read about collecting Die Cast Toys from Die Cast Toy Trucks, Cars and Planes
Collecting die cast toys is a very popular hobby and collectors carefully organise their collections, catalog them and proudly display them. Collectors vary in the type of die cast vehicles that they collect, often focusing on subtopics within their collection or collecting specific kinds of die cast vehicles. For example some collectors will collect all die cast 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 collecting. Die Cast Toy Collecting….
Read about collecting Corgi die cast toys from Die Cast Toy Trucks, Cars and Planes
Many die cast 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 catalogue. They sold over two million models in the first year. Collecting Old Die Cast Corgi Cars…
Read about collecting die cast toy trucks from Die Cast Toy Trucks, Cars and Planes
Among the collectors of die cast toy vehicles are many who prefer to focus on building a collection of die cast toy trucks. If you are starting such 
a collection or are buying a die cast toy truck as a present for an enthusiastic collector here are some points for your consideration.
Typical scale for die cast trucks are 1:18, 1:24, 1:43, 1:50 or 1:64. Are you going to collect trucks all of the same scale or from any scale? If you are buying one as a present does the collector specialise in a particular scale? The most popular scales are 1:43 and 1:50. Collecting Die Cast Toy Trucks….