A Visit to the TinToyCar Website

Saturday, January 18, 2025

32°F / 2° C

Overcast and Damp

A New Visit to TinToyCar

Please click on this sentence to visit this wonderful store

It's always nice to revisit the websites and people who have helped 

me with my blog over the years. Mr. Javier Hernández is one of the many 

people who have assisted me to write about toys. As time has gone by, I

have watched how his business has continued and blossomed. Also,

the overall website has become better and better. The photo has

always been excellent, but now I've noticed many more photos.

I also noticed that he's set a place on his website whereby people from

around the world can communicate with him in English, Chinese,

Denmark, The Netherlands, France.and The Czech Republic.

 Not only are there many different categories of toys such as

Cars, Robots, Space Toys,  Motorcycles, Others, and Projects and Customs,

but each of the categories has sub-divisions.

As an example, the Motorcycle division is sub-divided into 

Battery-Operated, Friction, Parts, and Windup.

It's nice to see how his business has matured and expanded.

The toy that I selected for this post is a

TippCo. Western Germany 50's Scooter Bella Friction

8.25 inches ( 21 cm) original Tin Toy Motorcycle

There was a lot more written details about the toy, and its' condition,

so if you are interested, just visit Javier's website, and you'll

be  able to read more about this toy. 

Also, I also observed that Javier provides a lot

of information, including any scratches or damage

that might be on a toy. 

That's good business practise to  do.

He's also added a short video of the toy moving around.

So that's it for today. 

Take a look at Javier's website. 

Theres lots on interesting toys, and you'll learn by

a visit to his site.

If you're ever interested to have me write a blog post for you,

by all means, please write. I'll also tell youwhat size photos to submit, 

as well as how to light the toys to show the best detail , and

to present the toy in its' best views.

Thank you for visiting my website 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

 

 

A Rarer Kingsbury Milk Truck

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Cloudy with Sunny Periods
8 C 46 F

A Rarer Kingsbury Milk Truck

       I received an interesting e-mail last week.  Mr. Bryan Westmoreland sent me photos of a Kingsbury Dairy Truck. The name on the truck was  Biltmore Dairy Farms.  Bryan had wanted to know if this particular truck was rare. I searched on the Internet for this truck, but could not find any yellow Biltmore Dairy Farms Kingsbury Trucks.  I wrote Bryan back to say that I found a white Kingsbury truck with a Borden's Dairy decal written on the side, a red Dairy truck, but no yellow Biltmore Dairy Farms Kingsbury truck.  I wrote Bryan also to ask if I might use his nice photos, and he replied yes. I did this in the hopes that perhaps someone out there might have information about this truck. I mentioned also to Bryan that perhaps, this yellow truck might have been customized for the Biltmore Dairy.

The photo above illustrates the unique wind-up mechanism that the Keene Toy Company of Keene, New Hampshire had for their toys.

"Company history and description of the company Kingsbury Mfg. Co., Keene New Hampshire, USA
In 1895 Harry T. Kingsbury bought the company Wilkins and with the Clipper Machine Works and led her long continue under the old name. At first cars were produced. The Wilkins line was abandoned during the First World War in favor of the Kingsbury models. They manufactured famous models of aircraft, trucks, and buses. 
1942 the toy production stopped during the Second World War and was no longer included. Everything was sold to Keystone in Boston. The company still exists as Kingsbury Machine Tool Division, as a supplier to IBM, General Motors and GE. "**

**Courtesy of  https://www.historytoy.com/

If anybody has any information  about this Keene (Kingsbury) yellow toy truck, would you please comment on this post at the bottom, or simply write to me at my e-mail address below.

Thanks for dropping by,

And as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com

Another Interesting Request for a Toy Identification

Sunday, September 2, 2018
Overcast and Rainiung
22 C 72 F

Another Interesting Request 

for a Toy Identification

          I often get requests from readers to help them identify their nice toys. A few weeks ago, I received a request from Mr. Race Owens to help him in identifying a toy of his. What I usually do is to ask the reader if he/she can send me photos of their toy, and I'll write a post for them. Possibly, one of my readers will help to identify the  toy.

Here's what Race wrote to me:

"Hello! My name is Race Owens. I have a wind-up toy with an unknown maker. The logo is a capital S in a circle. It seems to be more likely Strauss than Schoenhut but the logo resembles examples from the latter. "

      Race obviously knows about toys, since he mentioned 2 older toy manufacturers by the respective names of "Strauss" and "Schoenhut".

      So, if there is someone out there who can help with the identification of this toy., both Race, and myself would be very grateful.  Below are the photos that race sent me to help  with the discovery of this "mysterious toy".

     The toy is a wind-up toy that has a drummer drum .

The photo below is excellent because it's the logo of the company that manufactured the toy.

So that's it for today. Tomorrow or the next day, I have another toy that will also need help with its' identification.  If you know who the manufacturer of today's toy is, by all means please write me.

I can always be reached at the e-mail address below:

toysearcher@gmail.com

As always, thanks for dropping by, and have a great day, and a nice upcoming Labour Day.

Stacey Bindman

A 1900's Leymann (German) Wind-up Toy

Thursday, February 25, 2016

A 1900's Lehman (Germany)

Wind-up Toy

Please click here to visit the Copake Auction website

There were plenty of new immigrants that were arriving on a daily basis into the United States. As such, the country was getting larger and larger in terms of its population.aThe June 10, 1910 census

determined the US population to be 76, 212,168 people, which was an increase of 21.1% over the 1890 census. 

With such a larger population already, the country easily surpassed the populations of older established (e.g. European) countries of the world. With immigration, there were new jobs, and a booming economy, which naturally would lead to an increase in commerce with countries around the world.

Although the USA did have toy companies, trading with other countries allowed imports, and thus we come to today's 1900's Lehmann truck, a wind-up toy with a length of 5 1/2" (140 mm).

What makes the Lehmann toy interesting is both the wind-up mechanism, as well as the sophistication of the printing process (lithography) of the toy. Toys in the USa were mostly painted and were pressed steel or even the cast iron "heavies". But a toy from France or Germany would be printed lithography, years ahead of most American toys.

Below:

A photo illustrating the patents in years 1903, 1904, & 1906

The wind-up knob on the left side of the toy allowed the coil to get tense and build up energy. THe energy would be released when the toy was placed on the ground. A series of gears increased the sped of the toy, allowing it to be self-propelled. The front wheels had some leeway allowing the toy to turn.

Below:

The steering wheel allowed the front wheels to be turned 

to allow the truck to move to the left or right.

 Below:

A nice side view of the truck. Notice how Copake Auction likes to place an employ Coca-Cola can in the photo as a reference to the relative size of the toy. For a toy that's almost 110 years old, it's not too bad in its condition.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

have a great part of the day or night,

wherever you may be,

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com