List of 1979 Matchbox

Matchbox 75

Model No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Special Features	Color	Photo
1	Dodge Challenger	1976	Dodge		Red & white
2	Hovercraft	1976	Generic		Light green
3	Porsche Turbo	1978	Porsche	opening doors	Grey
4	'57 Chevy	1979	Chevrolet	opening bonnet	Pink
5	U.S. Mail Truck	1978	Jeep	removable top	Blue with white top
6	Mercedes 350SL	1974	Mercedes-Benz		Yellow with black top
7	V.W. Golf	1976	Volkswagen	removable surf boards	Green
8	De Tomaso Pantera	1976	De Tomaso		White
9	Ford Escort RS2000	1978	Ford		White
10	Plymouth Gran Fury Police Car	1979	Plymouth		White and black
11	Car Transporter	1976	Bedford		Orange & cream
12	Citroen CX	1979	Citroen	opening tailgate	Light blue
13	Snorkel	1977	GMC	moveable boom	Red
14	Mini Ha Ha	1975	Mini		Red
15	Fork Lift Truck	1972	Lansing Bagnall	moveable forks	Red
16	Badger	1974	Generic		Red
17	The Londoner	1972	Generic		Red
18	Hondarora	1975	Honda	handle bar pivots	Red
19	Cement Truck	1976	Generic	mixing drum rotates and tips	Red & yellow
20	Police Patrol	1975	Range Rover	Rola-matics light bubble spins when rolled	White & orange
21	Renault 5TL	1978	Renault	opening rear hatch	Yellow
22	Blaze Buster	1975	Generic		Red
23	Atlas	1975	Generic		Blue & orange
24	Shunter	1978	Generic		Yellow
25	Flat Car & Container	1978	Generic	removeable container	Black with tan & red container
26	Site Dumper	1976	Generic	bed dumps	Yellow with red dumper
27	Lamborghini Countach	1974	Lamborghini	Streakers opening rear engine cover	Red
28	Lincoln Continental Mk. V	1979	Lincoln		Red with white top
29	Tractor Shovel	1976	Muir-Hill	bucket arms pivot	Yellow with red bucket
30	Swamp Rat	1976	Generic	propeller spins, soldier rotates	Olive green
31	Caravan	1977	Generic	left side door opens	White
32	Field Gun	1978	Generic	Includes diarama. Gun fires shells.	Olive green
33	Police Motorcycle	1977	Honda	removable rider	White
34	Vantastic	1975	Ford		Orange
35	Fandango	1975	Generic	Rola-matics fan spins when rolled	Red
36	Formula 5000	1975	Generic		Red
37	Skip Truck	1976	Generic	separate dumpster unloads with pivoting arms	Red with Gray skip
38	Armoured Jeep	1976	Jeep	movable gun	Olive Green
39	Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II	1979	Rolls Royce	opening doors	Silver
40	Horse-Box	1972	Bedford	opening side door & removeable horses	Orange & cream
41	Ambulance	1978	Chevrolet	opening rear doors	White
42	Mercedes-Benz Container Truck	1977	Mercedes-Benz	removeable container	Red & brown
43	0-4-0 Steam Loco	1978	Generic		Black and red
44	Passenger Coach	1978	Generic		Black, white and red
45	B.M.W. 3.0	1976	B.M.W.	opening doors	Orange
46	Ford Tractor and Harrow	1978	Ford	removable yellow plastic cultivator	Blue
47	Pannier Tank Loco	1979	GWR Swindon Works	GWR decals	Green
48	Sambron Jacklift	1977	Sambron	Moveable forks	Yellow
49	Crane Truck	1976	Generic	booth rotates, pivots and extends, hook pivots	Yellow
50	Articulated Truck	1973	Generic	pivoting removable trailer	Yellow cab with light blue trailer
51	Combine Harvester	1978	Generic	barrell rotates, chute rotates	Red
52	Police Launch	1976	Generic		White with blue hull
53	Jeep CJ6	1977	Jeep	fixed top	Red & tan
54	Personnel Carrier	1976	Generic	gun rotates	Olive green
55	Ford Cortina	1979	Ford	opening doors	Light green
56	Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL	1979	Mercedes-Benz	opening doors	Blue
57	Wildlife Truck	1973	Ford	Rola-matic Lion in back spins when rolled	Yellow
58	Faun Dump Truck	1976	Faun	dump tray dumps	Yellow
59	Planet Scout	1975	Generic		Green
60	Holden Pickup	1977	Holden		Red
61	Wreck Truck	1978	Ford	booms pivot	Red
62	Chevrolet Corvette	1979	Chevrolet		Red
63	Freeway Gas Tanker	1973	Generic	pivoting removable trailer	White & yellow
64	Fire Chief	1976	Generic		Red
65	Airport Coach	1977	Generic		Blue and white
66	Ford Transit	1977	Ford	removable tan pallet load	Orange
67	Datsun 260 Z 2+2	1978	Datsun	doors open	Pink
68	Chevy Van	1979	Chevrolet		Orange
69	Armoured Truck	1978	Generic		Red
70	S.P. Gun	1976	Generic	Rola-matic gun clicks when rolled	Olive green
71	Cattle Truck	1976	Dodge	removable cattle	Bronze & yellow
72	Bomag Road Roller	1979	Bomag		Yellow
73	Model A Ford	1979	Ford		Cream with green fenders
74	Cougar Villager	1978	Mercury	tailgate opens	Light green
75	Seasprite Helicopter	1977	Kaman	rotor moves	White

