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| Truck of The Day: May 31 2008; Matchbox '94 Grumman Long Life Vehicle Postal Delivery Truck | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 30 2008, 10:38 PM (1,646 Views) | |
| craftymore | May 30 2008, 10:38 PM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's truck is Matchbox's 1994 Grumman Long Life Vehicle Postal Delivery Truck ![]() Wikipedia
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![]() For more information and pics of the real LLV, please visit Grumman LLV . ![]() It's hard not to see one of these everyday for me as the Post Office is only a block from my house. |
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| jedimario | May 30 2008, 10:49 PM Post #2 |
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Neat, I don't think I knew MB made one. |
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| Swifty | May 30 2008, 11:16 PM Post #3 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Nice one! Long live the Long Life Vehicle!
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| james_autos | May 31 2008, 04:42 AM Post #4 |
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Minivan
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Interesting model, never knew Matchbox did one as well. What a funny looking thing by the way
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| davidj94 | May 31 2008, 08:48 AM Post #5 |
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Out hunting for JL
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Great one to have for dioramas! Also, you just have to appreciate all the detailed "rivets" on this casting! |
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| Celica Baby | May 31 2008, 12:08 PM Post #6 |
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Can you see what I'm saying?
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Now this is just cool! I like it!!! If I had one, perhaps my mail would actually be delivered on time? |
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| ivantt | May 31 2008, 12:38 PM Post #7 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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When did MB run this vehicle? It sounds like all of missed this one......
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| Sak | May 31 2008, 06:28 PM Post #8 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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About 1999, 2000. When I saw it on the pegs, I went, WOW!
I found a second one not long ago...for the diorama
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| Swifty | Jun 1 2008, 05:11 AM Post #9 |
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Jada has recently done one as well. But of course its larger (as Jadas are), less realistic, and riding on blinged rims. Yeah I bought one. I like postal trucks. Actually I had taken pics of the Matchbox casting to run as car of the day in the near future as well. Once I upload them I'll post them here in this thread as well. Seems fitting! |
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| STUTZ | Jun 1 2008, 06:51 PM Post #10 |
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Diecast junkie
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I remember buying it in 1999 or 2000. There also was a Matchbox 2000 logo on the windshield of some of them. The Matchbox 2000 logo was a limited production of 10,000. |
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| ivantt | Jun 1 2008, 07:28 PM Post #11 |
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That was during the time period when I began to look at all diecasts and started buying more than a few now and then, so I missed it. I guess the next question is why have we not seen it run again the past 8 years??
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| craftymore | Jun 1 2008, 08:01 PM Post #12 |
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I'd just like to publicly thank Swifty for letting me do this truck for my week. Sean told me before my week started that he had done the pics for this casting already but still let me go ahead and do it anyway. Thank you so much Sean for the kind gesture.
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| Swifty | Jun 2 2008, 12:40 AM Post #13 |
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They have run it a few times, but always in 5 packs with children's show themes, no other realistic liveries. Likewise the Checker taxicab has been relegated to the same fate outside of the occasional Superfast version. I guess what it comes down to is...how do you re-color this one? Best I've been able to think of you'd just change the registration number, LOL! |
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| Swifty | Jun 6 2008, 03:08 AM Post #14 |
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| craftymore | Jun 6 2008, 07:27 PM Post #15 |
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Great looking pics Swifty. I like that MB casted the LLV witht the sliding door partially open. A really nice touch. Thanks again for letting me steal your thunder on this one and going ahead with using this casting for my week of cotd. It's a really nice gesture on your part. Zach |
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| ivantt | Jun 6 2008, 09:11 PM Post #16 |
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We need a REVAMP! It's been YEARS, many years! I'd buy 6 or more, and I'm sure veryone here admiring this casting would buy one or more. So that settles it!! SWIFTY, contact Matchbox and tell them to start production!!!
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| Supraman | Jun 6 2008, 09:19 PM Post #17 |
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Swifty's @Work Alter Ego
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David Tilley is the current Matchbox Ambassador. He would know who to contact a lot better than I would. But chances are very good that we won't see this casting re-run in a realistic livery ever again, as Matchbox doesn't tend to do many re-issues in the |
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| ivantt | Jun 6 2008, 09:47 PM Post #18 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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BRING IT ON!!! But who will distribute it in their stores?? In the USA, doesn't Walmart have the Superfast line locked up, at least for now??
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| Swifty | Jun 7 2008, 04:43 AM Post #19 |
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Yes they do. And I'm also sure there's no plan to issue this as a Superfast. If they were going to they would have by now, considering the new Superfast has been around for several years now. I do remember this was a very strong seller when released- I only ever found two on pegs, and I worked for Wal*Mart at the time! |
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| Swifty | May 30 2018, 10:22 PM Post #20 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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With several 2018 Matchbox issues being nearly re-releases of older cars, I think it's long past time to see this one return with a new serial number. My mail is still being delivered by one of these on a daily basis, as the USPS slowly determines what its replacement may be. |
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| corvairjim | May 30 2018, 11:07 PM Post #21 |
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As a long term (32+ years) Postal Worker, I have a collection of Postal-themed vehicles. A couple of years ago, while I was going through one of my occasional long-term bouts of Bi-Polar depression, two of my online friends each RAOK'ed me one of these with the Matchbox 2000 on the windshield. You can't imagine the sort of pick up that gave me. I've found other LLV models since then (Jada and Greenlight), but those two Matchboxes are still my favorites because of the caring friends who gave them to me. |
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| pjedsel | May 30 2018, 11:13 PM Post #22 |
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Muscle Car
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It would be nice to see this one return to the line-up as a US mail truck. I live in a rural area so we don't see such vehicles bringing our mail to us - either go down to the post office and get it from a postal box or have a "rural" mail box and it is delivered by a contract carrier, in our case, driving a Ford pick-up with a yellow warning light on the roof. I am trying to remember if I had one of these in my collection when they were new - it was around the time I was getting more selective in what I was buying.
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| juantoo3 | May 31 2018, 02:19 PM Post #23 |
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So sad this is a one and done, would be nice to see it back in the line from time to time. |
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| tksjohn | May 31 2018, 02:28 PM Post #24 |
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Station Wagon
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I've never really looked up the manufacturer of the USPS trucks. I was curious what a Grumman was when I saw this thread! |
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| Pegers | May 31 2018, 03:56 PM Post #25 |
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Pony Car
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a nice casting. |
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