The Majorette Story
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- Majorette is a French toy manufacturer which mostly produces small die-cast cars and other construction and military vehicles, particularly in 1:64 scale. This is a normal 2.5 to 3 inch size, thus Majorette has sometimes been called the Matchbox Toys of France. Traditionally, production was centered in the urban area of Lyon, but models are now made in Thailand.
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Majorette cars had magnificent suspensions (just like real french cars of that era!) and incredible attention to detail: no generic interiors, but precise copies of the real models dashboards & steering wheels!
Sometimes their love for details went too far = f.i. they shown the rear budges of the car, which would 've been impossible to be seen in such scale!
The Majorette Cherokee XJ had such details that If I remember correctly, had a camping luggage molded on its interior.
Also had a trailer truck 300 series, the one with a NASA rocket. The suspension on those 6 wheels where really satisfying.
Castings where a bit off though compared to Matchbox, but boy Majorette metal chassis were complete solid toys. Almost Tomica-like if you consider them as weapons.
@@JMDrives Yes, I remember the luggage in the Majorette cars trunk (suitcases, tennis rackets, golf clubs etc.!)
The new Majorette interiors are amazingly detailed, only Siku can come close to detail as far as 3 inch toys go.
Wonderful!! I bought my first Majorette when I was a kid on a family holiday. Loved their presentation around the late 80s era.
I love the fact that Majorette makes the stickers on the models on the language of the specific market. Here in my country Bulgaria they come with bulgarian stickers. No other producer do that. Respect!
They really go above and beyond for there time 👍
As a kid I loved Majorette cars, in the early 90s I had Renault 5 turbo, Renault Express, Renault Clio, Toyota Pick up, Land Rover, Depaneuse tow truck, ... They were really good quality.
I'm surprised you didn't make more of those excellent hard plastic presentation cases they once came with; a big selling point for me and I'm sure many others. Made them instant collectables I think.
I don't know why but we used to have French made original ones considerably cheap in the early and mid 90's, back when I was a kid. they're the only brand I loved. thank you.
4:47 I had that tank which came in a pack with two soldiers. My mother would drag me to our local Woolworths and I would get Majorette toys on occasion. I had a few of these tanks but I never knew they would light up or make noise.
Wow - had no idea Majorette and Norev share the same background! Both are favorite brands of mine; Majorette as a kid, Norev as an adult model-car collector with a taste for the french.
The limo you showed... I have one in white. It was a gift from someone back in 1993. I was only a year old, so my parents actually gave me the car when I had grown up a bit and knew how to take care of my toys.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
The Majorette limo is probably my favorite smaller model car. Such attention to detail, the doors open, the sunroof and it had suspension. And at age 6 that toy car is the same as a real car! And the gorgeous boomerang antenna... such an iconic Hollywood look, why don't limos have that now?!
Now I kinda want to get the limo from my parents basement and put it on display somewhere in my house XD
I have the the old Mercedes limo in white, with the curved antenna on its boot. It was a goddamn weapon of mas destruction when me and my sister argued who gets to play with the cars. Those metal chassis is a hazard to any "playful" kids.
I still have it today, but the paint needs restoring.
@@JMDrives Actually it's a 1980s Cadillac, not a Mercedes.
A proper Hollywood icon.
@@Megadriver His is a Cadillac. Mine is a Mercedes.
@@JMDrives I just looked it up - sorry.
I thought Majorette only made a Cadillac limousine.
As a child I loved the tiny details of the majorette models of the late 80s/early 90s. I don't know much about this toy manufacturer, but this was my era.
I loved my Majorette cars, all had suspension, and fab accesories like a glider in its trailer!
Was it pulled by a Volvo Hatch-Back? I remember that one.
@@danielcarlson800 I think it was a Toyota 4x4 from the 80s!
But there were other cars towing the glider trailer.😁
@@shermansquires3979 Copy. I LOVE gliders!!!!!!
I actually loved the majorette cars due to the diecast chassis and working suspension. The American Chevrolet pickup trucks were the ones I liked as they had huge off road wheels, tow bar and they usually came with roll over bars in the bed or a towing crane if it was a tow truck.
Majorette was my absolute favorite brand of small 1/59 cars. The suspention and overall engeneering was absolutely brilliant. Even Matchbox went 1/59th with suspention back then.
