This is going to be a different style blog post than normal. Because this is a fascinating discovery for me. I recently bought some MIMP from Ebay that appeared to be Matchbox Series 1 in different colors than have previously been discovered. I bid on them expecting them to be Sonrics or Italian figures, but hoping they were real.
I got them in last week and finally took pictures of them (I'll put them all at the bottom of this article if you want to skip down and look. I'll wait...) Yellow Hydra, Yellow Harpy, Olive Haniver and Red Haniver have all been thought to not exist...until now.
I have looked at them in some detail and all the sizes match up. The markings on the bottom of the feet match up to the original figures. The colors match up except the Olive Haniver, which appears faded. Even the molding flaws are the same.
At this point, I will add the pictures and let everyone come to their own conclusions. Needless to say I am excited to have these in my collection. Please share your thoughts below.
I got them in last week and finally took pictures of them (I'll put them all at the bottom of this article if you want to skip down and look. I'll wait...) Yellow Hydra, Yellow Harpy, Olive Haniver and Red Haniver have all been thought to not exist...until now.
I have looked at them in some detail and all the sizes match up. The markings on the bottom of the feet match up to the original figures. The colors match up except the Olive Haniver, which appears faded. Even the molding flaws are the same.
At this point, I will add the pictures and let everyone come to their own conclusions. Needless to say I am excited to have these in my collection. Please share your thoughts below.