December has come and there's a white blanket of snow covering the hills and roads of the entire countryside. It is a time when deliveries have never been so important. With the coming holidays, people are shopping by mail, sending packages to friends and loved ones and stocking their larders for a Christmas feast. Most important of all, children's letters to Santa are winding their way to his home at the North Pole, telling the jolly old soul that they have been good girls and boys and giving him a list of gifts and toys that he might consider bringing them on Christmas Eve. At a time when so much depends on deliveries getting through, a delivery truck cannot allow the weather to derail its mission.

Since 1902, Scania of Sweden has been building trucks designed to get through even the coldest winters by Swedish standards. Scania produced a wide range of heavy vehicles, ranging from their early chain-driven 1903 commercial vehicles...to powerful, modern "8"-wheelers. In 1969 which continues to build durable, dependable trucks under the Scania name.

Now, a vintage Scania truck - outfitted with runners for the snow - is recreated in a special die-cast replica. The 1922 Christmas Scania Vabis Post Bus is precision-engineered and marked with brilliant and cheery holiday colors. A handsome die-cast replica certain to become part of your holiday traditions, it is a Matchbox Exclusives edition produced by - and available only from - Matchbox Collectibles.

Matchbox Exclusives limited edition of just 5,000 models.

(1998)

Scale: 1:43