Lesney Matchbox - Hydraulic Excavator - King Size / Superkings No 1

Make

Range/Operator

Matchbox King Size / Superkings - See Notes

Hydraulic Excavator

Model Number

No 1

Condition

Vintage Good - Decals a bit worn with acceptible playwear. Hydraulic arm works fine for its age.

As pictured.  Made in England. Scale is technically 1/62.  I am a little perplexed by this model, as it is clearly stamped Kind Size, but has the wheels associated with SuperKings. I suspect Lesney never changed their tooling when they discontinued King Size in favour of SuperKings? Also this was only ever officially issued as King Size with associated wheels in 1970. The SuperKings wheels on this date it rather as 1971 to 1975.

Regarding price

Long time buyers may have noticed a sharp increase in item prices. For the sakes of transparency, let me explain:

I obtain most of my goods from overseas, Europe mostly. Due to the inexorable devaluation of the rand, goods whose price has remained relatively static overseas have near doubled in terms of cost to land here. This is not just a direct per item cost, but includes postage (which has greatly increased in cost), customs and even bank charges. All are affected as they get charge on a rand value. i.e. Because the model cost me more in rand terms, I get charged more in terms of customs.

My request is that people please refrain from trying to contact me to arrange private or bulk deals and so forth. This is contra the platforms rules and also not economically viable for me.