900 Range

There were 25 models in the 1979 Matchbox 900 Range.

Model No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Special Features	Color	Photo
TP-1	Mercedes Truck and Trailer	1976	Mercedes-Benz & Mercedes-Benz		Red & yellow
TP-2	Police Car and Fire Engine	1976	Mercury & Merryweather
TP-3	Javelin and Pony Trailer	1976	American Motors & generic
TP-4	Holiday Set	1976	Maserati & Eccles
TP-5	Weekender	1976	Ford & Bertram
TP-6	Breakdown Truck and Mini	1976	Generic & Mini
TP-7	Jeep and Glider Trailer	1977	Jeep & generic
TP-8	Field Car and Honda	1977	International & Honda
TP-9	Field Car and Racing Car	1978	International & generic
TP-10	Fire Chief and Ambulance	1978	Mercury & Mercedes-Benz
TP-11	Tractor and Hay Trailer	1979	Ford & generic
TP-12	Military Ambulance and Field Car	1978	Volkswagen & International
TP-13	Military Unimog and Field Gun	1979	Mercedes-Benz & generic
TP-14	Military Staff Car and Ambulance	1977	Mercedes-Benz & Mercedes-Benz
TP-15	Military Truck and Trailer	1977	Mercedes-Benz & Mercedes-Benz
TP-16	Military Alvis Stalwart and Wreck Truck	1979	Alvis & Ford
TP-17	Tanker and Trailer	1979	Generic & generic
TP-18	Water Sporter	1979	Volkswagen & generic
TP-19	Cattle Truck and Trailer	1979	Dodge & generic
TP-20	Diesel Shunter and Side Tipper	1979	Generic & generic
TP-21	Citroen and Motorcycle Trailer	1979	Citroen & generic
TP-22	Long Haul Double Container Truck	1979	Peterbilt
TP-23	Long Haul Covered Container Truck	1979	Peterbilt
TP-24	Long Haul Box Container Truck	1979	Peterbilt
TP-25	Long Haul Truck and Pipe Trailer	1979	Peterbilt

