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Many sources in the airsoft community in Hong Kong and Japan believe there are only a handful of each version of TradeMark guns left in existence. Also, some Masudaya guns can be seen packaged either as Masudaya or TradeMark. An example of this is the Thunderbolt, where some versions say "TradeMark" on the box and others just say Masudaya.
The brand name itself has become a sign of quality for modern-day toy collectors. The toys featured several other innovative features – Raideen is often considered the first transforming toy, and thus a precursor of the world-famous Transformers line. The same toy also introduced the idea of a predominantly black ‘premium’ recolour, an ...
Bandai Co., Ltd. [a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in TaitÅ, Tokyo.Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London.
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After the larger, elaborate wind-up machine art declined in interest, wind-up toys were created cheaply in large numbers by the 1800s. Wind-up machines became known as wind-up toys, and were designed in different forms to move around. [1] European toy makers created and mass-produced the first wind-up tin toys during the late 1880s.
Prior to the introduction of Corgi Toys, Mettoy mainly produced tin plate toys. However, in the early 1950s, they began producing a few products in cast metal. The first was a large scale wind-up racer made with a cast aluminium body and tin plate wheels.
These toys command high interest from collectors today and are considered prime examples from the "golden age of toys". During World War II, J. Chein & Company suspended toy production, instead producing nosecones and tail units for bombs and casings for incendiary devices. After the War, Chein returned to toy production with considerable success.
Marx manufactured other toys based on the Nutty Mad brand as well, including battery-operated tin toys made in Japan, wind-up toys, water pistols, a bagatelle-style pinball game, and even an enclosed, tabletop target-shooting game.