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An important off-shoot has been the Oriental Omnibus Collection, which has featured 1/76th scale models of buses used in the Far East, predominantly in Hong Kong. Several castings have been produced specifically for this series, which features the many colourful liveries used by the various bus operators.

Odell, Jack
One of those involved with Lesney from an early stage. Before joining Matchbox, Jack worked for Charbens. During the war Jack Odell's radio call sign had been Lledo (Odell backwards): following his leaving Matchbox, Jack was to establish his own company, which he called, appropriately enough, Lledo.

Old Cars
Starting life in 1978 with a series of veteran cars (as its name implies), this Italian manufacturer decided to change direction in 1980. It has since focused on Italian trucks and vans in 1/43rd scale, including heavy commercials of Fiat and Iveco, plus racing car transporters. It did attempt to produce Formula One cars, but this venture was short-lived.

Onyx
A range of Formula One models launched by the Vitesse Group in 1988, primarily at that time produced for the teams themselves as promotional items. Gradually the models were produced for a larger audience, and by 1990 were generally available. The scale chosen is mainly 1/43rd, although 1/24th is also used.

The proliferation of licensing agreements, and the cost thereof, persuaded the company to pull out of the current Formula One market, although it continued to use the brandname for sports and racing cars for a while.

Oxford Die-Cast
Oxford Die-Cast started in 1993, producing models aimed specifically at the promotional market. The first item was a Bullnose Morris, followed by the Model T Ford, Thornycroft Bus, Model A, Chevrolet, Bedford, Dennis, Routemaster Bus and a series of Bedford vehicles called the cubs.

The company was formally the manufacturing arm of Corgi (who were sold to Mattel in the early 1990s), at first Oxford used the facilities at Swansea which it owned and had originally housed Mettoy and Corgi. It was a massive factory spreading over 14 acres with over 500,000 sq ft of manufacturing space. Acting as a subcontractor it was involved in production of diecast vehicles, not only Oxford branded vehicles, but also items for Corgi and Lledo. Additionally it made items such as Duracell Torches, Electrical Items, Gillette Razors, Satellite Dish Componentry and Hand Grenade Mechanisms.

For many years it concentrated on supplying the promotional markets, offering a narrow range of vehicles at special prices on products such as cornflake packets, marmalades and many other items available at supermarkets. This led to the formation of its own collectors club and the release of liveries which were only available to its own club members.

Following the closure of the Lledo manufacturing plant at Enfield, machinery was acquired by Oxford which it transferred to its factory in Swansea and some went to its facilities which were already operating in the Far East. In late 2000 manufacture of all of its vehicles were moved to China.

In 2004 it expanding Far Eastern operations began developing and making products for other companies. In the UK it decided all future items released would be scaled at 1/43rd scale and it embarked on a programme of developing models in this range.

In 2006 it decided to offer its products on general sale and to integrate any new promotional products into its Oxford range and began appointing distributors in several overseas countries.

In 2007 it entered the 1/76th scale market and committed to compete across every sector and every scale of the diecast market over the next ten years.

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