Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 103. Chapters: Matchbox, Corgi Toys, Hot Wheels, Dinky Toys, Tomica, Hornby Railways, Product Miniature Corporation, Majorette, Die-cast toy, Solido, Husky Toys, Schuco Modell, Brooklin Models, NASCAR diecast, Minialuxe, Siku Toys, Lone Star Toys, Brumm, Matchbox Sky Busters, Corgi Classics, Polistil, Norev, AUTOart, Bburago, G & R Wrenn, Eligor Models, Winross Models, Maisto, Gama Toys, NZG Models, Trax Models, Conrad Models, RIO Models, Cursor Models, Schabak Modell, Vitesse Models, Martoys, Johnny Lightning, 1:18 scale diecast replica, Funmate, Gescha Toys, Mebetoys, Lledo, TootsieToy, Welly, Tekno, Yat Ming. Excerpt: Corgi Toys (trademark) is the name of a range of die-cast toy vehicles produced by Mettoy Playcraft Ltd. in the United Kingdom. The Mettoy company was founded in 1933 by German emigre Philip Ullmann in Northampton, England, where he was later joined by South African-born German Arthur Katz who had previously worked for Ulmann at his toy company Tipp and Co of Nuremberg. They decided to market a range of toy vehicles as competition to Meccano's Dinky Toys model vehicles which had dominated the British market for many years. Corgi Toys were introduced in the UK in July 1956 and were manufactured in Swansea, Wales, for twenty seven years before the company went into liquidation. The Corgi Toys logo seen from 1968 until 1977.The range was exported worldwide and sold in large numbers. Some of the best known and most popular models were of cars made famous in film and television such as the Batmobile, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 - which remains the largest selling toy car ever produced. Although the largest single vehicle type featured in the Corgi Toys range were models of cars from manufacturers around the world, this article sub-divides vehicles into genres, wherever possible, to allow ...
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Die-Cast Toys : Matchbox, Corgi Toys, Hot Wheels, Dinky Toys, Tomica, Hornby Railways, Product Miniature Corporation, Majorette, Die-cast Toy