View Full Version : Different Routemaster bus..


96gsfan
08-17-2009, 07:51 PM
Finally found the New Routmaster but there seems to be wheel issues. At first I thought they might be trying to make the wheels look a little more realistic by putting buds on the front and the dually look on the back. But the back one is white and the front one is chrome.

After checking our favorite auction sight I can see they are all supposed to be like the back wheels.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/kidvette/Whitelightnings295.jpg

alex1485
08-17-2009, 10:59 PM
woah! a matchbox wheel error!

jefferson
08-17-2009, 11:18 PM
wow indeed.... that's something they don't do as far as I know. to be honest, I don't know which one I like better.

dragonhead00
08-18-2009, 07:18 AM
Is the front wheel the disc wheel? I would like the disc on the bus better if they didn't chrome the center.

http://www.mboxcommunity.com/cfalkens/Matchbox/Wheels/sup/MBwhl-rgds-bksv.jpg
image © Christian Falkensteiner, mboxcommunity.com

96gsfan
08-18-2009, 09:01 AM
Is the front wheel the disc wheel? I would like the disc on the bus better if they didn't chrome the center.

http://www.mboxcommunity.com/cfalkens/Matchbox/Wheels/sup/MBwhl-rgds-bksv.jpg
image © Christian Falkensteiner, mboxcommunity.com

Yes, the front wheel is the disk. I cant recall the last time I saw a MB error either.

sschevyman1
08-18-2009, 03:40 PM
There are several errors found each year,but because HW makes 6 times as many cars,they have more errors!

DCPDGUY
08-18-2009, 05:36 PM
I think I have one MB error. But yeah I would like to see the disk wheel on it too.

dragonhead00
08-18-2009, 07:54 PM
I have a couple of MB wheel errors. It's the rarity of MB errors that makes them so interesting. Props to the Matchbox team for their excellent QC!

SMS88
08-20-2009, 05:37 AM
The wheel combination on this error look just right - the best possible choice of wheel types to get the front single with wheel ring and the reversed double on the rear appearing correct. We have seen Hotwheels successfully putting different wheels on the front & rear, now its Matchbox´s turn:thumbsup:

Liv N Low
08-20-2009, 01:09 PM
Very cool....I'll be looking for this Color

Thanks for sharing the Pic

dragonhead00
08-20-2009, 05:50 PM
I feel lucky to have found this RM bus. I haven't seen one since...or another Vista Cruiser.

alex1485
08-21-2009, 02:18 AM
i got 2 *neon* green vista cruisers, waiting till the updated color comes out and the white.

dragonhead00
08-21-2009, 10:45 AM
As far as I know, the running change on the VC has already been released. Dave Tilley has show some pics, as have others. I haven't found it myself, though. I'm also eargerly awaiting the white.