Man i loved the black lincoln limo! ive purchased several over my lifetime. Its a great model.
I'm seeing Majorette at my local Wal-Mart, which is always good news for the brand.
Yep, when you hit Wal-Mart, you hit it big in the US, I suppose.
Mine too
I had a few Majorette cars as a kid; they were excellent. Very tough builds compared to other stuff at the time. They also had unusual cars in their line-up like Mercedes-Benz limousines.
I definitely hope you'll do a Siku story soon - that's the brand I owned the most of.
Another great video about die-cast model cars! Please continue this series by covering Siku and Tomica as well.
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One of my favourite brands. In fact my first 1:64 was a Majorette
I only started to take interest on Majorette when they've started to appeared in my local Tesco in Malaysia about two or three years ago (maybe before that). Their WRC car models is what I like to collect (being a rally fan) but the price (it's RM30 for one WRC model if I'm not mistaken) makes me think twice about buying it.
yeah, their WRC series is pretty much expensive
I was one of the rare Americans that liked Majorette cars. I miss my red car shooter and my sonic flasher helicopter and tank.
I had the dune buggy Majorette in the mid 1970 era. I liked it. Since then bought some of the used cars from the 1990 era and the new ones when they where in Walmart. The quality varies but you get some nice odd ball csrs not seen by other brands.
It's sad to see majorette go so bad in quality and models as it was my favourite toy car brand when I was a kid. Also really nice to hear someone talk about novacar, it was really nice cheap brand then and never heard of them after I stopped playing with toy cars.
Majorette did a very nice series of little World Rally Cars some years ago, like the Ford Focus and Fiesta, Citroen Xsara and C4, Peugeot 206 and 307.
I liked those a lot but the most impressive Majorette (for me) was the 1:24 diecast Peugeot 405T16 from the Dakar rally.
I recall Majorette coming to the US by the 1990's and seeing ads for their cars on TV. I think the ads were for the Sonic Flashers I saw.
Majorette, Solido, Dinky Toys... all my childhood... thanks
They made some good toy cars in the 70s and 80s.
Majorette a fêté recemment ses 60 ans. Pour l'occasion ils ont sorti toute une collection pleine de nostalgie 🥰
I'm from Brazil. I have several Majorette miniatures including that Volvo @ 2:31 (mine is blue and had a trailer with a small boat)
Damn I remember that military chopper, its true the batteries lasted really long despite using the sound feature a lot. I had that 944 also which played la cuccaracha. I also had that carrying case that was able to launch the car, not as good as the commercial impliea.
you are fantastic at this and i look to your videos as inspiration. if i had one ask it would be not to stick to revenue generating restrictions and make longer more in depth and or follow up videos.
Keep up the good work!
It's my favourite diecast firm. :)
Majorette was my absolute favourite of all the toy car makers, and nothing else really came close. It was the crème de la crème, n'est-ce pas?
Ingvar Hallström mais oui!
I own a few majorette models. But I mainly buy Matchbox and hot wheels. But since I found out they paired with Gran Turismo. I'll be looking out up on eBay soon
Majorette Jaguar XJ6, one of my childhood favourites...
Hadn't ever really heard of this make before, as Corgi and Matchbox where the main fare of UK shop shelves during the 1990's.
(in the east-midlands at least)
3:15 Damn! I was given those two same trucks when I was a kid around 2002(9years old), as gifts, and was told not to play with them... I did and then I was taught what collecting is. I don't have them anymore unfortunately.
Majokit was great. And the cars in the 80s had very good springs
As an 80s boy (born 1975) I must confess that I had matchbox and majorette (only these were available in Greece then). No much between them in terms of quality but I always thought that majorette were a little better back then.
Now I have a toddler and I own Majorette, Matchbox, hotwheels and siku. My verdict? Majorette are better detailed and the only ones with suspension but also the biggest of the three. Matchbox are the smallest but still better deatils than the hotwheels. Hotwheels finally has the biggest share and variety. Siku are expensive and not better is any area. Finally the most annoying thing about the majorettes is the pure quality of the paint. They are very shinny and glossy with great depth but cannot handle the use and pills off very easily compared to mattel's.
Excellent video, very informative.
A double-decker bus with 3 spokes that looks cool
So well done. For older bits suggesting epoche Modellauto Hefte Mannheim. Thank you all, neckarcupdreddyfan
I remeberd majorette trucks i
had those as a kid my favorite was a red renault truck.
