Matchbox Lesney Edition

I started collecting die cast back in mid 2011, and hanging around on the pegs back then were Matchbox Lesney Editions. Priced at either $7.99 or $9.99 (depending on the retailer) I thought they were a tad too expensive at the time since I still had Transformers as my expensive hobby and die cast were to be the cheap hobby (I was also unemployed at the time, which didn't help).

Fast forward a few years and now I crave the more premium options from the various die cast makers, and think "nothing" of spending $10-15NZ on a premium die cast car (at 1/64 scale). How times change!

While having a look around Trademe (New Zealands version of eBay), I found a seller who had several Matchbox Lesney Editions for sale. Comparing my list of what I had, verses what the seller had, I decided to go with a small order of 5 cars. The seller got back to me very quickly with a postage quote and so I paid and waited. The next day I received a message from the seller apologising - he could not find a couple of my cars, but had attached images of what he had and asked me to pick replacements but if nothing suited he would give me a refund.

As I needed/wanted a heap of cars, I made a primary list and a secondary list and gave both to the seller who said he would hold the secondary list for me for a few weeks (waiting on my own payday). Being impatient, I paid for the secondary list a few days later and waited for both parcels to arrive (which happened while I was away for work).

Opening both parcels, I wasn't disappointed with my selections and added a couple of cars to my wish list to also open.

Now to find the others that I am missing (along with a checklist - if anyone knows, please get in touch)