fixer wrote:i know films of Lesney have been posted before and i apologies if these are repeats
what interested me was the wood mock ups like the one Tim found being used also the YY being hand painted by the R&D prior being assembled
also Dinky & Corgi production not the use of a ramp from one worker to the next and the way the news car bumps into the others ....
maybe the terms "mint in box " or "factory fresh" is allowed on lightly chipped models
Yes, very interesting pieces of history and they do illustrate how models could easily have left the factory with chips etc.., thanks for posting.
These old films are great! Thanks for pasting the links.
The Dinky film claims that they :turn out several millions each week". That sounds a lot more than I would expect. I haven't seen many quantities given for Dinky production, unlike Corgi where a lot of information is readily available. However, I seem to recall reading that 1956 was a peak year with about 26 million sold (relying on memory here, so might be wrong!").
I think that one of the Gerry Anderson Dinkies (Thunderbird 2? - certainly not Stripey the Magic Mini!) topped 3 million, but I still think that several million per week sounds way too many. Corgi had their million-sellers too, and in their peak year they sold about 17 million total. One of the Matchbox films mentioned 80 million per year, which I can believe.
Fred7A wrote:I think that one of the Gerry Anderson Dinkies (Thunderbird 2? - certainly not Stripey the Magic Mini!) topped 3 million, but I still think that several million per week sounds way too many. Corgi had their million-sellers too, and in their peak year they sold about 17 million total. One of the Matchbox films mentioned 80 million per year, which I can believe.
It might might not be that far fetched when you consider Lesney were said to be exporting 1 Million toys per week just to the USA.....
