First Released : 1977
Scale : 1/140
This casting is possibly one of the widest used and longest serving castings in the entire Matchbox range, starting life as a Lesney casting in 1977 and still in use over 40 years later.
The casting is used not only as a dump truck but also in other guises such as the MB840 : Water Hauler or the MB140 : Faun Mobile Crane
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Released: 1977 Body: Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Yellow Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: – Baseplate: Lesney England |
Released: 1979 Body: Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Red Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: – Baseplate: Lesney England |
Released: 1977 Body: Orange/Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Orange/Yellow Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: – Baseplate: Lesney England |
1977 | 1979 | 1977 |
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Released: 1982 Body: Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Yellow Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: Cat logo & ‘C’ Baseplate: Lesney England |
Released: 1982 Body: Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Yellow Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: C Baseplate: Lesney England |
Released: 1982 Body: Yellow Chassis: Black Plastic Dump: Yellow Wheels: Maltese Cross (Chrome) Tampo: Cat logo Baseplate: Lesney England |
1982 | 1982 | 1982 |
After its run of a few years, the ‘Faun’ name badge was removed from the front of the casting before its next outing as MB209
Casting Change : Removal of ‘Faun’ name | |
MB058 | MB209 |