First released in 1989 and continuing for a few years was a sub series with a range of military themed vehicles. The series was split in to two teams; each containing 12 vehicles.
There have been over the years some special release models that when made were not given a MAN Number and do not fall under the NON-Superfast category either. Those models are listed below.
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Matchbox a special ”Birthday” collection of 50 vehicles was released, each car came with a small plastic license plate to represent each of the 50 states of America. There were an additional 4 vehicles exclusive (Mail in) models for 4 countries and another 4 models released world wide.
There are three distinct ranges this year; the USA range, the German range and the ROW (Rest of the World) range. 1999 is also the first time in decades that the range expanded beyond the 75 vehicle limit with the USA range expanding to 100 vehicles in total.
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