Super Kings

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
K-1	Hydraulic Excavator	1970	O&K	operational boom	Red & gray
K-2	Car Recovery Vehicle	1977	Generic & Ford	Removable Ford Capri	Blue & lemon
K-3	Mod Tractor and Trailer	1974	Generic	removable trailer with dumping bed	Metallic blue & yellow
K-4	Big Tipper	1974	Generic	dumping bed	Red with yellow dump bed
K-5	Muir-Hill Tractor and Trailer	1972	Muir-Hill	removable trailer with dumping bed	Yellow
K-6	Motor Cycle Transporter	1976	Generic & Honda	removable Hondarora	Metallic blue cab, ed motor cycle
K-7	Racing Car Transporter	1973	Generic	opening doors and ramp removable race car	White
K-8	Caterpillar Traxcavator	1970	Caterpillar	shovel deck raises & lowers	Yellow & red
K-9	Fire Tender	1973	Generic	rotating ladder	Red
K-10	Car Transporter	1976	Generic	removable trailer with operating ramp	Red
K-11	Pickup Truck	1976	Generic	pivoting booms and hooks	Yellow
K-12	Herkules Mobile Crane	1975	Generic	operational boom	Yellow
K-13	Aircraft Transporter	1976	Generic & Dornier	removable unassembled Jet	Red & white
K-14	Heavy Breakdown Truck	1977	Generic	operating boom and hook	White and red
K-15	Londoner	1973	Generic		Red
K-16	Articulated Petrol Tanker Ford LTS	1974	Ford	Removable trailer	White - TEXACO, Shell, Aral or TOTAL
K-17	Articulated Container Truck	1974	Scammell	removable trailer & containers	Red truck & yellow containers
K-18	Articulated Tipper	1974	Ford	opening ramps with four removable white horses	Red truck with yellow trailer
K-19	Security Truck	1979	Ford		White - "group 4" or "FORT KNOX"
K-20	Peterbilt Wrecker	1979	Peterbilt	Red operational booms ang hooks	Green with white bed
K-21	Ford Transcontinental	1979	Ford		Yellow & green "CONTINENTAL"
K-22	SRN6 Hovercraft	1974	Saunders Roe		Metallic blue and white
K-23	Low Loader and Bulldozer	1974	Scammell & generic	removable trailer and dozer	Orange + yellow bulldozer
K-24	Container Truck	1976	Scammell	removable container with opening doors	Metallic red with white container
K-25	Digger and Plough	1977	Muir-Hill	Operatinal digger	Orange
K-26	Cement Truck	1978	Bedford		Yellow & white
K-27	Powerboat Transporter	1978	Ford		White with white trailer
K-28	Skip Truck	1978	Bedford		Orange & yellow
K-29/3	Ford Delivery Van	1978	Ford		Red "Avis"
K-30	Unimog and Compressor	1978	Unimog		Tan truck with red trailer
K-31	Peterbilt Refrigerator Truck	1978	Peterbilt		White "Christian Salvesen"
K-32	Farm Unimog & Trailer	1978	Unimog		Olive with olive trailer
K-33	Cargo Hauler	1978	Scammell		Yellow with yellow trailer
K-34	Pallet Truck	1979	DAF		White
K-35	Massey Ferguson Tractor & Trailer	1979	Massey Ferguson		Red and white
K-36	Construction Transporter	1978	Generic		Yellow
K-37	Leyland Tipper	1978	Leyland		Yellow & red
K-38	Gus's Gulper	1973	Ford	body lifts up	White
K-42	Traxcavator, Road Ripper	1979	Caterpillar		Yellow & black
K-43	Cambuster	1973	Generic		Yellow
K-45	Marauder	1973	Generic		Red
K-46	Racing Car Pack	1973	Mercury & generic	Mercury Commuter with Lightning on Trailer	Yellow Mercury Commuter / white Lightning / blue & yellow trailer
K-47	Easy Rider	1973	Generic		Blue and red trike with yellow rider
K-48	Mercedes 350 SLC	1973	Mercedes-Benz		Red
K-49	Ambulance	1973	Generic		White & red
K-50	Street Rod	1973	Generic		Green
K-51	Barracuda	1973	Generic		White
K-52	Datsun 240 Z Rally Car	1974	Datsun	opening hood	Grey
K-53	Hot Rod Fire Engine	1976	Generic	removable ladder	Red
K-54	A.M.X. Javelin	1976	American Motors	opening doors	Red
K-55	Corvette Caper Cart	1976	Chevrolet	opening doors	Red
K-56	Maserati Bora	1976	Maserati	opening hood	Silver
K-57	Javelin Drag Racing Set	1976	American Motors		Red Javelin, white Mustang & yellow trailer
K-58	Corvette Power Boat Set	1976	Chevrolet		Red Covette, orange boat, yellow trailer
K-59	Ford Capri II	1976	Ford	Opening rear hatch	Yellow & black
K-60	Ford Mustang II	1977	Ford		White
K-61/1	Mercedes Police Car	1977	Mercedes-Benz	opening hood and doors	White
K-61/2	Mercedes Polizei Car	1974	Mercedes-Benz	opening hood and doors	White & green
K-62	Doctor's Emergency Car	1977	Citroen	opening doors	White
K-63	Mercedes Benz Ambulance	1977	Mercedes-Benz	opening doors	White
K-64	Range Rover Fire Control	1978	Range Rover		Red
K-65	Plymouth Emergency Rescue	1979	Plymouth		Red
K-66	Jaguar XJ12 Police Set	1979	Jaguar, Honda & Honda		White
K-67	Dodge Monaco Fire Chief	1979	Dodge	Opening rear doors	Red
K-68	Dodge Monaco and Trailer	1979	Dodge		Yellow
K-69	Caravan and Jaguar XJ12	1979	Jaguar		White & brown caravan with blue Jaguar
K-70	Porsche Turbo	1979	Porsche	Opening doors & hood	Metallic green
K-71	Porsche Polizei Set	1979	Porsche		White & green
K-72	Brabham Formula 1	1979	Brabham		Red
K-73	Surtees Formula 1	1979	Surtees		White & red
K-74	Volvo Estate	1979	Volvo		Red
K-75	Airport Fire Tender	1979	Plymouth		Yellow & white
K-76	Rally Set	1979	Volvo & Datsun		White Volvo & Green Datsun
K-77	Highway Rescue	1979	Plymouth		White
K-78	Plymouth Gran Fury	1979	Plymouth	Police	Black & white
K-79	US Taxi	1979	Plymouth		Yellow

