Fan Mail Unboxing No.43 

That look on your face when you explain you've had it for 3 years is priceless 😅 I hope Charles got to see that you did eventually get round to opening his package.

The American flag "backwards" indicates the direction of the wind. It's displayed that way on anything that would have movement. That's why it is shown both ways on the model, depending on the side it's on and the flow of the breeze. (From Illinois, USA)

Wow! Name that display to "Charles's garage" What a nice set of cars!

Moin (G'day) from Cuxhaven. Now that's a package you can wait three years for 🤣 Chock-a-block with stunning jewellery 🤩 Am I still in Marty's hobby room now, or the Matchbox Museum ? 🤔😉 The "MMoY" and the "Lledos" just WOW 👍🏼 Normally I focus on the models, today I just grabbed a bag of S&Vs (salt and vinegar chips) and enjoyed the show.... Yup Bremen is in Northern Germany and about 80 km away from me. If I'm honest... There are so many of your shows that I like to watch again and again that it's hard for me to choose a favourite episode. This one is ,guaranteed, to be in the TOP 5 🤩👍🏼 Greatest unboxing I've ever seen. If I haven't lost count, there are 31 excellent classics 🔎👀🤩👍🏼 I think that just made this episode my absolute favourite unboxing show of all time. 🏆🎉 Marty, I'm thrilled, clearly both thumbs up from me for this 👍🏼👍🏼 (unfortunately I only have two of them 🤣) Thanks so much for sharing 🙏🏼 To you, Julie, the team behind the scene and (of course) the most koalafied ambassador of Australia a bonza week and stay safe and sound. (Shoutout to KEVIN 🐨👍🏻🇦🇺) Keep up your awesome work, mate 😁 Greetings from the lighthouse end of the Elbe River. 😎👍🏼🇦🇺🍻🇩🇪👍🏼🤠

All that was missing from this was Julie! What a stunning gift from Charles.

Thank You for sharing this Unboxing, excellent collection. Like you I hope that Charles is still with us and can view it once again. As far as the Heinz 57 I believe that is a dill pickle. The Bumper on the Tow Truck is a Push Bumper, used for pushing wrecked on disabled vehicles out of traffic.

Great haul there, we need to know if Charles is still with us.

Great unboxing video ❗💯🔥👍

The sign on the Heinz truck, is a pickle. An early Heinz product. Also, Heinz never actually had 57 varieties of anything - the founder, Henry J Heinz, just liked the sound of it, although early adverts mention '57 Varieties Of Pickle' (there weren't). Lledo were a company formed by the chief designer of Matchbox, Jack Odell - 'Lledo' is his surname backwards. His company made some beautiful 'Yesteryear' type models, the original series of which came with some ridiculously good figures. Worth finding and collecting. Odell then produced 1/43 scale 'Vanguards', which were almost identical to classic 1960's Corgi models, but far better quality. Lledo was eventually bought out by Corgi.

❤ wonderful video, Marty! And I do hope you give us a follow-up on Charles. Much has, unfortunately, happened to far too many folks since the events of 2020 et al. 😢

I've never thought of this until about halfway through your video - imagine the colors of the city streets or the country side as these trucks chugged their way through their deliveries! We only see black and white photos and film and see the past as dark and drab. This really brings some life to the past. Very nice collection!

The car that was on the Titanic was a 1912 Renault Type CB Coupe de Ville. I thought of it as soon as you showed the first model you pulled out!

“Hames” (from the tiny sign on the diorama door) are the wooden parts of draft collars, commonly tipped with brass ball ends. Loosening the hame reins would let the animal work at a more comfortable pace.

The Heinz plant in Pittsburgh, Pa made pickles. When a kid toured the plant,(with a school group) he got a small pickle pin. I still have mine from 1955.

That was a pickle on that Heinz truck. I just went to the Picklefest that they sponsored in Pittsburgh.

The American flag must always "wave". , Imagine a flag pole mounted to what ever the image is apply then the flag is hung, Then the wind blows .. I use to paint F-14A fighter jets in the Navy , during Operation Desert Shield ,the precursor to the" Storm" Squadron VF-31 TomCatters! Our squadron symbol is "Felix the Cat ,holding a bomb. The second oldest Fight squadron in the Navy

What a nice gift, Charles! That's a great set of models.

