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matchbox.com. Matchbox is a toy brand which was introduced by Lesney Products in 1953, and is now owned by Mattel, Inc, which purchased the brand in 1997. The brand was given its name because the original die-cast "Matchbox" toys were sold in boxes similar to those in which matches were sold. The brand grew to encompass a broad range of toys ...
Hubley Manufacturing Company – American producer of metal kits, diecast cars, and plastic kits and promotional models. Husky Toys – Corgi's smaller line that competed with Matchbox. Name brought back in the 2000s with no connection to Corgi for tourism trade of Austin black cabs and UK police cars.
Lesney was founded on 19 January 1947 as an industrial die-casting company by Leslie Smith (6 March 1918 - 26 May 2005) and Rodney Smith (26 August 1917 - 20 July 2013). The name "Lesney" was an acronym from both partners' (who were not related by blood) names. They had been school friends and served together in the Royal Navy during World War II.
OzMods Scale Models (Australia) ParryArt (Australia) Quickboost (Czech Republic) - brand of Aires. Planet Models (Czech Republic) - brand of Special Hobby. Reskit (Ukraine) Rising Sun Modeling (Japan) - brand of Konishi. Silver Wings (Poland) Studio 27 (Japan) - brand by Gilles.
The most common scale for paper model kits of aircraft. 1:32: 3⁄8" 9.525 mm: 54 mm figure scale toy soldiers are supposed to use this scale as well. Same as Gauge 1, cars, common for slot cars. Apart from 1:24, the largest scale for aircraft kits. Commonly referred to as Stablemate size in model horses. 1:30.5: 10 mm
A plastic model kit, ( plamo in Eastern influenced parlance), [citation needed] is a consumer-grade plastic scale model manufactured as a kit, primarily assembled by hobbyists, and intended primarily for display. A plastic model kit depicts various subjects, ranging from real life military and civilian vehicles to characters and machinery from ...
Rob Thomas, Ryan Gosling. Kristin Callahan/Shutterstock ; Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. There are a ton of potential takeaways from the Barbie movie, but one unexpected result of seeing the film is ...
Advent of the TYCO brand. Launching in 1957, Mantua pioneered HO-scale model railroad “ready-to-run” die-cast locomotives. These products, also available as assembly kits, were sold under the "TYCO" name (for "Tyler Company"). [3] Many TYCO and Mantua die-cast products, such as steam engines, are collector's items today.