I’ve been thinking about Matchboxes. Or, I should say Matchbox boxes. When I see photos online of collections from the UK or Europe, the cars are often paired with the original boxes. It seems to be less so in the U.S. In fact, in all my years of hunting, I almost never come across cars in boxes. I still have some nice Matchbox examples from my childhood, but I don’t remember much about the packaging. If anything, I seem to remember looking at a display where all of the cars were hanging in blister cards.
This is only the second Matchbox box that I’ve added to my collection of over 230 loose Matchbox cars. Like the Ford Tractor and Harrow box, this box for the Matchbox #45 BMW 3.0 CSL is a pickup from my Wichita eBay friend. The boxes, with their bold graphics and beautiful illustrations, really are an enhancement to a collection.
Matchbox | 1976 | #45 | BMW 3.0 CSL | box only
Fortunately, in this case I already have a nice example of the BMW 3.0 CSL to pair with it. Looks pretty good, doesn’t it?
The Race Case MBX 