Battle Kings

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
K-101	Sherman Tank	1974			Tan
K-102	A2 Tank	1974			Tan & green
K-103	Chieftan Tank	1974			Olive green
K-104	King Tiger Tank	1974			Grey
K-105	Hover-Raider	1974			Olive green
K-106	Tank Transporter	1974			Light green truck and trailer with tan A2 Tank
K-107	155 mm Self Propelled Howitzer	1974			Olive green
K-108	M3A1 Half Track A.P.C.	1974			Olive green & tan
K-109	M-551 Sheridan	1976			Olive green
K-110	Recovery Vehicle	1976			Olive green
K-111	Missile Launcher	1976			Olive green
K-112	DAF Ambulance	1977	DAF		Olive green & tan
K-113	Military Crane Truck	1975			Olive green
K-114	Army Aircraft Transporter	1976		removable unassembled Jet	Olive green
K-115	Army Petrol Tanker	1974	Ford	removable trailer	Olive green
K-116	Artillery Truck and Field Gun	1973		opening doors and ramp removable howitzer	Olive green
K-117	SP Hawk Launcher	1977		removable red rockets	Olive green and tan
K-118	Army Helicopter	1979	Kaman		Olive green

Sea Kings

There are ten Sea Kings models listed in the 1979/80 Matchbox Catalogue.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
K-301	Frigate	1976			Red and grey
K-302	Corvette	1976			Black and grey
K-303	Battleship	1976			Brown and grey
K-304	Aircraft Carrier	1976			Blue and grey
K-305	Subchaser	1976			Red and grey
K-306	Convoy Escort	1976			Black and tan
K-307	Helicopter Carrier	1976			Blue and brown
K-308	Guided Missile Destroyer	1976			Blue and grey
K-309	Submarine	1978			Black & blue
K-310	Anti-Aircraft Cruiser	1978			Brown & grey

Adventure 2000

There are five "Adventure 2000" models listed in the 1979/80 Matchbox Catalogue.

