Diecast Toy Auction
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Collecting diecast toys is a very popular hobby and collectors carefully organise their collections, catalog them and proudly display them. Collectors vary in the type of diecast vehicles that they collect, often focusing on subtopics within their collection or collecting specific kinds of diecast vehicles. For example some collectors will collect all diecast farm vehicles while another collector may focus only on John Deere farm vehicles or, even more specifically, John Deere farm tractors. Every collection then is as unique as the individual doing the collection. Read more....
Among the collectors of diecast toy vehicles are many who prefer to focus on building a collection of diecast toy trucks. If you are starting such a collection or are buying a diecast toy truck as a present for an enthusiastic collector here are some points for your consideration. Are you going to collect all brands of toy trucks or only one or two brands? Many collectors specialise in particular brands, for instance Sunstar, Caterpillar (CAT), New Ray, Tonkin or First Gear. Find out the preference of the recipient of your gift before you buy a toy truck that might not fit into their collection. Read more...
Many diecast toy collectors specialise in particular brands and one that is ever popular is Corgi. Mettoy began producing toy cars in 1934 made of tin plate, another area for collectors! Corgi diecast toy cars were not made until 1956 after a great deal of trial and error to perfect the diecasting technique. They were launched by the sister company Playcraft on July 9th with the name Corgi and produced at the company's Swansea factory in Wales. To make them different from their rivals, Dinky Toys, Corgi produced models with plastic windows and in 1957 used an advertising campaign on the TV and launched their first catalog. They sold over two million models in the first year. Read more...
