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Toyland® 40cm Artic Container Lorry Toy With Lights & Sound - Boys Play Vehicle Toys

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Initially, the Minic road vehicles were produced using painted tinplate with a "tab and slot" assembly method, and although it's common nowadays to look down on tinplate cars and to expect them to be more "toyish" than models produced with more modern methods, tinplate allowed more precise scalings for very thin parts such as windowframes and wheelarch edges - areas where a designer creating for plastic mouldings or cast metal would have to make the parts artificially "fat" so that they could be produced reliably and wouldn't be prone to breakage. Prototype models: These are the models that were never released to the public, they were made to test the design and functionality of the final product, they are rare and highly sought after by collectors. Some new "No.1" Minics appeared with moulded plastic bodies, and some of the plastic Frog Penguin range migrated into the Minic lineup.

Dinky Toys are a brand of die-cast miniature vehicles and models that were produced by the British company Meccano Ltd. from the early 1920s to the 1970s. The company was founded in 1919 by Frank Hornby, who also created the popular construction toy Meccano. The first Dinky Toys were produced in 1934 and were an immediate success. Racing Cars: Dinky Toys that were made with the likeness of famous racing cars, these are also highly sought after by collectors.

Also appearing in the 1950 and '51 catalogues was a new larger-scale range of vehicles, mostly plastic-bodied, but with a few (like the Jeep) made from steel plate. While Meccano Ltd.'s early Dinky Toys were were designed to be cast from a minimum number of parts and therefore tended not to change too much (since new moulds required an expensive retooling process), the early Minic range (constructed from stamped, folded and painted tinplate) was more prone to gradual evolutionary changes, as individual stamping tools became worn out and replaced, producing a range of very minor differences in physical detailing. However, it's common to crudely classify early Minics as "pre-war" or "post-war", with the definition of "post-war" sometimes stretched to include variations that might have appeared in the very late 1930s (~1939-ish onwards). There are many different Dinky Toys that are considered to be highly collectible, and their value can vary depending on factors such as rarity, condition, and popularity. Some of the most sought-after Dinky Toys include: During the 1950s and 1960s, Dinky Toys became one of the most popular toy brands in the United Kingdom and were exported around the world. The company continued

Some camouflage - painted vehicles appeared with WW2, usually distinguished by a "CF" in the model range. the MINIC cars are a line you are sure to like. They are the first to be all to scale, so that the bus is the right amount larger than the coupé, etc.Triang's range of MINIC-branded metal model road vehicles appeared in the June 1935 issue of Meccano Magazine, and continued to sell through the 1940s and 1950s.

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