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By the 1990s, Matchbox were aiming many of their models at adult collectors, and several lines were grouped together as Matchbox Collectibles. Including various film and television tie-in models.
This large, modern bus started out as CY-47, in the Convoy series, most of which were heavy tractor/trailer rigs. The name of the model was MCI Coach, a tour bus built in the USA by Motor Coach Industries.
In addition to the normal Matchbox-sized Star Car Collection, a number of tie-in liveries were applied to this model under the name Star Car Bus Collection. These were not intended to depict vehicles seen on screen, they simply carried a version of the film poster, or an image from TV opening credits.
The Jaws model is painted blue and white, with the poster image of a very large shark heading straight up, towards a swimmer, on each side. The movie title JAWS appears in red, with 'See it...Before you go swimming !' in white.
The base is black plastic, and has the MCI Coach name, a copyright date of 1999, the Matchbox and Mattel names, and its country of manufacture - China. The lights are picked out in yellow, red, and white.
The model came packed in a large window box, sitting on top of a long cardboard box that could also house the coach. This secondary box carries further images of the shark.
Six photographs from Worthpoint.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
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