Sunday, January 12, 2025
Sunny and Cold
-9°C / 16° F
A Case of What
Might Have Been
Mu usual blog time starts with scrolling through the 1667 posts and
checking to see who I haven't written about. So when I saw that
I hadn't written a post about Model Cars of The World,
I decided that they would be my next post.
Model Cars of The World are located "down under" in Australia.
If you're wondering who created the expression "down under",it was from
Matthew Flinders.
"The nickname "Down Under" came as a result of the European explorers
who were looking for a land located below the continent of Asia.*
*Reference from a Google Search
He was part of the team that coined the name "Down Under" with reference to
Australia, although New Zealand is also sometimes referred to in the same way.
You can find his autobiography on Wikipedia
Today's post is about 2 companies in Australia who were going to
work with the American company Tootsietoy to create die-cast based
on several models of Tootsietoy vehicles. Tootsietoy was an American company
that produced small-sized die-cast toy cars and other vehicles.
Model Cars of The World is an excellent ebay company.
They specialize on selling small-sized toys.
Description:
"TootsieToy Jumbo Tow Truck 140 mm long.
This toy was to be made by Winna Toys Australia. The Australian
version of this model was advertised in the toy retailer as being
manufactured by Winna toys in the 1940's and was called
"big brother tiny toys family",but after 60 years of collecting, I
have never seen one by stamped Winna"*
* Courtesy of the owner of Model Cars of The World
"TootsieToy Jumbo Saloon in red 140 mm long
was to be made by Winna Toys Australia. The
Australian version os this model was advertised in
the toy retailer as being manufactured by Winna toys
and was called big brother tiny toys family;
so I am not sure if it ever was produced by Winna or was it?????
* Courtesy of the owner of Model Cars of The World
"TootsieToy Jumbo Saloon USA 140 mm long in orange
was copied by Tink-E Toys in New Zealand in heavy cast metal,
it is approximately 138mm, so it is a bit smaller than the Tootsietoy".
The one for sale is in cream, missing wheels and axles with some damage"
The Tootsietoy was copied by Tink-E Toys in lead in New Zealand"
I did a search and found the toy website below that
wrote about Tink-E Toys
Tootsietoy and the Tink-E Toys toy companies.
As I once wrote in another blog post about a famous movie quote by
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994):
"My Mom always said life was like a bowl of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get."
Thanks for visiting my blog, and as always
have a great part of the day or night,
wherever you may be.
My name is Mr.Stacey Bindman,
and I can always be reached at:
toysearcher@gmail.com
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