Wednesday March 5, 2025
Cloudy and Damp
4° C / 39° F
An Uplifting Website on
a Cold March Day
This year, it seems that it's going to be a long time before spring and
warm weather arrive here in Montreal, Quebec,Canada. Two weeks ago, we got two days of heavy snow. I had to go on the small roof of our sun-room, to clear the snow. The roof had a leak, and water dripped inside!
Today, it's been raining all day!
I decided to visit Mr. Bill Buttaggi's excellent website. I had written a blog post
2 weeks ago, but today was cold and overcast. I decided to write about his
section on a company called "Tip-Top Toys"
Here's what Bill wrote:
"There is very little known about Tip-Top Toys. There were pre-war toys most
likely produced sometime between the mid-to-late 1920's through the mid-to-late
1930's. Although I've included them in this "Slush Mold Toys" section of this
website, "Tip-Top Toys" are classified as die-cast or pressure-cast. They were advertised as "Pewter Toys" - pewter often being the word used for lead alloy or
pot metal. They're often marked "A TIP-TOP TOY" on the bottom, but not always.
Description Below:
Description:
Description Below:
Racer, no driver, boat-tail, rounded nose, grill with horizontal lines, vertical
side louvers, metal cast wheels with eight lugs. Seen another example. with gold painted wheels, unmarked.
3 1/4" (8.25 cm) / 3 3/8" (8.57 cm) if including front wheels
Description Below:
"Tow Car" Pickup Truck with tow trailer, curved side windows, horizontal grill lines, openwork handrails (there is a no handrail version with. square side windows), hole at end of bed for trailer to attach, sometimes marked
"A TIP-TOP TOY" on bottom, truck is 3 1/4" ( 8.25 cm),
tow trailer is 2 3/16" (5.56 cm)
Description Below:
Undocumented- Large coupe, marked "A Tip-Top Toy". diecast, open windows,
horizontal grille lines, thin gold painted wheels, 3" (7. 62 cm) long (including front wheels), 1 13/16" ( 4.60 cm) tall.
Description Below:
TTTV004- Pickup Truck with hinged tailgate. Black painted metal wheels, open windows, horizontal grille lines.
3 1/4" (7. 97 cm)
Description Below:
Undocumented - Bus, unmarked, rounded roof and hood edges, doors on both sides, rounded grille with horizontal lines, thirteen open windows, small cast in rear window and spare, plain disc wheels simiolar to Kansas & Novelty or C.A.W.,
similar in. shape to Mid-west Novelty's Bus (MW010), heavy die-cast,
3 7/8" (9. 84 cm) long.
TTV002 - Tanker Truck, reads "GASOLINE" both sides, simulated rivets,
along tank edge, curved side windows, horizontal grille lines, gold painted
wheels similar to Tootsietoy's unmarked, 3 1/2" (8.9 cm) long, including
the front wheels.
Description Below:
TTTV010- Panel truck, "Parcel delivery" marked on both sides, open windows, horizontal grille lines, black painted metal wheels, unmarked, very small at omnly
2 1/8" (5. 4 cm)
I've selected just a few fine examples from Bill's fabulous collection.
If you decide to venture to his website, there will plenty of fine. toys to see and read about.
As always, thanks for dropping by,and 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
