1973 - 2010 The Story of Matchbox Kits

Who can ever forget the aircraft kits with the multicolored plastic parts?

Unlike other makes, Matchbox just didn’t suddenly appear one day on the plastic scale models scene. Matchbox came from the well-known range of die-cast vehicles of the same name.

The Lesney company which used the brand name “Matchbox” was founded in 1953 by Mr Leslie Smith (who remained on the board of the company throughout his career – he died in 2005) and Mr Rodney Smith. It was this company that thought up the…