Matchbox 29d; Racing Mini

The Racing Mini is a model of a Mini MkII with the bumpers stripped off for competition. It was first released in 1970 in metallic bronze with racing number 29, the Lesney racers frequently got their model number as racing number. The number stickers on the bronze cars are yellow, edged with orange and have black script. From 1972 to 1976 the mini changed to orange and the stickers can have orange edges or green edges.

In 1976 the colour of the car changed again to red and these have the green edge stickers or a new design of round sticker, which is a plain white disc with a black three printed on it. A number of red cars have no stickers at all. In 1981 after a spectacularly long run of 11 years the Racing Mini was withdrawn from the range.

There is quite a spread of values based on the colour/sticker combination. Most sought are the red ones with round RN3 stickers, Next come the red ones with RN 29 followed by the bronze ones.