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| W_Body_Geek | Jan 29 2012, 10:47 PM Post #1 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() White.. Probably a 1980s release; not sure. I got this recently from a friend He said it should remind me of my youth, and it does. Because I grew up with one of these ![]() ![]() No, that's not the original survivor; my original Texaco car has long since been turned into a pop can.
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| craftymore | Jan 29 2012, 10:52 PM Post #2 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Not easy to go wrong with any 8 dot MB from the 80s. |
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| Swifty | Jan 29 2012, 11:40 PM Post #3 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Great casting! |
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| NoirGuru | Jan 29 2012, 11:43 PM Post #4 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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Love the casting. How many white variations were there? |
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| Billy Kingsley | Jan 30 2012, 03:21 AM Post #5 |
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The Mad Documenter!
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Very nice. Definitly 80s. I have, or had, one of these. It may be one of the cars missing, some of my collection is missing...but I know I had both of these versions, and a yellow one as well. |
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| james_autos | Jan 30 2012, 04:26 AM Post #6 |
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I had one when I was younger that is long gone. Now I only have the MC Toy version, which is a copy of the Matchbox.
Edited by james_autos, Jan 30 2012, 04:26 AM.
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| diecastdingo | Jan 30 2012, 06:08 AM Post #7 |
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There were also two versions of this as Taxis in the Lights and Sounds series - sorry, I should have dusted them off before taking the pics:![]()
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| JustDavid | Jan 30 2012, 12:16 PM Post #8 |
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There's quite a number of variations of this car. I recently found a well-loved yellow version and put it in my salvage yard. The white also was available with a white or grey spoiler. |
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| Dean-o-mite | Jan 30 2012, 07:50 PM Post #9 |
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I always really liked the Matchbox Sierra....even more than the real car. Here are the 20 variations on the Sierra that I have in my MB collection: (The white ones were made in England, as yours should be...the England made Sierras were the earliest, from 1984) ![]() As David pointed out, the white one had a variation in regards to spoiler color ![]() The silver is also an England release ![]() When production moved to Macau, the silver version became a creamy silver-gray color, the tampo became a darker red, and the windows went from clear, to amber ![]() wheel variation ![]() This yellow is a fairly common variation ![]() With gold wheels, is a bit harder to find ![]() What was planned to be a BP gas promo issue, became this release, which still has the outline of the original "BP" logo underneath the black area of the hood ![]() Some rally releases (I think the Texaco car was the only one of these available in the US) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fly Virgin Atlantic - from when Matchbox had a bunch of airline giftsets ![]() Laser Wheels edition ![]() Superfast edition, with starburst wheels ![]() Light And Sound - Airport Security ![]() Light And Sound Police ![]() ![]() And the taxis, same as shown by Dingo. My two taxis still have their light and sound function, whereas the police and security versions no longer work. ![]() ![]() |
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| NoirGuru | Jan 30 2012, 08:09 PM Post #10 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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Great pics guys! ...As for the light & sound variations, what sounds would a two light taxi make? |
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| Dean-o-mite | Jan 30 2012, 08:11 PM Post #11 |
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Same generic siren as the cop cars....which is ironic that those are the ones that still work, since they are completely unrealistic...flashing lights and a siren on a taxi would get the operator arrested around here... |
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| NoirGuru | Jan 30 2012, 08:16 PM Post #12 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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...And then you'd have the times when you need to constantly push the seat forward to seat people in the back... ...Because that's convinient! I'll definitely add the taxi variation to my wish list. |
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