Former "Lesney Matchbox Toys" factory pictured in 2009
Industry
Toy
Founded
1947
Founder
Leslie Smith Rodney Smith
Defunct
1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Fate
Company defunct, Matchbox brand remained after being acquired by Universal Toys
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Die-cast cars, commercial vehicles
Brands
Matchbox
Lesney Products & Co. Ltd. was a British manufacturing company responsible for the conception, manufacture, and distribution of die-cast toys under the "Matchbox" name. The company existed from 1947 until 1982.
LesneyProducts & Co. Ltd. was a British manufacturing company responsible for the conception, manufacture, and distribution of die-cast toys under the...
all brought together. The Karrier trademark is now owned by Peugeot. LesneyProducts "Matchbox" Series; No. 47b, (production 1963 to 1969), Commer BF "Ice...
first-ever licensed kids' rides. A die-cast movable puppet was produced by LesneyProducts, "the first toy to be marketed under licence as a result of a successful...
have appeared with a blue interior, approximately O scale (1:43). LesneyProducts "Matchbox" Series; No. 7b, (production 1961–1966), Anglia 105E with...
partners Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith to form LesneyProducts. The company initially made small products for cars such as dashboards and doorhandles. Odell...
Louis Leitz LeMond Racing Cycles – Greg LeMond Leslie – Donald Leslie LesneyProducts – Leslie Smith and Rodney Smith Levi Strauss & Co. – Levi Strauss Li-Ning...
Kenner Products, known simply as Kenner, was an American toy company founded in 1946. Throughout its history, the Kenner brand produced several highly...
for the Matchbox's slot car sets. Introduced in the late 1970s by LesneyProducts Ltd, Powertrack models differed from other slot car sets because the...
just three years after the demise of Dinky Toys and one year after LesneyProducts, the creators of the Matchbox brand. The Corgi story did not end in...
Vanderwoude in 1970. A model of the Dodge Charger III was produced by LesneyProducts as No 52 in the Matchbox 1-75 series from 1970 until its deletion in...
small number of bus contracts for the Port of London Authority and LesneyProducts and later diversified into bus sales and operating open top bus tours...
updated and found in the Employment Rights Act 1996 section 135 ff. LesneyProducts & Co v Nolan [1977] ICR 235 UK labour law Harry Samuels and N Stewart-Pearson...
the "For the Children" programme. Muffin had his own mechanised products and Lesney is said to have made the first toy based on a TV programme when they...
Governor of Uganda. c. December – Matchbox toy vehicles are introduced by LesneyProducts of London. 10 December Winston Churchill wins the Nobel Prize in Literature...
Girls School, London E.1. John William Odell, Joint Managing Director, LesneyProducts & Company Ltd. For services to Export. Rhys John Oliver, MRCS, LRCP...
jet pilot. He then worked for six years on sales and marketing at LesneyProducts, during which time he went to night school at Enfield Tech (latterly...
vehicles, and dolls. It was founded in 1999 by Jack and May Li. Jada's products are predominantly aimed at the collectible market, and are available and...
Class in OO gauge. A model of the "Duke of Connaught" was produced by LesneyProducts as Y-14 in the Models of Yesteryear range from 1959 to 1963. The coat...
Smith (businessman) (1918–2005), British entrepreneur; co-founder of LesneyProducts and the Matchbox cars Leslie Smith (singer) (born 1949), American singer...
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Organic Chemistry. 70 (7): 2413–2429. doi:10.1021/jo040285o. PMID 15787527. Lesney, M. S. (March 2003). "A Basic History of Acid—From Aristotle to Arnold"...