Matchbox Monday: 2020 #020/100 MBX Garbage King

From the 2020 series, the MBX Garbage King is part of the MBX City subseries.

This is an original Matchbox casting that goes back to 2008 and was used until 2012. The casting returned in 2019 with some slight changes. The cab was now a separate piece, before it was integrated into the body of the garbage truck. The back of the truck no longer opens either, which is a little but of a bummer.

I believe the truck is based on a real world International garbage truck, but I could be wrong. For a basic model the truck has a lot of detail going on. The die-cast white cab may be a little non-descript, but the garbage portion, which is cast in a dark blue, is chocked full of design and paint apps. On each side is a MBX City Waste Services logo along with the city crest and a large recycling symbol. There are also some red/white caution reflector strips along the back and bottom of the truck. Look closely and you'll also see some small orange lights and even a fire extinguisher painted on. All of this sits on a gray die-cast metal frame which helps give the truck a little heft.

If I was still a kid playing with cars in the downstairs living room of the split level house I grew up in, I'd absolutely adore this truck. If you're going to have a city, I mean you're going to need city services like a garbage truck and this new version of the MBX Garbage King fills that role quite nicely.