BOX FACTS

SERIES :

Regular Wheels

FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION :

1958

BOX TYPES :

B, C

SIZE AVAILABLE :

3

TOTAL VARIATIONS :

7

NUMBER OF MAJOR VARIATIONS :

4

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFO

Packaged exclusively in size 3 boxes, the 43A began its career in a B2 box, on a drawing made for a size 2 container. The blue rectangle surrounds the drawing and front and back are just a bit different, as numbers are slightly more to the right on one side. The same thing would happen with the similar drawing stretched to a size 3 drawing that can be found on the B4 box. The end flaps on this one also have the Minx between “ “. A B5 would also be released with the same picture, but the “ “ would disappear from the end flaps. All drawings have a light background.

A final set of B4/B5 boxes would later be made, showing the model without background. The model number are also away from the scroll.

The C box would reuse the later box.

RARITY

It is difficult to tell at this point if any B box are scarcer than another, but the C box is definitely more difficult to obtain.

VARIATION LIST

RW43A - HILLMAN MINX

 

 

Front/Back

#

Type/Sub-type

Size

Top/Bottom

End Flap

Variation #

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\43A-BBoxB2B3.jpg

Logo Description automatically generated

(Red model, yellow wheels and hubs, light background, Right #43 is slightly more to the right of picture on other side of box, blue square.)

1

B2

3

Blue / Black

A picture containing text Description automatically generated

RW-43A-B2-1a

2

B3

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\43A-B3.jpg

RW-43A-B3-1b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\43A-B4B5BoxLightBackGroundNumberAndModelToLeft.jpg

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\43A-B4BoxLightBackGroundNumberToRight.jpg

(Red model, yellow wheels and hubs, light background, Right #43 is slightly more to the right of picture on other side of box.)

3

B4

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RW-43A-B4-2a

4

B5

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\43A-B5.jpg

RW-43A-B5-2b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\43A-BBox.JPG

(Red model, yellow wheels and hubs, no background, numbers away from model)

5

B4

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated

RW-43A-B4-3a

6

B5

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\43A-B5.jpg

RW-43A-B5-3b

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\43A-CBox.jpg

(Red model, yellow wheels and hubs, no background, numbers away from model (same as B Box RW-43A-B4-3a))

7

C

C:\Users\Patrice\Documents\Pictures\Images\Matchbox Images\Matchbox\VintageLesneyOnTheWeb\NewVintageLesneyOnline2006\images\EndFlaps\43A-B5.jpg

RW-43A-C-1a