MBX annual CD ROM - available for Forum Members only! 
4/29/08
MBX Forum has produced a yearly CD ROM for US$14.00 plus $2.00 postage. Distribution in the USA is set for mid-June. Pre-order the CD by contacting one of the following persons:
- North America: John Yanouzas
- Australia and New Zealand and Europe: John Nijhuis
- Germany: Sven Schuette
- Any other Region: John Nijhuis
The CD-ROM contains all the information as published over the last 10 years by Matchbox Forum Europe, and Matchbox Forum North America, including:
- All information and articles of http://www.mbxforum.com
- All info of all models issued since 1998
- All the pictures of all the catalogs (over 10,000 pictures)
- In total over 15,000 pictures on a number of subjects
- Massive amount of Information in Word Format by D. Becker
- Besides all MB75 catalogs you will also find the Dinky Catalog, The Yesteryear Catalog, the Play Set catalog of Kay Schraber & Marcel Bakker and the 1:18 Scale catalog as published at http://www.mbxforum.com
- Many useful lists on all kind of MB75 cars ever issued by Mattel or Matchbox by Christian Falkensteiner. This is an extensive document on MB75 models!
- and many, many other goodies.
What is not on the CD?
- The on-line catalogs can only be retrieved from the Internet. The reason is that the software runs as PHP/SQL and you can not use this on your home PC from a CD/DVD. However you will find on the CD/DVD all pictures and clickable links to the Matchbox Forum Site to run the catalog, but that only works if you have an Internet connection.
MBX Forum news 1/26/08 
4/22/08
"At last I finished the last 10 years (1970 until 1979) of the MB75 Yearly Catalogs. This means we have now all catalog starting 1951 until 2008 of the yearly MB75 range! All together this data base includes over 6000 photos! [My] request to you is if you see a picture with a wrong name or vice versa please send me an email and mention in that mail the unique item number that is incorrect . . . The next step is that I will add examples of the catalogs, boxes and blisters." info@jnijhuis.com [MB Forum e-mail 4/22/08]
John Nijhuis is working hard on the development of Forum's web page catalog of Matchbox models, most recently adding more years of Regular Wheels and Superfast: 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969 (first years of some Superfast issued) and 1989. He redid the 1957 catalog based on written info provided by Christian Falkensteiner and a poor black and white copy of the 1957 catalog.
John would like to buy catalogs of the regular wheels years. If you have any for sale, contact him at <matchbox@box.nl>
On YouTube there is a video of Matchbox 50th Anniversary celebration in Leipzig in 2002. You can access it at: http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZ5yS2_ilM [MB Forum e-mail 1/26/08]
27th Annual Matchbox USA Convention & Toy Show 3/3/08
"The 27th Annual Matchbox USA Convention & Toy Show will be held in the same location as last year... Durham Fairgrounds, Rt. 17, Durham, CT. Convention Sat. Night June 7th, 2008. Toy Show Sunday June 8th 9AM-2PM with dealer setup on the 7th 12 noon to 5PM. More details to follow!!!"
MBX Forum regular wheels catalog complete 1/29/08
All Regular Wheels from 1958 to 1969 are online in the catalog. Go to "catalogs" in the menu (news / catalogs / club info / links), and choose "mb75". At the bottom of the page you can type in any number, (part of) text, or whatsoever, and it will give you an extensive overview on all models (basic) numbers ever issued. Underlined numbers are hyperlinks to all details actually on file. This includes regular wheel catalogs from 1958 until 1969, superfast catalogs from 1983 until 2008, all 5 pack models and many more like challenge cars, around the world etc. They are still working on the rest. At the "details" you will find in most cases a link to ALL models details, split by "Made by Lesney", "Made by Matchbox" and "Made by Mattel". [MB Forum e-mail 1/29/08]