Chinese trick box. Please help!

Cannot open this box. Please help.
Thank you.
Regards, Alberto

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Some of these have tight fitting cover panels. Just use some effort to open from front outside top - same as if it was a real book. These were tin boxes made to hold individual diecast Ferrari's. I've had several of these 312 F1 pieces.

 

You are right Marshall! Here's the proof, if it shaped as a book, then it must open as a book. Duh.

Regards and thank you!

Alberto

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Hahaha. Good old La Storia.

I had the full collection by IXO only for them to stop 1/3 of the way through

Then Mattel decided to give it a go. They stopped 1/5th of the way through

Still have them all.

I don't think another company would try a third time.

 

How many are they Mark? I have 2

Regards, Alberto

 

I think this is all the original run of them by IXO. Can't remember the names, but I bought them all as they were released. Only bought the Andretti one in the book. There were a few Schumacher ones during the transition that weren't in the books or clamshells.
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You're testing me now and both sets are packed away safely in moving boxes but from memory there were somewhere around 30 or 40 IXO individual models in their set then they lost the license to produce Ferrari models.

Mattel made I think around 20 models or so then lost the license and stopped.

Don't quote me but it was somewhere around those numbers.

 

Time was up on Mattel license and they chose not to renew, or to agree to Ferrari's latest requirements/demands, same for all other model companies with regard to Ferrari licensing.

 

Well, it seems Altaya has picked up the challenge. I've decided to try and collect F1 models from 1947 to 2007 and I'm well on my way thanks to Altaya ( = Ixo = Fabbri, = Atlas?). They usually cost something between 10 and 20 euro each (new and used). But some models are a bit more expensive, like the 312T5 and the F1-86. Which I don't get, because those were particularly unsuccessful models with no wins.

 

Thank you Peter,
Altaya's , etc. link, or ...
I'm trying to do same as you, all F1.

Regards, Alberto

 

Do you have a link to their website or a stockist please ?

 

Unfortunately I don't, but it seems they've covered at least the first 60 years (I'm only going for the models of 1947 to 2007, but I think I saw more modern models as well).
But here's an Ebay seller with what seems a complete collection in the first picture:
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/386484539128?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=777008&algo=PERSONAL.TOPIC&ao=1&asc=20230811123856&meid=3c7b2fba6304401d99ca8dae07c0bd83&pid=101770&rk=1&rkt=1&itm=386484539128&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=4375194&algv=RecentlyViewedItemsV2&brand=IXO&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq:d0b6b4cd18e0ac69ca4a1383ffffc530|pageci:f48c3ae7-f88a-11ee-8adf-0a37187c5a31|iid:1|vlpname:vlp_homepage
Note that they sometimes have more than one version for a particular season.

 

I found a nice website with more information about these models:
Altaya Ferrari F1 Collection - Italy Diecast Model Collection (jasperwilliams.co.uk)

 

And another one about the La Storia models, which is where this thread started with:
https://formula143.org/articles/the-story-of-la-storia/