Way to go Charles!! What a collection of cars! Congrats Marty! Thanks for sharing.

The canton of the US flag is properly displayed in the upper left hand corner, whether displayed vertically or horizontally. However, a flag decal displayed on a vehicle or as a patch on an article of clothing can have a reverse fly configuration, meaning the canton is leading the flag, because the US flag must always advance. Hope this clears it up for you.

What a GLORIOUS set!!! Charles sent an absolute gem of a collection 😊

What a very nice collection! Kudos to Charles. 😎👍

Very nice.looking good 👍👍👍👍👍😊

Hi Marty, Love your videos and greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. Keep up the good work and keep well.

It's easy to explain your channel. Enjoyment, enjoyment, enjoyment!! Around the world, we look forward to your latest video. Keep up with your amazing followers...3 years. Wow!!.

Missed these!

A very generous gift. This just shows us how much you are loved and appreciated by your fans. Thank you for sharing.

Wow Marty... this is a treat

Great unboxing. I've missed your unboxings. Thanks to Charles for a great gift!! Always enjoy your videos!

Very nice gifts Marty 🙂

What great looking models! They are in amazingly good condition. Thanks to you and Charles for this unboxing.

Hi Marty, excellent video, as always. I follow you from Cantabria, a region in the North of Spain. HEinz 57 Varietes, is a brand of Ketchup, since 1896 from the Heinz firm, Pitsburg U.S.A. Although already in that year, the company marketed more than 60 products, number 5 was the favorite number and number 7, that of his wife. Greetings and thanks for sharing

Beautiful batch of models Marty, you're very lucky to have a donor like Charles! My favorite was the blue & white steam engine with the gold trim! Exquisite model! For info, you are correct on the display of the Stars & Stripes! It should be shown as when facing the flag, the blue star field should always be up to the left, symbolically pointing to your heart. A great collection from Charles, thank you Marty for sharing! From Yuma, Arizona, USA, have a great afternoon!

The flag shoot appear as there it’s a real flag mounted on the vehicle, so it could appear ‘backward’ depending on which side you look at it. Great video Marty!!

Heinz 57 in America is a Steak Sauce...! Adopted a pleasant collection! Absolutely Brilliant!

*Marty that is a nice collection.... even if it took you 3 years to open it up. Charles was very patient waiting on you... now he can go YAY, it did arrive.*

My word that's extraordinarily a lot in the box. That would take anyone a minute to pack.

The boiler in the cab was so the driver could stoke the boiler, getting toastie tootsies was just a bonus.

Marty, you are correct about the orientation of the US Stars and Stripes. In certain situations, the stars portion should always point towards the front of the person or vehicle - specifically military patches and painted emblems. This is to symbolise the flag being carried on a standard and moving forward. From the left hand side, of the person carrying the standard, the flag looks correct with the field of stars in the upper left hand corner. From the right, the field of stars should appear in the upper right hand corner - it looks odd but it is correct as this is how the flag would appear if it was being moved forwards and the wind was whipping the flag back. As for that Trailways coach, it would not be a requirement for the flag to be reversed as it only a bus company.

Hi Marty, i can let you into a little secret. I used to work at Matchbox Toy factory in Rochford Essex for six years until they shut it down in 1990/91. I worked in the diecast foundry for 6 months (it was bloody hot in the summer even with the vents and windows open) until i went into the plastics department. They made me redundant three week's before Christmas in 1988 when they were operating on a skeleton shift from 1989 until they shut down to move everything to China. Now i can tell you that all the diecast cars and lorrys that were made never came out of the factory 🏭 with the same colour plastic or paint work. Specially the plastic powder because i was in charge of the plastics store, sending everything onto the shop floor. Whenever we ran out of the colours they wanted, the management would say to us to send over a replacement colour over to complete the order. So that means the same models that came out of the factory did have different coloured plastic and paint work on the models.

I like your work room. Also, your new home and property is very nice.

Lledo is the company of Jack Odell - he was one of the founders of Matchbox along with Leslie Smith (Lesney). Great video Marty. Love a good unboxing video. P.S. Macau is in China.

