Car Lamley Group: January 21 Matchbox Ambassador Update: A review of upcoming models...

Well, we knew this would happen occasionally.

The Mattel Matchbox Design Team and I were crossing our fingers that more FEP's would arrive at the Design Center late last week, so that we would have some more sneaks for you today. Alas, our finger crossing failed. And trust me, we crossed them as hard as we could.

So no sneaks this week, but we hope to have some more tidbits next week. For now, how about a review of everything we have seen so far for 2013? At least it is all now in one place.

But first, I should let you know that we are working on finding out what stores are slated to carry the 60th line. Some collectors have reported finding them in certain stores worldwide, but so far we have seen nothing in big box stores like Target and Walmart. The Design Team cautiously donned their survival gear and ventured into the area of the suits (i.e. marketing) to find out what they could. The answer they got was that some stores are still resetting their Planograms, and that is why we haven't seem them in some places. But they are confident we will see them very soon, so start looking...

(In case you were wondering, the suits were only able to assimilate two members of the design team. May they rest in peace. Resistance is futile.)

Alright, in case you missed an earlier report, a review of what is coming, starting with 60th Anniversary:

(Photos shown with permission from Mattel)

MB694 Routemaster Bus (Chase)