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Buddy L toy train, 1920s-30s, Long Island. Buddy "L" toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, which was started by Fred A. Lundahl in 1910. [2] The company originally manufactured automobile fenders and other stamped auto body parts for the automobile industry, instead of toy products. [2]
1974 Tanker Truck. This marked the 10th anniversary of the Hess Toy Truck and is the same model as the 1972 release with the exception of a caution label on the box, stating there were small parts. The child safety law passed in 1973 regulated any toy with small pieces had to have a label.
Power Wheels is a brand of battery-powered ride-on toy cars for kids ages one to seven years old. Power Wheels ride-ons are built with kid-sized, realistic features – in some cases, real working features like FM radios, opening/closing doors and hoods, and both forward and reverse motion.
Meccano is a brand of model construction system created in 1898 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England.The system consists of reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, and plastic parts that are connected using nuts and bolts.
The PlasmaCar is a plastic ride-on toy car designed for children (can be adapted for adults see below), made popular by Canadian toy distributor PlaSmart.The PlasmaCar can be propelled by wiggling the front steering wheel which is attached to two pivoting wheels touching the ground.
Hubley was purchased by toy maker Gabriel about 1969 who continued to make its regular kits and diecast kids toys through the 1970s. A series of colorful but rather unexciting generic make diecast toy trucks were available in a variety of forms (dump truck, tow truck, etc.) up until about 1980. Gradually, the Hubley name was downplayed in favor ...
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Pyro was the leading manufacturer of military "bin toys" in the early 1950s. [4] Bin toys were relatively inexpensive items, usually an assortment of miniature green-plastic "army men", vehicles or accessories, packaged in poly bags, wholesaled in bulk, and sold "grab-bag-style" from large cardboard bins in retail stores.