Lesney was founded inward 1947 past times Leslie as well as Rodney Smith. Despite their names, these men were non family. LESlie as well as rodNEY gave cite to the company. Shortly after their foundation the engineer John "Jack" Odell joined the company. He was a friend of Rodney, both had worked previously at DCMT (Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd.), the die-cast fellowship famous for "Lone Star" die-cast models.
Initially, Lesney facilites were an onetime pub called The Riflemen. They changed place several times until they in conclusion moved to a mill inward Hackney. In 1947 they recevied a asking for toy gun parts, as well as they started considering toys every bit a novel option to the other items they produced. In 1948 they started producing toys themselves. That start toy was a die-cast route roller like to some other ane made past times Dinky, followed past times like toys including a cowboy carriage as well as a lather box racer (from 1949, belike the close sought-after model e'er inward the history of Lesney/Matchbox).
Rodney left the fellowship inward 1951 because he idea at that spot was no hereafter inward producing toys.
Only 2 years later, inward 1953, Lesney produced the Royal Stage Coach used inward the coronation of Elizabeth II inward 2 dissimilar scales. This was an amazing success as well as provided uppercase for hereafter expansions. This success summation a fleck of luck would definitely decide the vivid hereafter of the company. Jack Odell built a miniature road-roller inward 2 to three inches size for his daughter, who was alone allowed to accept amongst her to schoolhouse toys inward the size of a matchbox or smaller. This scale was somehow revolutionary, as well as nosotros all know how successful this "scale" has been. Opposed to the classic 1:43, 1:87... scales, this novel scale is sometimes referred every bit 1:box, because all models are some 2-3 inches long, independently of the size of the existent vehicle.
That route roller would afterwards hold out Nr.1 of the Matchbox 1-75 series.
Until the belatedly 50s, Lesney toys were distributed past times Moko. Moko was founded past times MOses KOhnstam, as well as from at that spot its name. Toys distributed past times Moko were marked Lesney/Moko inward the boxes. At ane point, Lesney bought Moko, as well as started distributing their ain toys.
From at that spot on, a groovy expansion would follow until the start bankruptcy as well as receivership inward 1982. Then, the fellowship was reformed every bit Matchbox International Ltd. (a sectionalization of Universal Holdings/ universal Toys) as well as started producing inward Macau. Jack Odell founded as well as thus Lledo (the surname spelled backwards).
Nr. 1c - Aveling Barford Road Roller (1958-1962)
Nr. 2b - Muir Hill Site Dumper (1957-1961) - Probably Reedition
Nr. 18a - Caterpillar Bulldozer (1955-1958) - Reedition
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FACTS AND FIGURES:
- Name: Aveling Barford Road Roller (Nr. 1c), Muir Hill Site Dumper (Nr. 2b), Caterpillar Bulldozer (Nr. 18c)
- Scale: Unknown
- Year: 1958, 1957, 1955
- Company: Lesney (Great Britain)
- Size: approx. vi cm
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