the sight of this prompted me to photograph some of my old matchbox toy cars for flickr. and the comments led me to this dealer site which makes me slightly breathless - i possessed around 50% of these cars. when i was small my dad used to come home with them as a present for me, and the ones from the 50s were in the toybox at my grandparents' house which had belonged to my uncle. it's amazing to see them again as i first remember them - new, with paint on.
but some of the breathlessness is no doubt due to the prices quoted! in fact this site has truly breathtaking prices, but the models are mint condition with boxes.
i had the original james bond aston martin in 1965. i tried cleaning it once with lilac wax polish which stuck in all the grooves. it got lost when we moved house :_( strangely, we still have the 'villain' from the ejector seat.
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