Released in 2000 as an exclusive set for FAO Scwartz in the U.S.A where 3 different sets, the first was a 4 pack featuring all Volkswagen vehicles and the other two were 10 packs focusing on US or German vehicles.
In 2004 the ”Superfast” brand was revived to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the brand as a premium range of vehicles. Each of the yearly ranges is listed below.
In 2002 a new range titled the ”Stars of Germany” was created and released specifically for Germany. All the models in the range were German designed vehicles like the VW or Porsches.
In 2004 a new range titled the ”Stars of Cars” was created and released throughout Europe. With the success of the ”Stars of Germany” range this allowed a wider variety in the models available for the series.
Some of the models had the brand ”Dinky” tampo printed on the base in white, this was a ploy by Mattel to ensure they protected the copyright by using the brand so its lack of use didnt mean the copyright would fall into another companies possession.
Some of the models had the brand ”Dinky” tampo printed on the base in white, this was a ploy by Mattel to ensure they protected the copyright by using the brand so its lack of use didnt mean the copyright would fall into another companies possession.
The International Gathering of Friends is held annually in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Beginning in 2003 and now sponsored by Mattel, Inc. the owners of the Matchbox brand the event has some exclusive models made each year. You can see what goes on at these events by viewing the 17th Annual Matchbox Gathering Agenda
Starting in 1998 there were several sub-series of vehicles all utilising the Coca-Cola brand as a theme. Some of these were released under the banner of Matchbox Collectibles in a premiere fashion whilst others were in a specially coloured window box and were more like the mainline series.
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.
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