Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.
Dinky Toys were among the most popular die-cast vehicles ever made – pre-dating other popular die-cast marques, including Corgi, Matchbox and Mattel's Hot Wheels.[1][2]
Vehicles commercialised under the "Dinky" name include cars, trucks, aircraft, military, ships.
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DinkyToys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company...
and easy to remember, further aligning the range with their rival DinkyToys. Corgi Toys also included plastic glazing, which lent the models a greater authenticity...
Look up dinky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dinky may refer to: DinkyToys, a brand of die-cast toy vehicles Dinky (film), a 1935 film starring Jackie...
"Rare Dinkytoy collection fetches £150k at Devon auction". BBC News. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. "A Pre-War DinkyToys 28m...
popular lines of toys in the twentieth century: Meccano, Hornby Trains and DinkyToys. Financial problems beset the company in the early 1960s and Meccano Ltd...
rendered itself "practically useless". The Dinky Interceptor was a toy model spacecraft made by DinkyToys and based on the SHADO spacecraft. It was manufactured...
working models and mechanical devices. DinkyToys pioneered the manufacture of die-cast toys with the production of toy cars, trains and ships and model train...
purchased Fisher-Price, Inc. on August 20, 1993, and Tyco Toys, Inc. (owners of the Matchbox and DinkyToys brands) in 1997. In 1998, Mattel acquired Pleasant...
electric radio controlled cars Corgi Toys – Introduced in 1956, the first real competition to DinkyToys and great toy innovator. Corgi Classics Limited...
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lines of toys based on engineering principles in the 20th century: Meccano, Hornby Model Railways and DinkyToys. He also founded the British toy company...
This article is a list of toys, toy sets, and toy systems; the toys included are widely popular (either currently or historically) and provide illustrative...
Estate rear Meccano DinkyToys; No. 154 (production 1954–58), Minx Mark I to VIII (1945–57) approximately O scale (1:44). Meccano DinkyToys; No. 175 (production...
subject of a 1969 song by Manuela, and was made into a die-cast model by DinkyToys. In addition to its work in support of NASA, Helicopter 66 also transported...
rarely taken up.[citation needed] Ford Anglia Sportsman (1965) Meccano DinkyToys; No. 155 (production 1961–1964), Anglia 105E deluxe with mostly red interior...
well as four-wheel drive. Less than ten are thought to have been built. DinkyToys produced a die-cast model of the FF, available in both ready-constructed...
Burma-Shave Darkie Gleem Sani Flush Wisk Instamatic Land Camera Minolta Coleco DinkyToys Kenner Products Louis Marx and Company Trendmasters 10-10-321 GTE MCI...
Series IV Saloon Meccano DinkyToys; No. 165 (production 1959–63), Series 1 Hawk, approximately O scale (1:44). Meccano DinkyToys; No. 256 (production 1960–64)...
Siku Cars, Part II". Toy Collector page of Doug Briethaupt. "Siku Toy Cars, Trucks, Boats & More | Mastermind Toys". Mastermind Toys. Retrieved 23 May 2022...
holds over ten thousand toys and models, including model train collections, puppets, Corgi, Dinky, Budgie Toys, construction toys and radio-controlled aircraft...
by Meccano for French DinkyToys from 1933 until 1970, when the factory was closed and later demolished. Production of DinkyToys was then transferred...
and Greek Police. One item of particular interest to the police was a Dinkytoy car, which they hoped to recover and believed could be "key to discovering...
especially French DinkyToys. Some tools from Meccano s.a. were transferred from Calais to Pilen in Spain so the models made by Pilen were Dinky castings – the...
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