Great Video! Marty, you MUST tell us that Charles knows you unboxed his gift! and that you're doing a cabinet in his honour.

Pickfords Removals is still going here in the UK. Castlemaine XXXX came over here in the early 80's with a massive promotional campaign. I thought it tasted like p**s water. Missed Julie in the background with a glass of wine with and critique of your presentation.

An amazing collection of models from Charles. I hope that he is doing well and best wishes to yourself and Julie.

Watching your videos and mail-calls is like a tripback in time as you tell a little about each casting and, with some, even a bit of personal appreciation. Always a fantastic video, sir. Thank you so much for all you do!! 🏆👏❤️

I've been collecting for over 40 years matchbox hotwheels etc I use to have collectors look at my stuff got to a stage the money 💰 they offered me was 20 times less than selling on eBay so I don't let anyone on my property 🤠 anymore so surprised people actually send stuff free don't happen to me cheers Stephen 🍀✌️

macou was part of the Colony of Hong Kong, originally Portugal, I think. What a collection!

In the 50s 60s SPRATTS was what Winalot is today. They used to have all different shapes and colours of biscuits. A lot of dogs seem to have the charcoal as a favourite

Always a pleasure to see another Marty video. Please send some winter weather here to Texas where it is 107 F (41.6 C)...stay safe...captjack.

Love all your videos. Super cool and very relaxing to watch you transform and renew these beautiful cars.

A nice collection sent to you by Charles. I was fixated on the model Tornado that's behind you. I can't quite see the markings on it.

Hello Marty, another great video. The USA Flag is displayed as always as moving forward. You will see this when the flag is on the right shoulder of military uniforms.

Wow! That was an amazing un boxing!

Glad to see you again Marty. You got me interested in watching your build videos years ago. Thanks for sharing.

My two favorite RU-vid shows are Marty's Matchbox Makeovers and Jay Leno's Garage. You're amazing Marty!

@Marty'sMatchboxMakeovers Awesome! Great to see the first (of many) unboxing videos in your new gaff! Keep the resto vids coming

Marty love your videos it's been awhile since I seen one

aw, so many yesteryears... I have an even more pristine version of that renault. it's cast into a block of clear resine and some Renault dealerships gave them out as gifts when you bought a new car I think. it's been sitting here a long time, I guess my dad got it when he bought his last new Renault, a 1975 model R4. I could be wrong, but at leats most of the models that sat on ashtrays, coin trays, pen holders, and so on, were either silver- or gold plated. I have a Bentley in silver someone brought back from canada once, mounted on an ashtray, but the tray is gone. I wonder where it went. Beck's Bier comes from Bremen, germany. Karlsberg Bier hails from Homburg, between rivers Mosel and Rhine in central western germany. Löwenbräu comes from Munich. Matchbox had some "beer" series from countries, and germany was one of them. :) the hame rein is, if I'm not mistaken, the strap around the nose, behind the bite, so the horse can't just open the mouth to release the pressure from the rein and ignore it. it also means it can't breathe through the mouth much, which is important if the horse has to pull a heavy cart up a hill. european cities which are located in vallerys, like Stuttgart, had steam-powered pulley systems on certain streets to help the horses pull their load uphill. I have seen the partial corrosion on the roof of that model T truck. I just don't know what causes it, but I assume they didn't clean the mould properly and leftover, oxidized pieces were molten into the new load's surface. it always seems to happen with such corrugated surfaces. not sure if cleaning and repainting really repairs that, it might come back later.

I love all the steam models! I wasn't even aware Matchbox made such a variety of them. Great unboxing! Watching this video made me go back through some of my older cars and I was surprised to see how many Yesteryear models I have from my father. The video made me view them in a new light.

The model TT had a longer wheelbase, & a heavier frame and rear axle than the model T and it was built as a light truck with a cargo capacity of 1 short ton.

Yes you've got to do a makeover on that little yellow Rolls-Royce Show it some love Marty

Yes, the first model you showed (green Renault) was also available on an ashtray an other desk displays.

Wow what an opening nice 1 Charles & some v nice additions to the collection Marty.

