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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.
Buddy L made such products as toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, construction equipment, [3] and trains. [4] Fred Lundahl used to manufacture for International Harvester trucks. [1] He started by making a toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy. Soon after, he started selling Buddy L "toys for boys", made of ...
Up through the 1950s, the emphasis was on children's toys, though some of these so-called toys could be fairly sophisticated, like the eleven and a half inch long Indian 'crash car' cast iron motorcycle complete with parts and accessories, or a fairly complex tow truck. Hubley made simple diecast metal toys all the way through the 1970s.
Power Wheels ride-on cars, trucks and motorcycles have been sold with more than 100 model names. The latest line of Power Wheels features small-scale versions of popular real-world vehicles, including the Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Hurricane, Ford F-150, Ford Mustang, [3] Kawasaki KFX quad, Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Cadillac Escalade EXT as well as Lightning McQueen from Pixar’s film Cars, and a ...
Toys Toys holds licenses for a variety of sports car brands as well as licenses for more mainstream cars. Toys Toys have always been very picky about what licenses they accept, agreeing to only manufacture popular and prestigious cars. In 2009 the managers turned down offers to manufacturer licensed cars for Aston Martin and Bentley.
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Initially, model railways and accessories were made and the firm was known as "Rail-Route". By 1964, the first cars came to market, and in 1967, the name was changed to Majorette. Majorette became the main French manufacturer of Matchbox-sized miniature vehicles (scale variously pegged to 3 inches long). The company soon became the largest ...