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someone@some.domain - 01 Feb 2009 00:43 GMT

the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
the hobbytown guy said the 110 was made in china.

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Mad-Modeller - 01 Feb 2009 02:23 GMT

> the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
> the hobbytown guy said the 110 was made in china.

Interesting. Mattel got the rights to the die-cast cars but I do not
know if there was some sort of mould sharing deal arranged between
Mattel and Revell AG.
IIRC, I still have one of the Ertl-Esci kits moulded in China and
carrying the old titles on the box. Had they been done here I suppose
they would have been marked as AMT kits.
These moulds and their origins can be as convoluted as a family
relationship on a soap opera.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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someone@some.domain - 01 Feb 2009 03:12 GMT

>> the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
>> the hobbytown guy said the 110 was made in china.
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>
>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

sure looks like it. but as long as the good ones are still used, who cares.
the heyford was about $15. the 110 was $10.

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eyeball - 01 Feb 2009 04:43 GMT

On Jan 31, 7:43 pm, some...@some.domain wrote:

> the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
> the hobbytown guy said the 110 was made in china.

I've seen quite a few of the old Matchbox kits over on evil-bay, made
in China. Quality is good enough, if you can find a cheap importer and
can stomach dealing with the People's Republic of hypocrisy and greed
yet again.

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someone@some.domain - 01 Feb 2009 05:28 GMT

>On Jan 31, 7:43=A0pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
>> the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>can stomach dealing with the People's Republic of hypocrisy and greed
>yet again.

i get them at hobby town. they don't have chinese on them but neither does
levi, jordache or ford.

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eyeball - 01 Feb 2009 15:46 GMT

On Feb 1, 12:28 am, some...@some.domain wrote:

> In article <8d2bb9a1-d29e-41b8-ba72-c1d626626...@t3g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, eyeball <eyeball2002...@aol.com> wrote:>On Jan 31, 7:43=A0pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
> >> the kit has all matchbox markings on it. so does the m2 110.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> i get them at hobby town. they don't have chinese on them but neither does
> levi, jordache or ford.

The matchbox kits do have chinese instructions, at least some of them.

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someone@some.domain - 01 Feb 2009 17:25 GMT

>On Feb 1, 12:28=A0am, some...@some.domain wrote:
>> In article <8d2bb9a1-d29e-41b8-ba72-c1d626626...@t3g2000yqa.googlegroups.=
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>The matchbox kits do have chinese instructions, at least some of them.

ok.

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