Hi Marty, the ‘searchlight’ or ‘radio’ on the front of that vehicle is likely a supercharger unit to give it some extra horsepower. They were usually a bolt-on unit and quite ugly. As car engines developed and turbos were introduced, the units were made smaller and fitted in the engine compartment.

LOVE your videos. May you never run out of cars to work on.

lot of very nice and well preserved models...

Oh wow! Fantastic home find!🤭. Hope Mr. Charles is doing wonderful!👍🏿💪🏾🤚🏿🙅🏾‍♂️ 38:28

Hi ya Marty. What a wonderful and generous donation to your ever growing collection. And yes, I believe Charles needs his own little area in your case. Very enjoyable Marty. Thanks. Take care.

Hey Marty, The Trailways bus is actually a company that went out of business in the 80's I believe. it was the primary competition against Greyhound bus lines in America.

Thank you, Marty! I always get this warm, fuzzy feeling when I see a RU-vid notification and it's a video from you!!!

absolutely amazing mail call from charles

you guys are one of my favorite You tubers, thank you,

Thats a pickle on top of the Heinz truck, it started life as a cucumber, same thing I suppose.

Loved the video Marty! Thank you!

Saludos desde Ciudad Guatemala centro America excelente videos y restauraciones

Marty, Lake Goldsmith is due west of Ballarat, between Skipton and Beaufort.

Macau is on the coast of southern china. Its across the bay from Hong Kong and was a Portuguese colony. The pickle on the Heinz truck is a gherkin.

Very nice haul. I really like those steam engine trucks the most they look really cool. The Fair on was my favorite

Hip Hip hooray an unboxing well done charles what a collection to pass on to Marty they remind me of collectibles like one van of the 60's in various guises ie ice cream vans delivery vans PO vans mosses minor or bedfords ford Anglia.

Lake Goldsmith is on the way to Beaufort just outside of Ballarat

That’s a Model A ford. Lake goldsmith is near Beaufort in SW Victoria and is the site of a huge working steam museum.

The Heinz trucks may have Dill Pickles on the roof which are made from Cucumbers.

Sometimes it takes longer than expected due to circumstances. It is a wonderful addition to your collection.

Marty ..always a pleasure!..I always like the yesteryear models..unfortunately they were not popular…

Fantastic set of vintage vehicles Marty , lm sure Charles will forgive you for the late opening 😆..... 👍

Marty, I think a question you should be asking is: Did Kevin hide the box from you? You know what he is like. He knew about that message about running him over., so he had obviously opened that box and not told you. 🤔

that parcel has come a long way, lol =) great unboxing

@18:50 Apologies if this is a repeat of someone else's answer, but the thing on top of the Heinz truck is indeed a cucumber, a pickle, a gherkin. Besides their ketchup, Heinz made and still makes a wide range of pickles and condiments. I have a couple of collectible plastic pins from the 30s or 40s from Heinz, that are in the shape of that same pickle.

Hello Marty great unboxing very enjoyable

The Stars on the US flag have to face the direction of travel if placed on a vehicle - on the left side, the stars would be on the left side of the flag. On the right side of the vehicle, they'd be on the right side of the flag.

Awesome collection!. I liked the one with the plastic background. Also ,here in the USA Heinz is known by tomatoe ketchup!

Nice unboxing there Marty 👍

Hienz is based out of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The truck has a green pickle on the roof. The are a ketchup company but also do pickle relish. I'm only about 1 1/2 hours away from Pittsburgh.

Hi Marty, Good to see you, Another fantastic Birthday present , nice box, All the best Brian 😃

Big thanks to Charles Bartlett for some forthcoming videos!

I think its a gherkin on the heinz trucks.

You need a clip on microphone into your phone and sync in post ... Or treat your whole workshop for sound hahaha

❤WE WANT KEVIN!🐨

RSPCA is a charity in the UK for animals, and the Hame is a part of the kit for a horse.

The "mounted" models probably came with transparent cases over them, but crystal clear plastic tends to be brittle, unless it's lexan or something, but that (far as I know) can only be produced in flat sheets, not cast in convenient box shapes. So, I'm guessing they got broken.