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Funny, I’ve always thought the French Majorette were the best. Many of them had pretty good suspension which helped a lot in rolling across uneven ground.

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Same here, because of that and some of the more extravagant models at "low coin" :)

maybe the Matchbox ones were more "desirable" at that time because they were imported? I can't remember anymore (this was mid- to late- 70s).

I've always thought Majorette and Bburago were higher-end than MatchBox. Maybe it was because of the scale (1:43 for Bburago vs 1:64 for MatchBox).

Heh yeah, I guess the flip side might’ve been working on me, Majorette was the exotic imported brand.

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