Matchbox MB440 Lotus Elise resine prototype / pre-pro For Sale - New and Used

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Hello, many of you will recognize that name from my other listings here on . I'm in the process of setting up a new store in english especially for the US. As won't let me open a second store besides my german one under the same ID i had to set up this new ID "harveys-matchbox-us". So, unfortunaly i have to start from scratch with this new ID, if you would like to know how i performed in the past please check my response recieved for harveys-matchbox!
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If you're a serious Matchbox Collector check out my store, full of vintage Matchbox models ( 1-75 Regular Wheels & Superfast, King Size ), catalogs, Giftsets, Displays, Accessories....Matchbox 1-75 Series post Lesney / 1983 Macau / China / Thailand
What are resine prototypes? Before a new model was choosen for production and the diecast moulds were made ( a new mould just for the body casting usually costs a 5 figure amount before it's production ready ) prototypes were made by hand from resine. These were made as close as possible to the later production model to give the company an idea how the production model would look like. These were also used as an inexpensive way to create "decoration trial" models by beeing painted in the planned colour schemes and decorated by hand in possible liveries. These resine models were then shown to all related departments of the company as well as the company who gave the permission to produce "their" model. Every car maker requested a final approval from their side before a model based on their own cars went into production. Im most cases there were lots of changes requested during this process leading to several different prototypes beeing made getting closer and closer to the final casting. When all parties involved gave it a "go" to a finalized prototype the production of the actual moulds started based on that agreed final prototype. Here i can offer a few of such hand made resine prototyes. Matchbox MB440 Lotus Elise
Resine prototype for the MB440 Lotus Elise, painted in yellow with black interior. Mint condition.If needed i will provide additional pictures and details, just contact me.

Shipping to the US & CA ( and anywhere else in the world ): $ 10. Thats airmail, registered ( proof of postage, tracking number, signature required on your end ).

I usually ship within one day after i recieved payment, most of my packages to the US and Canada are arriving there within 5-8 days.

Guarantee of authenticity: I do guarantee the authenticity of each and any model or box i sell, no fakes, repaints, replacement decals/labels/parts, customs or fotocopied boxes! Everything here is original! In case of listing an repainted model it will always be classified as such. Of course that guarantee also covers all my older paper related collectors items such as catalogs, leaflets, trade sheets and therelike. Anything i list is an genuine vintage collectible item. I do not use any kind of "reproduction" parts.