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The History

 

The company was fonded in 1947 by the unrelated Leslie and Rodney Smith who combined theirs names form “Lesney Product Ltd".

The most famous of the various products for first series, was the "Coronation Coach", which was specially created to celebrate the coronation of the Queen, Elisabeth II, in 1953.

During the 1950s the company developped the hightly succesful Matchbox “ 1-75” series and “Model of Yesteryear” range.

Lesney Products issued their first diecast toys in 1948.

Whilst production ceased during the Korean war period (1952-59), the models produced formed the basis from wich the “1-75” series was launched in 1953.

They were sold in boxes under the name “MoKo” who were ultimately to also market all the early “1-75” series models.

Following a difficul trading period “Lesney Products Ltd” was bought in 1982 by the “Universal Toy & Co” of Hong Kong.

Today certain models in the 1-75 series are highly sought after and fetch high prices on auction.













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