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
First Released : 1989
Scale : 1/140
Also Known as : Earth Mover & Dirt Hauler
Originally released as MB058 in 1977 the model was retooled by having the ‘Faun’ name badge removed from the front of the casting before its re-issue in 1989
Once more this casting was retooled to replace the metal tray with a plastic one in an effort to reduce costs, this new model was then released as MB710
First Released : 2006
Scale : 1/140
Also known as : Dirt Hauler
This model was first released as MB058 in 1977 before being retooled in 1989 and released as MB209. In 2006 it was retooled again this time replacing the metal dump with a cheaper plastic dump.
There are two distinct ranges this year; the USA range and the ROW (Rest of the World) range. 2002 did however have something special, the first 10,000 models of each casting contained the 50th Anniversary logo somewhere on the model, the problem nobody seem to pick up on was that the 50th Anniversary wouldn’t be until 2003; in later years it would become known that Mattel did this on purpose so that the Matchbox Anniversary would not clash with the 35th Anniversary of their other brand ”Hot Wheels”
