a tourist mover

which catched my eye several

times during our roundtrip.

Breaking news:

We just learned that the first batch 2016 will hold the following 2015 models …

So two new models will appear first time – a warm welcome to MB960 Malibu

Marauder and the MB957 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk.

And also the recolor of the Alfa Romeo 4C will be a highlight in this batch as well is

our beloved 1966 Dodge A100 Pickup.

And I learned from my Bali trip that the Toyota Land Cruiser still has lots of followers

in Indonesia. I saw already green Lesney Edition version selling for over €35.-

2016 4 MB975 '15 Jaguar F-Type Coupe Jaguar/Land Rover 2015 Collector Numbers in the 2016 first mix.

2016 16 MB862 '66 Dodge A100 Pickup Dodge

2016 21 MB905 Alfa Romeo 4C FIAT

2016 28 MB348 SCRAPER MB Originals

2016 37 MB704 POWER LIFT MB Originals

2016 40 MB924 '14 Chevy® Silverado 1500 GM

2016 71 MB866 FLAME SMASHER MB Originals

2016 67 MB897 BLAZE BLASTER MB Originals

2016 79 MB960 MALIBU MARAUDER™ Y MB Originals

2016 82 MB957 14 Jeep® Cherokee Trailhawk Y Jeep

2016 88 MB925 RUMBLE RAIDER MB Originals

2016 109 MB506 Hummer® w/ramp Hummer

2016 113 MB764 Toyota Land Cruiser Toyota

This is how

#mymatchboxpegs

look like on Bali!

I only found 3 shops

on the round trip but

they had many

models on pegs but

most non generic

have gone!

Prices are around

29.900 which is

about 2 Euro per

model.

More than in Europe

esp. when you keep

in mind that weighes

are much lower !

Photo-Contest „Explore the world“

I did receive some pics but there is still lots of disk space left for more. Here

are my takes from the last journey!

Y-13-1 Santa Fe American Loco in very rare light green colour –

If you ever wanted to know what a light green Santa Fe looks like here is a pretty good picture of it.

I bought mine in the late 80s which was high price time for rare MoY and it did cost 1000+ DM ;)

Costums are always welcome … especially with MoY & DY guys that dont get new models at the moment since 2006 – I dare to

show you some of my recent highlights … if you have nice costums please send me pics and I will include them into the report.