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made in Japan
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:49 am
by daz28
This thing has shaper edges than a cheap Chinese craft knife
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Re: made in Japan
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:19 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
These come in Two levels of status. Those made by a few established toy companies such as 'TOY NOMURA' (TN logo) and 'ICHIMURA' (usually showing an Indian Chief's head logo), of course made in Japan, or un-branded and only showing the MADE IN JAPAN script.
Both types are very cheaply made specially for the retailers who sell their goods on open markets for mere pennies, hence the general name of 'Penny Toys' for these toy cars and other vehicles. Not all of them were friction powered, usually only the 'Branded' toys have it.
Very few were based on actual prototypical car designs as it was just a toy and so a generic look was enough to suggest it was a car in Police, Fire, Ambulance or TAXI trim.
Similar toys in America were marketed as 'ARGO', below.
- ARGO, America..JPG (29.6 KiB) Viewed 4715 times
England from GTP, below...
- GTP, England..jpg (57.8 KiB) Viewed 4715 times
...and England again from METTOY, below.
- METTOY, South Wales..jpg (50.81 KiB) Viewed 4715 times
GTP (Glam Toy Products) and Mettoy were made in South Wales.
Ghosthunter.
Re: made in Japan
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:30 am
by daz28
your a mine of information ghosty
thanks
Re: made in Japan
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:25 am
by brainstrust
Daz it's a fairly small car right, matchbox size?
Re: made in Japan
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:49 am
by Idris
- ARGO,%20America_.JPG (29.6 KiB) Viewed 4693 times
That would be
so useful in modern traffic!
Re: made in Japan
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:37 pm
by Tinman
Idris wrote:That would be so useful in modern traffic!
I'm sure you're not the only one having that thought.
Re: made in Japan
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:28 am
by daz28
brainstrust wrote:daz it's a fairly small car right, matchbox size?
Yes but very flat