Miniatures news, February 1972

The latest Lesney “MATCHBOX” miniatures are of a Mazda RX500, in orange ochre with white underbody, the boot and bonnet of this 2 7/8-in.-long model opening, the latter to reveal the Wankel power unit. The interior of this 59-to-1 scale Mazda is seen through a purple-tinted windscreen: it is No. 66 in the New “MATCHBOX” series and costs 16p. Lesney also have a V8 Blue Shark racer, No. 61, three inches in length, to a scale of 63 to 1, priced at 16p.—W. B.