Vintage Majorette Model Car Catalogs on hobbyDB

For many model car and diecast collectors, Majorette catalogs were the primary resource for research, documentation and, of course, day dreaming.

Now they’ve become collectibles in their own right.

These catalogs were key for identifying the wide variety of Majorette 1:64 scale models, which often arrived with varied 2.5 to 3-inch packaging. That’s in addition to determining true-to-life wheel variants, regional packaging types (U.S. boxes vs. European blister cards) and beyond.

It was inside these pages where enthusiasts could document their collection’s have’s and have-not’s from Majorette’s renown lines of classic 100 Series, global 200 Series and the multi-vehicle 300 Series that were extremely popular in the 1970s and 80s.

What makes the Majorette catalogs unique and even more collectible was the company’s distribution methods, which bucked the trend of traditional mail-ordered lists and big toy store guides from that era. Majorette took their miniature folding guides directly to the collector, often including them into each model’s original packaging, while others could be found throughout Europe in toy stores and on newsstands.

Making the large, glossy Majorette catalog books even rarer was the fact that they were considered master trade catalogs with a distribution that was intended solely for toy store buyers, distributors and world-class events such as the Nuremberg Toy Fair.

Now you can find them on hobbyDB, a place you can consider your personal online catalog. Give them all a look here, then check out a few of our faves below!