• John Gay Dinkys

    John Gay Dinkys

    John Gay was a career com­mod­i­ty bro­ker who moved into Dinky Toys in 1975. Up to its clo­sure in 1979, he had a strong trad­ing rela­tion­ship with the Dinky fac­to­ry in Liv­er­pool and…


  • How French Dinky Became Spanish

    How French Dinky Became Spanish

    In 1964, British toy man­u­fac­tur­er Lines Bros was the out­right own­er of both British Mec­ca­no / Dinky Toys and Mec­ca­no France / Dinky Toys. Although there was lim­it­ed shar­ing of com­plet­ed toys and tool­ing, the two com­pa­nies…