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At 3.22, this is not a Majorette VW Beetle, its a Playart Casting.
you deserve more subs! also please to tomica next I have over 30 tomicas! I love them!
underrated brand in the diecast space
At 3.47: Siku made all Vehicles (Cars, Trucks and other Maschines) from 1954 till 1973 in scale 1:60, from 1974 till 2000 in scale 1:55, than various scales (Fit into one Blistersize). Matchbox and Hotwheels are in different scales too, like Majorette.
Siku was MILES ahead of Matchbox, Majorette, or Hotweels. More expensive, but so much better. We even called them Siku-Cars, whilst everything else was called a Matchbox-Car.
That Chevy “pick-up” more likely modeled a Top Kick.....a medium duty GM truck.
John Garrison The medium duty trucks GM built was The Chevrolet Kodiak and the GMC Top Kick.
I wish there’s more medium duty truck diecasts being made today, there seems to be a lack of them these days.
@@MrOiram46 me too
Thanks so much! love your channel!
I have various models in my colection. The scale principal is 1/64.
0:14 my first car was a bamboo green 2CV...👌
That Solido Renault V😵😍
hi can you make a video about tomica and tamiya since they plays a huge role in my childhood, or maybe other interesting toy car maker like bruider and tonka
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Majorettes, Matchboxes and Hot Wheels were a little bit too "expensive" for boys in Eastern Europe during the 90s. Our parents often bought us Chinese no-name cars for around 0.25 USD for each. Now I am "grown-up" and I currently collect Cararama 1/72 scale models. @Little Car , could you make a video about Cararama history and explain why they don't produce 1/72 scale cars any more? Small Cararama models are much more advanced in details than every Matchbox, Majorette or Hot Wheels toy car.
Maybe. I'm not sure how widespread the appeal is though, and there needs to be a good Wikipedia article on it.
I thought i was the only one that loves the minuscule Cararama models! My parents have been buying me cars of all sorts of models and sizes for some 15 years now, and some of the first i've had were a 1/72 Cararama Jeep and a Mitsubishi Pajero. I found it amazing that they were more detailed than many 1/43 models i had.
6-And hotweels that is also itself a category with fantasy cars, premius diecast and almost everything posible in design-grettings
I have hundreds of them. My favourite Is the Autobianchi A112 Abarth
"Majorette" is the girl who leads a Marching Band with a decorative stick and attractive moves. Not a Cheerleader! ... Come on?
Answer me this, i never know why Majorette chassis had that rectangle hole....
still have lots of them, made in France
Very informative &: Interesting video. I remember owning a MkI Golf with Canoe trailer and a VW Polo with surfboards on the roof . They were nice models but felt a bit cheap compared to Matchbox.
i LOVE THIS
siku was awesome
I had the shell tractor...
Excellent. What's next?
Love the old Majorette and today they are finally on the way to beat Siku completly. Matchbox or Hotwheels are not in the same class. Here's the Link to the 2020 online Catalog: www.flippingpages.de/live/simba_majorette_collection_2020/
And the Chrysler 180 is not an American Car, its a Simca, badged as a Chrysler. 😀
Matchbox has recently started making models with opening parts, and I have to say they are really good.
@@kylesoler4139 right, but some of the normal Opening Parts Serie still have no detailed Front and back. Majorette allways detailed, has a Suspension and mostly plastic Inserts for the Frontlights.
3:29 I have that one!
Lucky you..
I only have 1 majorette car which is a r35 and I really like it compared to the hot wheels ones, it’s a shame that I can’t find them anywhere else since toys r us closed down.
They had the golden era in the 80s and 90s, after that the company just died.
Please do a Micro Machines story.
Thanks for the suggestion. I did a poll for that one a while back, but it seems it wouldn't be too popular.
Okay...can someone tell me what the RECTANGULAR hole was for in these cars. I have a vague memory of a spinning metal cylinder that was in their but I've never seen a car with it in there since. What was it for? Is my memory lying to me?
Still have my Renault 4 La Poste van!
I have the Lincoln limo but it’s in rough shape. I acquired it for free d at I can’t complain. I call it the Reagan failed assassination vehicle edition. 😂
You missed some of there larger models like the 1/43 scale KW trucks GMC 9500 Brigadier cement mixers the 1/64 scale Cadillac Limo and you also forgot they were sold in Canada as well I would say more so us Canadians still have Toy-r-Us
Saludos de puerto rico
Can you do the story about Tomica next?
