New Scale from Matchbox!!!

MarinerOne · 11-25-2007, 04:19 AM

Wow ... check out the detail throughout ... and I even bought it from Target!!!

Can't beat the value for $1.99 !!!

B-16707 · 11-25-2007, 04:53 AM

haha 737 on crack. i rather have a sandwich from my local deli =P

MarinerOne · 11-25-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kaitanium

haha 737 on crack. i rather have a sandwich from my local deli =P

You can buy a sandwich for $1.99?

BTW, check out that landing gear detail ... even a full transaxle main gear!!!

Garuda747400 · 11-25-2007, 01:26 PM

The tyres can be changed incase snow is expected at destination airport

MarinerOne · 11-25-2007, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by C-Rex

Good lord, in what scale is that ? Look at those rivets. Huge MudaFokers... haha

Just for kicks, I've placed it next to my NWA GJ 787-8 ... I would say it is very close, if not 1/400th scale ... unfortunately I don't have any 1/400th scale 737s or even 707s/727s, so this is the best I could do.

Look out Gemini and others ... you've got some SERIOUS competition!!!

D-AIHC · 11-25-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MarinerOne

Wow ... check out the detail throughout ... and I even bought it from Target!!! Can't beat the value for $1.99 !!!

Too bad it doesn't have a registration, or else I'll seriously consider it for my collection.

For $1.99, I can overlook the thick blended winglets and HUGE landing gears...

N. Eberhard · 11-25-2007, 06:21 PM

I am guessing that the janitor at AA approved of this one. No way it made it to the regular licensing guys.

MarinerOne · 11-25-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by N. Eberhard

I am guessing that the janitor at AA approved of this one. No way it made it to the regular licensing guys.

Hey, it's a MATCHBOX ... and those guys have a reputation ... what kind I can't tell you, but their cars are better than these planes that's for DARNED sure!

I'll tell ya one thing ... the engine pylons are almost as good as some of Gemini's early efforts (747-100s/200s/400s), even though these wings are made of plastic ... did I say that?

CcrlR737pilot · 11-26-2007, 01:57 PM

their planes were allways terrible. I remember when I was a kid when they had several ones out and I kept buying them. my friends and I would play with these in the dirt like our matchbox cars. They had some really nice ones including the Concorde, a Fedex A300, and a Continental Dc-9, plus others. This was WAY before I started collecting the collecter style ones.

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 12-27-2007, 01:14 AM

The original from the 90s was entirely die cast metal; this version reputedly has plastic wings (I haven't seen it) so it's more of a Dragon Wings.

I do have the new DHL cargo jet that looks something like an Il-76 - it is not the BAe 146 for sure.

The Continental DC-9-30 you remember was probably an Ertl model.

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 12-27-2007, 06:39 PM

Not crap at all, WELLY has some solid metal TOY (not scale model) airliners with nice tampo printing.

LOT 737-300 · 12-27-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ANTHONY F DUVA JR

The original from the 90s was entirely die cast metal; this version reputedly has plastic wings (I haven't seen it) so it's more of a Dragon Wings.
I do have the new DHL cargo jet that looks something like an Il-76 - it is not the BAe 146 for sure.
The Continental DC-9-30 you remember was probably an Ertl model.

I actually have a Continental BAe 146 from Matchbox. I got it years ago, when I was very young and way before I started to seriously collect. I can tell you, with the size of the details (like doors) and the amount of Windows, this thing is a entirely new widebody type in 1:500 scale.

These are nothing new though, I have quite a few planes that they had made that I got when I was really young, some are in ok shape, others need some new paint on them.
Amongst them is:
CO BAe 146 and DC-10
FedEx A300
Iberia A300
BA Landor 747 and Concorde
Air France Concorde
"Forestry Service" C207

These are great if you want to bring up a little collector, I will admit that though. I even have a little Matchbox airport in boxes somewhere in the attic too!

lollomz · 12-28-2007, 04:34 AM

Well, I think it's a nice toy! Don't confuse it with collectors planes, they're not toys!

