Dinky Fans

Some time ago, I was approached by a pas­sion­ate col­lec­tor. He had an eye for the rare Dinky Toys 48 Petrol Fill­ing and Ser­vice Sta­tion. First intro­duced to the pub­lic…

Short­ly after World War II, pro­duc­tion of a group of agri­cul­tur­al mod­els began, lat­er grouped togeth­er under the name “Farm Equip­ment”. It became a beloved series of agri­cul­tur­al mod­els that…

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…

It was late Sep­tem­ber 1935. Crowds gath­ered along the rail­way lines in Britain, hop­ing to catch a glimpse of a rev­o­lu­tion­ary new train, the “Sil­ver Link”. This sleek, stream­lined steam…

Dinky Toys No. 100 is a true gem for any col­lec­tor and fan of clas­sic tele­vi­sion. This beau­ti­ful­ly detailed minia­ture of the leg­endary FAB1, known from the pop­u­lar British super­mar­i­on­a­tion…

It’s very rare for a for­mer Mec­ca­no employ­ee to be involved with the col­lect­ing com­mu­ni­ty. How­ev­er, Vic Mum­by, ex-chief draughts­man for Mec­ca­no Ltd., is active in the Horn­by Rail­way Col­lec­tors…

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…

With a length of only 26.8 mm (1.05 in) for the trac­tor and 49 mm (1.9 in) for the trail­er, the Dublo Dinky 076 Lans­ing Bag­nall TD 200 trac­tor and…