Dinky Fans

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…

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…

Gold­en Slum­bers fill my eyes – when dream­ing about my now 75 year old favorite, the Guy Van “Slum­ber­land” of Decem­ber 1949. When you ask a Dinky Toys enthu­si­ast to…

Mec­ca­no Liv­er­pool pro­duced sev­er­al mod­els with a tip­ping func­tion. These were oper­at­ed man­u­al­ly, such as the Muir-Hill Dump Truck, or with a turn­ing mech­a­nism, such as the Bed­ford End Tip­per.…

The 881 Pinder circus truck and cage trailer was released in 1968. It was the first GMC model in the four GMC model lineup. The first image shows the original…

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…

The Dinky Toys Vacu-Sweep ver­sion of their 451 John­ston Road Sweep­er was released some­time in 1972 to coin­cide with the intro­duc­tion of the actu­al machine in the US in late 1971. The no park­ing…

When Dinky col­lec­tors, espe­cial­ly those who col­lect com­mer­cial vehi­cles, hear the words “Dinky Foden”, they like­ly imme­di­ate­ly think of the four-axle, eight-wheel Foden trucks that debuted in 1947. These gold­en-age…