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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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French Ford Trucks by Dinky Toys
The French factory for Dinky Toys made a nice French Ford truck, the 25 series, in twelve different versions from 1949 to 1955. Here are two photos of eleven of them before I found the…
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Dinky Willeme Trucks
The French Dinky Supertoys 36b/896 Willeme Articulated Covered Truck was introduced in late 1958, making its first catalog appearance in 1959. It followed the wonderful 36a/897 Willeme Log Truck, from 1956, using the…
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Which Foden is Which?
Many collectors have some knowledge of the two versions of the Dinky Toys Foden trucks, that the English Meccano factory made. The first, early version was made from 1947 through 1952, and was then…