• The Dinky Toys 38 Series Touring Cars

    The Dinky Toys 38 Series Touring Cars

    In 1938, Mec­ca­no Ltd. was rev­el­ing in its rapid rise in pop­u­lar­i­ty and suc­cess of its new line called Dinky Toys, con­ceived in 1934. There were many series of mod­els, both…


  • The Dinky Mighty Antar

    The Dinky Mighty Antar

    The 1950’s were fun times for many young boys, and most were fas­ci­nat­ed with mil­i­tary mod­els. Mec­ca­no saw that inter­est devel­op with the start of World War II, and was…


  • Two New Dinky Toys for 1949

    Two New Dinky Toys for 1949

    1949 saw the intro­duc­tion of two Dinky Toys that not only proved very pop­u­lar, but were also both made for a very long time. Most impor­tant­ly, they pro­vid­ed a lot of won­der­ful…


  • Dinky Series 25 Lorries

    Dinky Series 25 Lorries

    The 25 series Eng­lish Dinky Toy trucks were all orig­i­nal­ly designed and made pre-war, then again rein­tro­duced right after the war, and then pro­duced until around 1952. The lat­est ver­sions ones even…


  • Dinky Toys Lawn Mower

    Dinky Toys Lawn Mower

    The post-war years at Mec­ca­no Ltd. deliv­ered a huge num­ber of new Dinky Toys. Dur­ing this time, the com­pa­ny mod­eled prac­ti­cal­ly any­thing and every­thing. And to me, this is part of…


  • Dinky Toys Chrysler New Yorker

    Dinky Toys Chrysler New Yorker

    In my opin­ion one of the nicest auto­mo­bile cast­ings that Mec­ca­no France pro­duced in the 1950’s was the 24 series Dinky Toys Chrysler New York­er con­vert­ible, based on the 1955 mod­el of that well…


  • Dinky Small Auto Set (The 35 Series)

    Dinky Small Auto Set (The 35 Series)

    The 1953 US Dinky Toys cat­a­log pic­tures a small red rac­ing car that many col­lec­tors might not have seen before. In fact there are oth­er cars in a lit­tle set. These were…


  • Dinky Reconnaissance Car

    Dinky Reconnaissance Car

    The Dinky Toys 152B Recon­nais­sance Car was orig­i­nal­ly designed and pro­duced by Mec­ca­no Ltd. in the pre-war years and rein­tro­duced in 1946 for sev­er­al more years. It was a won­der­ful…