'Dinky Toy' copies.
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:31 pm
In this thread, I will show and comment on the various copies known to have been made of 'DINKY TOYS', it will be similar to my threads on "Matchbox" and Corgi toys.
I have several images of the plastic 'Friction' powered toys from Hong Kong, but welcome anything from forum members, however trivial you think it is, if it looks like a copy of a Dinky toy, lets have a look at it and we might be able to confirm it as such.
'DINKY TOYS' were the first British based commercial diecast toy company, with their first motor vehicles being introduced in 1933 as 'MODELLED MINIATURES', they formed part of a range of railway accessories. The name 'DINKY' coming a little later in 1934, and coined by someone observing the miniatures as..."Oh! aren't they dinkie...
...the rest is history.
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Shown below is a plastic copy of a fantastic Dinky toy I always wanted, but never got!
The model was made by 'TELSALDA', Hong Kong and 'Friction' powered. It shares virtually all the details of the Dinky original. This particular example is a later example of an earlier version of the model and the late 'TELSALDA' logo on the box end-flap dates it from the mid-late 1970's.
The model is larger than the Dinky, being around the 1/30th scale.
GHOSTHUNTER.
I have several images of the plastic 'Friction' powered toys from Hong Kong, but welcome anything from forum members, however trivial you think it is, if it looks like a copy of a Dinky toy, lets have a look at it and we might be able to confirm it as such.
'DINKY TOYS' were the first British based commercial diecast toy company, with their first motor vehicles being introduced in 1933 as 'MODELLED MINIATURES', they formed part of a range of railway accessories. The name 'DINKY' coming a little later in 1934, and coined by someone observing the miniatures as..."Oh! aren't they dinkie...
...the rest is history.
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Shown below is a plastic copy of a fantastic Dinky toy I always wanted, but never got!
The model was made by 'TELSALDA', Hong Kong and 'Friction' powered. It shares virtually all the details of the Dinky original. This particular example is a later example of an earlier version of the model and the late 'TELSALDA' logo on the box end-flap dates it from the mid-late 1970's.
The model is larger than the Dinky, being around the 1/30th scale.
GHOSTHUNTER.