Matchbox Lamborghini LM002 Photos

This is my Lamborghini LM002.  Produced between 1986 and 1993, it's my idea of the perfect vehicle.  In it's most fire-breathing form, this 4-wheel drive off-terrain vehicle sports an exotic Lamborghini 7.2 liter V-12 Marine engine.  It's seriously fast and seriously capable.  Unfortunately, there is one minor problem.  I wasn't born an Arab oil sheikh.  Thus, my Lamborghini LM002 is a tad smaller, the seats are just tiny, and the whole vehicle was made in Asia by Matchbox.

Matchbox Lamborghini LM002

While the tiny size of my Lamborghini LM002 makes it a terrible grocery hauler, parking is a breeze.  It can even fit in my pocket! 

Matchbox Lamborghini LM002 Rear Quarter

This Matchbox car does a good job evoking the real vehicle.  It would truly be exciting to own the real thing.  However, the insurance for this version is quite affordable. 

Matchbox Lamborghini LM002 Front Quarter

Matchbox Freightliner M2 106 Fire Truck (Pumper)

Matchbox fire trucks are fun to collect.  I think they bring the kid out in every collector.  As a child, fire trucks and police cars were the most dramatic cars in any Matchbox collection.

The current Matchbox Heroic Rescue Series offers plenty of cool fire trucks.  The latest fire truck in my collection is this Matchbox Freightliner M2 106.  This is a very realistic looking die-cast truck.  I like the tires and the detail of the paint job.

Matchbox Freightliner M2 106 Fire Truck

This truck is number 60 out of 125 in the MBX Heroic Rescue series.  I was fortunate to find mine in a Dollar Tree. 

Matchbox MBX Heroic Rescue Fire Truck (Freightliner M2 106)

This truck looks very good against a line of brush.  I could see it rushing to a typical California brush fire.

Matchbox Freightliner M2 106 Fire Truck Head On

This Matchbox fire truck makes a great addition to any collection of die-cast fire apparatus.

Matchbox Freightliner M2 106

Freightliner trucks are available in many configurations.  However, if you are wondering what a Freightliner M2 106 looks like in real life as a fire truck, here is one from Wikimedia Commons.

Freightliner M2 106 photo by order_242 from Chile (Freightliner M2 106 Crew Cab 2014) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons