Dinky Fans

The post-war years at Mec­ca­no Ltd. deliv­ered a huge num­ber of new Dinky Toys. Dur­ing this…

With a length of only 26.8 mm (1.05 in) for the trac­tor and 49 mm…

It was late Sep­tem­ber 1935. Crowds gath­ered along the rail­way lines in Britain, hop­ing to…

John Gay was a career com­mod­i­ty bro­ker who moved into Dinky Toys in 1975. Up to its clo­sure…

Short­ly after World War II, pro­duc­tion of a group of agri­cul­tur­al mod­els began, lat­er grouped…

Some time ago, I was approached by a pas­sion­ate col­lec­tor. He had an eye for…

In the 1950’s as a young Dinky Toys col­lec­tor, I built my own list of what had…

Dinky Toys hold a spe­cial place in the hearts of col­lec­tors and enthu­si­asts alike. From…

It’s very rare for a for­mer Mec­ca­no employ­ee to be involved with the col­lect­ing com­mu­ni­ty.…