This in no way explains why majorette cars had a wierd rectangular hole in the base and came in impenetrable welded plastic forcefields.
That rectangle had two tabs turned inwards to hold the U-shaped wire that made the suspension for front and back wheels.
It's one of the two methods of die cast suspension in the 3 inch world, the other is the aluminium strip method (tomica still uses this), where you have an aluminum strip which is held in the middle of the base.
If your going to tell the story of tomica,can you please include there legendary Nissan skyline R31 Silhoutte that is sponsored by them. Thank you.
please do johnny lightning!
Have you ever considered doing Tonka?
I have, but my scripts come from Wikipedia articles so I'd need to look at the article first.
Majorette is a company that I completely forgot existed.
Majorette is now better than hotwheels well ever be
Pleas request Tomica jdm diecast
Currently Majorette is being sold in London Drugs in Western Canada.
Para tu prosimo video de tiger wheels
Please do a story on tomica
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Vintage Majorette are neat ..modern item's not very good!!
At 8:10 Chevy Caprice not implala
Thanks for spotting that!
That vehicle was marketed as Impala for lower trim and Caprice for higher spec cars. Caprice also was available in a few additional body styles. The police car or taxi versions, in real life anyway, would almost certainly have been Impalas.
The Majorette B Body GM was an Impala which was the base model sold to fleet markets until 1985, when the Caprice Classic was introduced to fill the market of the Caprice as that model moved downmarket.
I've got a few of these. They weren't as good as Matchbox, Seiku, Dinky and Corgi.
I like majorette cars, but not as good compared to other car toy brands like matchbox and siku
Can you Bruder toys
They never made it to ireland in the 70s as can't remember them in my collection.
When Majorette were French owned and manufactured in France they were brilliant. The modern Majorette brand is ok but isn't a patch on the French originals. Sadly due to Mattel wanting Hot Wheels everywhere it's very hard to find Majorette or Mattels Matchbox brands in any shops here in the UK thesedays.
They had a real low point in the early 2000s but I find they have gotten better lately
Honestly I don’t mind only getting hot wheels in my opinion the real rider wheels are the best because the tomica wheels don’t have rubber on them and all the other brands have tires that seem to fat as from what I can see the majorette wheels don’t seem as detailed but that’s just my opinion don’t take it too critically
Most model cars on sale today aren't even from Mattel, rather just very low quality store's own chinese tat.
Makes one miss the era when good quality model cars where being sold almost everywhere.
Wow, Majorette's booming here in the Philippines. They have this new marketing strategy online now and there are Majorette display booths everywhere here.
If there are Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tomicas in near places, Majorettes clinging on the same areas as well. Siku, however, is rare. But they're still on the market here
Do you remember majokit? That was sooo cool.
Can you do Tomica as well since it's 50th anniversary this year
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@@LittleCar ok but I'll add something in case it's happening... Otherwise.... There might be mistakes in there
Including the one you made a misleading mistake in that rx-7 video from your other channel that the spirit r launched in 2002 and NOT 1999
I collect Tomica
Im a tomica collector also, be awesome cheers KC Tassie Australia
@@LittleCar like others here...please do a history of Tomica!
Majorette has definitely had a resurgence as of late, would love to see a adult nostalgic line focusing on classic cars with metal bases in the future.
My favourite Majorette casting currently is the Calica GT that was released last year.
Majokit is the coolest toy I own as a kid . multiple accessories for the minifig . Nostalgia to the max .
Please make the tomica story ASAP! It's also my go-to diecast car brands to buy on budget alongside hot wheels, matchbox and majorette! Also for kyosho, Jada & bburago too!
I miss that entire diecast aisle in Toys R Us. I remember Majorette had a nice selection there.
I remember a time they use to come into America through Toy Companies like Toys"R"Us or other retailers but sadly the retail apocalypse came along and made it hard for Majorette to sell their products in the United States forcing them to cease making any sales in America but I do wish for Majorette to return the US Toy Market one day their Modern Diecast Cars have caught my interest and I have bought Tomicas at Walmart and as for Siku I have collected a few from a store in a Mall during the 2000's and I wish for that Brand to also comeback to the US Toy Market.