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| The museum currently (2015) has a display cabinet of '''[[Matchbox]] Models of Yesteryear''' vehicles on display in Arch Four, in the cabinet that used to house the "100 Years of Steam" display. At some point this display area is expected to be turned over to small-gauge railway models. | | The museum had a display cabinet of '''[[Lesney]] [[Models of Yesteryear]]''' vehicles (and also some other archaic road vehicle models, such as steam cars) on display in [[Arch Four]], in the cabinet that previously housed the "[[100 Years of Steam]]" display. |
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| There is a further display of Matchbox models under the 00-gauge model railway layout, in [[Arch Three]].
| | Towards the end of 2017, the Matchbox content of this display was moved to the main Matchbox cabinet, and the display reused to house the contents of the miscellaneous lead figures cabinet, along with our collection of [[Heinrichsen]] lead flats, from storage. |
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| ==Matchbox Models of Yesteryear== | | ==See also:== |
| The '''Models of Yesteryear''' range first appeared in 1956, and underwent continual revision and additions until around 1989.
| | * [[:Category: Models of Yesteryear (Lesney)|Models of Yesteryear]] |
| | * [[:Category: Matchbox Series (display)|Matchbox Series (display)]]''' |
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| One of the odder (and more annoying!) aspects of the MOY range was its numbering system. Although each item had a number (usually prefixed with a "Y"), when individual models stopped being produced, the company seemed to decide that it would give a bad impression if the range appeared to have "gaps" in, so numbers from older discontinued models were recycled when newer pieces appeared.
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| This resulted in a numbering system that, globally, was almost completely inconsistent, with the ''majority'' of the later numbers from Y-17 to Y-66 uniquely identifying a specific model (except 18,19, 21, and 23), while the first sixteen numbers were reused so many times that each of these numbers appeared at various times on three or four or five different MOY models.
| | [[Category: Lesney Products|Yesteryear]] |
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| ==Listing of earlier models==
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| ; Y1
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| : '''1:''' ''1956:'' 1925 Allchin Traction Engine
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| : '''2:''' 1964: 1911 Ford Model T Car
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| : '''3:''' 1977: 1936 SS100 Jaguar
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| : '''1''' 1956: 1911 B Type London Bus
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| : '''2''' 1963: 1911 Renault Two-Seater
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| : 3 1970: 1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall
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| : 4 1985: 1930 4.5 Litre Bentley
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| ; Y3
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| : 1 1956: 1907 London E Class Tramcar
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| : 2 1965: 1910 Benz Limousine
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| : 3 1974: 1934 Riley MPH
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| : 4 1981: 1912 Ford Model T Tanker
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| ;Y4
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| : 1: 1956: 1928 Sentinel Wagon
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| : 2: 1960: 1905 Shand Mason Horse Drawn Fire Engine
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| : 3: 1967: 1909 Opel Coupe
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| : 4: 1967: 1930 Duesenberg Model J Town Car
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| ; Y5
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| : 1: 1958: 1929 Le Mans Bentley
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| : 2: 1962: 1929 4.5 Litre Bentley
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| : 3: 1969: 1907 Peugot
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| : 4: 1978: 1927 Talbot Van
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| : 5: 1989: 1929 Leyland Titan Bus
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| ; Y6
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| : 1: 1957: 1916 AEC Y Type Lorry
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| : 2: 1961: 1926 Type 35 Bugatti
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| : 3: 1968: 1913 Cadillac
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| : 4: 1977: 1920 Rolls Royce Fire Engine
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| : 5: 1988: 1932 Mercedes Benz L5 Lorry
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| ; Y7
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| : 1: 1957: 1918 Four Ton Leyland Lorry
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| : 2: 1961: 1913 Mercer Raceabout Type 35J
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| : 3: 1968: 1912 Rolls Royce
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| : 4: 1985: 1930 Ford Breakdown Truck
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| ;Y8
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| : 1: 1958: 1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose
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| : 2: 1962: 1914 Sunbeam Motorcycle with Milford Sidecar
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| : 3: 1969: 1914 Stutz Type 4E Roadster
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| : 4: 1978: 1945 MG TC Car
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| : 5: 1987: 1917 Yorkshire Steam Wagon
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| ; Y9
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| : 1: 1958: 1924 Fowler "Big Lion" Showman's Engine
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| : 2: 1968: 1912 Simplex Car
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| : 3: 1985: 1920 Three Ton Lorry
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| : 4; 1989: 1936 Leyland Cub Fire Engine FK-7
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| ;Y10
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| : 1: 1958: 1908 Grand Prix Mercedes
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| : 2: 1963: 1928 Mercedes Benz 36-220
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| : 3: 1969: 1906 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
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| : 4: 1986: 1957 Maserati 250F
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| : 5: 1988: 1931 Diddler Trolley Bus
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| ;Y11
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| : 1: 1958: 1920 Aveling and Porter Steam Roller
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| : 2: 1964: 1912 Packard Landaulet
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| : 3: 1972: 1938 Lagonda Drophead Coupe
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| : 4: 1986: 1932 Type 51 Bugatti
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| : 5: 1990: 1924 Type 35 Bugatti
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| ;Y12
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| : 1: 1959: 1899 London Horse Drawn Bus
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| : 2: 1967: 1909 Thomas Flyabout
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| : 3: 1979: 1912 Ford Model T Van
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| : 4: 1987: 1829 Stephenson's Rocket
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| : 5: 1988: 1937 GMC Van
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| ;Y13
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| : 1: 1959: 1862 American "General" Class Locomotive
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| : 2: 1966: 1911 Daimler Type A12
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| : 3: 1975: 1918 Crossley
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| ;Y14
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| : 1 1959: 1903 "Duke of Connaught" Locomotive
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| ==Further reading and external links==
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| * ''Kevin McGimpsey'', ''Stewart Orr'' ''et al'', '''Collecting Matchbox Diecast Toys: The first forty years''' (Major Productions, 1989) '''8: The Models of Yesteryear Range''', pages 156-207 ISBN 0951088513
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| * [http://www.chezbois.com/non_corgi/moy_home.htm Models of Yesteryear (chezbois.com)]
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| * [http://www.matchboxmemories.com/ Matchbox Memories (matchboxmemories.com)]
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| * [http://moy.robbinsplace.com/frames/FAQ.htm Models of Yesteryear, Frequently Asked Questions (robbinsplace.com)]
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| * [http://www.virginmedia.com/motoring/features/old-school-matchbox-and-lesney-cars.php?ssid=1 Yesteryear series, 1956 – mid ‘60s (virginmedia.com)]
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