Mattel #6315 Major MATT MASON ACCESSORY PAK ASSORTMENT

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment

Mattel's Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment enabled the toy retailer to stock all the available MMM Accessory Paks in a nifty counter-top display. This display seems to have been reused for later Accessory Pak Assortments as well, with minor text changes. 

All images provided by Paul Vreede.

Packaging:

The assortment came in a plain cardboard box with Mattel logos and an assortment number printed on either end. 

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment box

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment box front

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment box top

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment box flaps

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment copyright 1966

Holding the blister cards in place during transit is the display tray, sitiing in the bottom of the box. It measures 42 x 27.5 x 8 cm. The tray is made from brown corrugated board with one side in white, printed in cyan blue and black. Inside is an extra plate on the bottom, which also holds up six spacers for the blister cards.

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment tray front

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment tray side

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment tray inside

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment tray copyright 1966

Also inside the box was this packing list, printed on a US-letter size sheet and also with a 1966 copyright. Note Mattel's street address, which doesn't often appear on Mattel paperwork

#6315 Major Matt Mason Accessory Pak Assortment packing list front

Mattel Catalog Specifications:

(First appearance: Mattel Toys 1967 "Toy Fair" Catalog Page 96)

NEW! Major MATT MASON ACCESSORY PAK ASSORTMENT #6315
Four each of three best-selling accessory paks in a one-dozen assortment

4 ea. Moon Suit Pak #6301
4 ea. Rocket Launch Pak #6305
4 ea. Space Probe Pak #6306
FREE! COUNTER DISPLAY

Std. Pack: 1 ea. (1 carton)
Wt: 8 Lbs.

Variations:

Mattel #6323 Major MATT MASON ACCESSORY PAK ASSORTMENT

John's Notes:

This first Accessory Pak Assortment was only offered in 1967. It was later reworked into Mattel Accessory Pak Assortment A6323. Not enough of the displays have survived to get a good feel as to any changes that were made in the later Assortment. 

Paul's Notes:

As will be apparent, the blister cards in my tray are far from new. This is because I couldn't afford a complete NOS box but was lucky enough to get an empty box with the all-important tray by courtesy of my good friend Robert Yowell. Sent over with a decoy toy inside so I wouldn't have to explain to customs here why an empty box was shipped all the way across the Atlantic. :) Since I have vivid memories of such a tray placed next to the till at my local toy store in Holland when young, I'm truly delighted to now have one for myself!

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