Lollo

lollomz · 12-28-2007, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by C-Rex

What's the difference? I bet an untrained eye or a non-collector ever notice that there are two categories, "collector's models" and "toy models"..

Are you kidding me ? I'll take back my previous comments of the this toy aircraft.

Hi C-Rex, did you read the PM I sent you about the jetways?

Lollo

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 01-03-2008, 06:57 PM

Here is an original Matchbox Sky-Busters #SB-40 737-300 from the early 90s back when they still were sold in boxes.

Note the engraved windows. The tampo printing is pretty good for a toy. It's all metal throughout, and in a color scheme not often seen on a toy.

B-16707 · 01-03-2008, 07:32 PM

dannnnnnnggggg now thats a nice WIDEbody. what can that 737 fit? 2+2+2? with two aisles?

lol always fun to see these toys. i can see why you collectors love the tins and such.

D-AIHC · 01-04-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kaitanium

2+2+2? with two aisles?

Make it 2-4-2 ala A300!

C-Rex · 01-04-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by D-AIHC

Make it 2-4-2 ala A300!

Looks like a 310 to me ..?

ANTHONY F DUVA JR · 01-04-2008, 01:42 PM

now you can see why pilots called the 737 the "fat little piggie!"

11-25-2007, 04:19 AM	#1
MarinerOne Insane Collector Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: SAN Age: 40 Posts: 1,303	New Scale from Matchbox!!! Wow ... check out the detail throughout ... and I even bought it from Target!!! Can't beat the value for $1.99 !!!

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B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,856	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! haha 737 on crack. i rather have a sandwich from my local deli =P __________________

11-25-2007, 01:26 PM	#4
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11-25-2007, 06:21 PM	#7
N. Eberhard Dr. Diecast I presume? Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Age: 44 Posts: 3,517	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! I am guessing that the janitor at AA approved of this one. No way it made it to the regular licensing guys.

11-26-2007, 01:57 PM	#9
CcrlR737pilot collector and AMT Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago IL Age: 23 Posts: 893	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! their planes were allways terrible. I remember when I was a kid when they had several ones out and I kept buying them. my friends and I would play with these in the dirt like our matchbox cars. They had some really nice ones including the Concorde, a Fedex A300, and a Continental Dc-9, plus others. This was WAY before I started collecting the collecter style ones. __________________ I flushed a potato down the toilet and now we have to live in a hotel!

12-27-2007, 01:14 AM	#10
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! The original from the 90s was entirely die cast metal; this version reputedly has plastic wings (I haven't seen it) so it's more of a Dragon Wings. I do have the new DHL cargo jet that looks something like an Il-76 - it is not the BAe 146 for sure. The Continental DC-9-30 you remember was probably an Ertl model. __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

12-27-2007, 06:39 PM	#11
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! Not crap at all, WELLY has some solid metal TOY (not scale model) airliners with nice tampo printing. __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

12-28-2007, 04:34 AM	#13
lollomz Insane Collector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monza - Italy Age: 36 Posts: 1,872	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! Well, I think it's a nice toy! Don't confuse it with collectors planes, they're not toys! Lollo __________________ TRIJETS LOVER!

01-03-2008, 06:57 PM	#15
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! Here is an original Matchbox Sky-Busters #SB-40 737-300 from the early 90s back when they still were sold in boxes. Note the engraved windows. The tampo printing is pretty good for a toy. It's all metal throughout, and in a color scheme not often seen on a toy. __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

01-03-2008, 07:32 PM	#16
B-16707 i need more space Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,856	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! dannnnnnnggggg now thats a nice WIDEbody. what can that 737 fit? 2+2+2? with two aisles? lol always fun to see these toys. i can see why you collectors love the tins and such. __________________

01-04-2008, 01:42 PM	#19
ANTHONY F DUVA JR ^~.. Maximum R & B ..~^ Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of a thousand dances Posts: 3,064	Re: New Scale from Matchbox!!! now you can see why pilots called the 737 the "fat little piggie!" __________________ FLY DUVA AIR's LUXURIOUS, DOUBLE-DECK BOEING "STRATO" CLIPPER !

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