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
K-2001	Raider Command	1977	Generic	2 piece scout truck	Metallic light green
K-2002	Flight Hunter	1977	Generic	retractable wings and opening doors	Metallic light green
K-2003	Crusader	1977	Generic	pivoting gun turret	Metallic light green
K-2004	Rocket Stricker	1978	Generic		Metallic light green
K-2005	Command Force	1979	Generic		Metallic light green

Sky Busters

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
SB-1	Lear Jet	1973	Lear		Yellow & white
SB-2	Corsair A7D	1973	Ling-Temco-Vought		Blue & white
SB-3/2	A 300B	1973	Airbus	Lufthansa	Silver & white
SB-3/3	A 300B	1973	Airbus	AIR FRANCE	Silver & white
SB-4	Mirage F1	1973	Dassault Aviation		Red
SB-5	Starfighter F-104	1973	Lockheed	Canadian roundels	Red & grey
SB-6	MIG 21	1973	Mikoyan-Gurevich	Red stars	Blue
SB-7	Junkers 87B	1973	Junkers		Green & tan
SB-8	Spitfire	1973	Supermarine		Brown & tan
SB-9	Cessna 402	1973	Cessna		Green & white
SB-10/2	Boeing 747	1973	Boeing	British Airways	Blue & white
SB-10/3	Boeing 747	1973	Boeing	QANTAS	Grey & white
SB-11	Alpha Jet	1973	Dornier and Dassault-Breguet  (joint)		Red & white
SB-12	Skyhawk A4F	1973	Douglas, later McDonnell-Douglas		Blue & white
SB-13/2	DC10	1973	McDonnell-Douglas	SWISSAIR	White & red
SB-13/3	DC10	1973	McDonnell-Douglas	UNITED	White & grey
SB-14	Cessna 210G	1973	Cessna		Orange & white
SB-15	Phantom F4E	1973	McDonnell, later McDonnell-Douglas		Red & white
SB-16	Corsair F4U-4	1973	Vought		Orange
SB-17	Ram Rod	1976	Generic		White & red
SB-18	Wild Wind	1976	Generic		Green & white
SB-19	Piper Comanche	1977	Piper		Yellow & red
SB-20/1	Army Helicopter	1977	Generic		Olive green
SB-20/2	US Coast Guard Helicopter	1977	Generic		White & blue
SB-20/3	Police Helicopter	1977	Generic		White & red
SB-21	Lightning	1977	English-Electric		Grey
SB-22	Tornado	1977	Panavia	Luftwaffe markings	White & grey
SB-23/1	Supersonic Airliner	1979	Generic	AIR FRANCE	White
SB-23/2	Supersonic Airliner	1979	Generic	Singapore Airlines	White
SB-24	F-16	1979	General Dynamics	US AIR FORCE	White & red
SB-25	Rescue Helicopter	1979	Generic	RESCUE	Yellow & black

Models of Yesteryear

Series No.	Model Name	First Year Released	Brand	Notes / Features	Color	Photo
Y-1	1936 SS 100 Jaguar	1977	Jaguar		Blue-gray
Y-2	1914 Prince Henry Vauxhall	1971	Vauxhall		Red, gray & black
Y-3	1934 Riley M.P.H.	1973	Riley		Blue
Y-4	1930 Model J Duesenberg Town Car	1976	Duesenberg		Green
Y-5/3	1927 Talbot Van	1978	Talbot	LIPTON'S TEA	Green & black
Y-5/4	1927 Talbot Van	1978	Talbot	Menier	Blue & black
Y-6	1920 Rolls-Royce Fire Engine	1978	Rolls-Royce		Red
Y-7	Rolls-Royce	1968	Rolls-Royce		Yellow & black
Y-8	1945 MG T.C.	1969	MG	3	Green & tan
Y-9	1912 Simplex	1968	Simplex		Red
Y-10	1906 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost	1969	Rolls-Royce		Silver
Y-11	1938 Lagonda Drophead	1973	Lagonda		Red & gold
Y-12/3	1912 Ford Model T	1979	Ford	Coca-Cola	White & black
Y-12/4	1912 Ford Model T	1979	Ford	COLEMAN'S MUSTARD	Yellow & black
Y-13	1918 Crossley		Crossley	COAL & COKE	Red & black
Y-14	1931 Stutz Bearcat	1973	Stutz		Red & yellow
Y-15	1930 Packard Victoria	1969	Pakard		Black, red & white
Y-16	1928 Mercedes SS	1972	Mercedes-Benz		White & black
Y-17	1938 Hispano Suiza	1973	Hispano Suiza		Blue & black
Y-18	1937 Cord Model 812 Supercharged Convertible Phaeton Sedan	1979	Cord		Red & white

External links

• Matchbox Catalogue 1979/80 (International Edition), archive.org