The Beatles Yellow Submarine (803)Based on the cartoon submarine from the Yellow Submarine film which was released by The Beatles in July 1968 Corgi ingeniously added figures of John, Paul, George and Ringo under hatches that flipped openby pushing buttons on the side of the die cast body. This special Corgi Model Club edition is based on one of the two early variants issued by Corgi in 1969 one with red hatches and the other with white hatches. Records show both as being in

a driver figure and Corgi’s famed ‘Glidamatic’ suspension – this finely modelled left hand drive Ford Thunderbird superceded an earlier version

This meant less wastage at the factory due to paint errors and allowed Corgi to create the taxi’s striking red and yellow scheme

The Ambulance also includes Corgi’s famed ‘Glidamatic’ suspension

each had an unusual horizontally split die-cast body – a casting that allowed the top and bottom of the models to be painted separately

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whereas Corgi modelled the rather racier fastback coupé

the star feature was undoubtedly its roof-mounted surf board

The Green Hornet TV show was completely unknown in the UK when the ‘Black Beauty’ was introduced by Corgi in November 1967

Despite all these exciting features

The red bonnet version utilised a deep blue plastic but for the blue bonnet model it was either yellow or pale blue

Corgi continued to introduce innovative features

This was an era when Corgi were looking to make inroads into the lucrative American market – but also