- 1. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net
- Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 21:35:33 +0000
- Michael S. Lishego asked: I don't know what other MG models were made by Matchbox, but I have three of the MG 1100 models. They're supposed to come in three different colors, but I've only been able
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00072.html (7,910 bytes)
- 2. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:02:54 +1000
- seat I've got a Matchbox 1973 BGT V8 in red, still boxed I bought about 10 years ago. This model was pretty common back then, they also brought out a plain MG BGT a couple of years later. I tell you
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00076.html (7,771 bytes)
- 3. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 23:11:05 -0700 (MST)
- I thought they were all that way, they just have to grow on you! (The BGT) Here come the flames! :) Andrew Lundgren Lundgren@iname.com http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00077.html (7,656 bytes)
- 4. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:17:59 +1000
- Thats ok! I think all non GT, MG B's are ugly! <VBG> Should I also have my flame suit donned as well?? *lol* All in good fun, Neil.
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00078.html (7,467 bytes)
- 5. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:04:28 -0600
- Respectfully suggest nomex skivvies under the flame suit. There is no accounting for taste or the lack thereof. John
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00095.html (7,672 bytes)
- 6. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 11:53:40 -0500
- Better put on the Kevlar also. Carl E. I love GTs
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00097.html (7,838 bytes)
- 7. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:24:41 +0000
- Neil Cotty opined (when he should have been working on his engine): Actually, the 1100 models are perfectly proportioned, just like the cars. All of the Marchbox cars I've seen have been exactly like
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00107.html (7,649 bytes)
- 8. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:59:18 +1000
- what OoooooOooooOOO!?!?! I don't believe it, did you just infer that my MG is a Tr**??!!?!!? Thats it, thats it!! You've gone too far this time Denise!! ;)) I'm afraid that was the last time I call
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00108.html (8,007 bytes)
- 9. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:40:01 +0000
- Neil Cotty misinterpreted my innocent suggestion thusly: No no NOoooo. I meant you accidentally bought a GT6 Matchbox car instead of a BGT and that's why it looked so strange. I would _never_ impugn
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00119.html (8,372 bytes)
- 10. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Neil_Oldfield@nag.national.com.au
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 09:31:03 +1000
- Ok Neil, Denise relax, as a Matchbox collector, I may be able to solve your argument. Firstly I may be wrong but I dont think Matchbox produced a model of the BGT. I t did produce the 1100, which I t
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00151.html (8,783 bytes)
- 11. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@bc.sympatico.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 18:54:52 -0800 (PST)
- Neil et al, As I type (slowly, with my right hand) I hold a Matchbox "Dinky" model of a Mineral Blue `65 BGT with a sunroof. It's almost exactly the same as the GT I have scattered about the yard, ho
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00169.html (8,126 bytes)
- 12. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:18:32 +1000
- Ahem. <G> I think I know what model it is, and how to spot the difference between a BGT V8 and an 1100. <G> After all I have a GT in my driveway.. Perhaps my sarcasm has gone out of control. I have
- /html/mgs/1999-02/msg00175.html (8,519 bytes)
- 13. Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Carl Elliott <grunt2@adelphia.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:24:29 -0500
- I was at Wal Mart today . They had the MGF Matchbox car, I bought all they had 8 if anyone wants one they were $ 1.32 each plus what ever it cost to mail them to you let me know. I have a couple for
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg01761.html (6,423 bytes)
- 14. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 03:33:53 -0500
- I too had been seeking the elusive MGF before today too. A friend who worked at Wal-Mart told me that a lot of their toy shipments come in on Fridays and Saturdays. I went out this afternoon, (despit
- /html/mgs/1999-01/msg01776.html (7,668 bytes)
- 15. Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Mowog1@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 12:55:48 EST
- Yo chaps! For those of you looking for a Christmas stocking stuffer (or just needing to add to your collection), Matchbox now has a MGF in its stable. It is #66 in Series #10..."Street Cruisers"....(
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01139.html (7,087 bytes)
- 16. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 05:16:12 +0000
- May I be the first to say... YUK! Who in their right mind would do *that* to an MG? We are getting quite a few MGF's cruising around Adelaide now and they are all nice, solid metallic colours (blues
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01143.html (7,570 bytes)
- 17. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Raby <mgworld@chp.ltd.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:11:20 -0000
- Colour scheme sounds awful. You'd be better going for the very well detailed 1/18 scale Corgi model which fits in nicely with Burago models. Happy Christmas! Cheers, Philip Raby Editor, MG World PO B
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01180.html (7,683 bytes)
- 18. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Carnell" <carnellm@palmettobug.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:31:47 -0500
- That may be true, but the Matchbox is less than a dollar. In fact I have bought a few for 68 cents. I plan on taking some, stripping the paint off, detailing them and then repainting them in appropri
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01244.html (8,485 bytes)
- 19. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:02:50 -0700 (MST)
- I have wanted a Matchbox/Hot Wheels MGB for a while. Was one ever Andrew Lundgren Lundgren@iname.com http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01251.html (7,773 bytes)
- 20. Re: Matchbox MGF (score: 1)
- Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:07:28 -0700 (MST)
- It doesn't look too bad. See the website below.... http://www.matchbox.com/showcase/1_75/75series.asp?series_id=10&car_id=6 6 Andrew Lundgren Lundgren@iname.com http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg01253.html (7,379 bytes)
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