Matchbox 5-Pack of 1:64 Scale Vehicles, 5 Toy Car Collection of Real-World Replicas for Kids 3 Years Old & Up, C1817

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Box is gone. Recue/Rescue, it makes no difference to me. I am all about these 5 really cool little models. They are all based on vehicles that are in the Boone County vehicle pool.

It was also added to the 2008 Best of British series too also in red as red was its most logical colour, they were going with variations on a red theme. Hazard Squad. Yes this is a Matchbox originals design, but can you tell what the real one is? Picture courtesy of Keith Hoskins It makes this issue stand out from the others. I did wonder about having 806 on the side. Often they tend to put the MAN numbers on there, but that was 817. But then I notice the real one has 806 on the side, so it makes sense. There was quite a lot to take in with this one. I am really impressed with it. It debuted in 2019 as MB41 in red with, oh look, an El Segundo design on it. I see lots of recurring themes here. Each 1:64 scale vehicle is highly detailed from bumper to fender with realistic accents like rolling wheels and lifelike decos.Of course this was also used to say thanks to the firefighters as well, as they just couldn’t stop. Fires weren’t going to go away. A very lovely and thoughtful design. Next up I move into the Universal era with a Dodge Dakota inspired by the Ram 1500 Police. Obviously Ram is the spun-off arm of the Dodge brand so the Dakota is related, and it has always been such a cool little casting.

Next up we get the MB817 Ford F-550 Super Duty in white and yellow. This is based on a real vehicle. Picture courtesy of Keith Hoskins We then get the MB1179 2016 Ford Interceptor Utility in white. Again based on one of the real vehicles they use. Picture courtesy of Keith Hoskins And well I should continue the history shouldn’t I. Because as they were discussing the Expedition, they also set up a second Boone County model at the same time. The MB771 Ford E-350 Ambulance was set up in the Boone County Fire District livery for the 2011 Lesney Edition series. But it was not just a US exclusive. In 2000 Mattel were going nuts with the basic range, creating 5 different series. The US would see a set of 100 models, where the ROW range would see 75. But the ROW market had some exclusive not in the US range, the US had 25 additional exclusives not in the ROW range, but the ROW range also split further. With the UK, German and Australian markets being their strongest markets at the time, each one of these saw a set of 10 from the 75 being exclusive to their market. The UK saw the Ambulance as MB38. This was in a Metropolitan Police theme. Of course if you are anything like me and hunting for shades everywhere, you might have found the yellow stripe does change between a lighter and darker shade too.Yes I was out in the garden with these utilizing a few of the Action Driver playsets as I felt they were a good fit. Which again has a habit of not being applied to the doors. After 1974 the model was dropped from the range and never used again. Now I rarely do code 2 models, but once in a while something appeals to me because of who has made it. In this case, Keith had a special run made of the MB1087 ’33 Plymouth PC Sedan. Being friends, I was interested in acquiring one of the 30 that were made through Color Comp. They took the original 2018 debut version of the Plymouth which sported a Police side design. This is a really impressive set, and I can imagine that Keith, and those he works with, are extremely happy with the way it all came out. Or with the base. This came with an all-new base stating it was the police car, but could have quite easily used the base for the MB59 Fire Chief/MB73 Commuter as they were using the same base as each other.