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[Njja]

Gideon, Thanks for the photos. It's good to see all these toys from the past.

Johhn, you wrote,

Glad his general good humor had no lasting effects

Also, I'm ready for more Dinkeys and others. Keep them coming.

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Russell:

Yes my Dad is really something! We have always been quiet a pair as I have

his no-nosense attitude (except where family is concerned) mixed with my

Mom's Irish temper.

Okay you asked for it, I will post some Dinky photos later today when I return

have to take wife to Ikea!

 

[Njja]

I haven't forgotten my promise to post some Dinky items I just got side tracked! Yesterday I took the wife to Ikea (bad idea) I am always taken by the darn Poang Chairs and she usually gives me the business but yesterday she said "Okay.....if your going to use it in your den"......Wow!

So I pick one up, build it at home and decide the sleeper sofa is coming out of the Den.........Yeah right! So last night I'm up until 4:30 am moving my Rolltop Desk, Gun Cabinet, Curved Glass Cabinet and about 4,ooo lbs of "Stuff" to make room for the new chair. By the way its really quite comfortable!

Today the wife informs me that as she is hosting a luncheon on tuesday the
1. Sleeper Sofa
2. Console TV
3. Portable TV
4. End table
5. TV Cart
6. 3 Cases of books

will need to leave the dining room.......NOW! Oh yeah she also wanted the kitchen table cleared of the 500lbs of stuff and nonsense I had casually parked there last evening. She did assist me by taking my rolltop chair....as I currently have two padded stools in my den.

So bright and early today I stepped outside into the beautiful 96 degree weather hooked up the cycle trailer to the SSR and made two runs to goodwill!

Simple except for the cleaning & putting away trailer, SSR complete with cover then getting ready for diner out!

I shall try to post photos tomorrow........unless I get another
"Bright Idea"

 

[Njja]

Okay here we go!

1. Mclean Truck, difficult to find in this condition!
2. Top Shelf, Leyand Test Chassis, lawn mower, hand truck, club pin.
Bottom Shelf, Call box, Foden & Dinky Van, French Lift Truck, Helicopters,
Aircraft, Field Marshal Tractor and rare Go Kart.
3. Another shot with small fleet and W.C.Fritos figures.
4. Famos Dinky Ambulance (see story above)
5. Ten ton Truck......related to above.

 

[Njja]

Next Up

1. Dinky Crane and Concrete Truck.
2. Car transporter, tunnel van & truck. Two Fodens one carrying old bus.
3. Rare Foden Esso Tanker, with Exxon Tanker behind it.
4. Group of Dinky racers about to take off. Two Nabisco "Spoonsize"
Spoonmen in attendence.
5. Selection of Tires, Aircraft and a DUKW.

 

[Njja]

Now
1. Dinky transport and pre-war trailer, packages of Dinky Accessories on a
Boxed Crane.
2. Assortmet of goodies all boxed in the old 1950's Box Style.
3. Patrol Boat, French Tanker & Box for Pipe Truck.
4. Another assortment of Boxed Goodies.
5. Just like in the old Hobby Shops.

 

[Njja]

More to follow ........after Diner!

 

[Russell]

Thanks John, You've woken up some memories which have been dormant for decades. I remember the baby-blue car transporter, the military transport truck, and those blue and white stripped boxes. Wonderful

 

[Njja]

Well I'm glad you are enjoying the photos! I'm back after a lovely steak diner with the wife so here are the rest of the photos!
1. A nice group of Dinky Super Toys!
2. A really Mint $401 Fork Lift!
3. Terrific #642 Pressure Refueler.
4. #689 Artillery Tractor.
5. A couple of #651 Centurian Tank, other one is in the Box.

 

[Njja]

And
1. The famous $622 10 Ton Army Truck!
2. A #661 Recovery Tractor (one of my favorits)
3. Another one on display.
4. Classic French Dump Truck.
5. A cool bunch of Dinky Accessories still sealer.

 

[Njja]

Next we have:
1. #972 20 Ton Crane boxed.
2. Army transport and a pre-war trailer.
3. Armoured Car (out of scale) and a Dunlop rack of tires.
4. Boxed Fire Tender (to difficult to unwrap)
5. This item is quite rare the French GBO Berlict it is quite large and really cool.

 

[Njja]

To finish up once again:
1. The GBO with mast folded forward, it really is an impressive piece.
2. Dinky #930 Pallet Jekta Van (no longer in collection)
3. DInky #954 Fire Station also no longer present.

They are both nice pieces so I thought I would include them, who knows they may show up again soon!

Hope you enjoyed the photos, I had fun shooting them!

 

[Gideon]

Great Dinkys! I've had a lot of those come through my hands over the years.

I still love the Ford Transits. They have a real solid feel I can't get past. My favorites by far are the Kenmore and Hertz variations. Glad I have them both.

There was a guy in UK making customs of the ford transits - blue and different colored police liveries, fire and ambulances. They were so nice you'd never know they were customs. Always went for small fortunes.

The McClean is awesome. Don't think I've ever seen as clean an example.

Also, I love the lawn mower. I had one dead mint in box.

 

[Njja]

I searched for a long time for that Mclean they came with both a tan trailer, or a gray one. At one time I had 4, I went a little nuts when they started to turn up! I think I have a pair......but one might have traveled to the daughters!

 

[Russell]

Thanks John. Thanks for taking the time to post these photos. Are there big shows for Dinkeys and such like the big toy soldier shows? Are they maybe part of train shows?

I'm kind of surprised to realize that so many of these old Dinkeys still exist boxes and all. Some kids seemed to have lead some remarkably organized and tidy lives.

Here is a poor quality photo. I've included it because we see the Dinkey boxes on the bed. I think it was my birthday. Of course those Dinkeys are long gone. Probably in some land fill somewhere.

 

[Njja]

Russell:

What a great photo! You really look like you were having a great day! Some

wonderful Dinky's (and the Super Toys Models to boot) and a pair of Six Guns

to protect them! Do you happen to remember what dinkys those were?

As for the shows I know there is one in York Pennsylvania usually a few days

before the TCA Train Meet which are held twice a year in April and October.

There are always lots of dinkys at the train show, and they are usually better

bargins as the train guys are not necessarily dinky collectors.

They also show up quite a bit on auction sites people like Lloyd Ralston, and

Vectis in England. I also keep an eye on ebay, and I have picked up quite a

few nice items there.

I would probably start with ebay, and before you know it you will have a

showcase full of memories!

Only one or two of my original dinkys survived. I really began collecting them

in 1974 when I began collecting Lionel Trains. I was doing great once the

train guys new I would buy them. They would bring me nice boxed pieces they

picked up with their train buys and I usually gave them $10 each. Now back

in the early 1970's the average train buy was $200 so if a guy could make

$20 or $30 for two or three dinkys he was happy. All was fine for probably

a year or two until I misspoke! One of the guys asked me what I was

doing with all the dinkys I had been buying.......and I said oh I collect them

and put them on the shelves with my trains.......what a dope! He says "Hey

thats a great idea" and that was the end of that, pretty soon all the guys

began asking me about them and if I had any old catalogs and such!

Now some of those same $10 boxed pieces can go for $100's and in some

cases exceed $1000!

But don't let that bother you because you never know what you are going

to find if you know what to look for! I once pulled a super rare Avero Vulcan

Bomber out of a junk box at a flea market and paid $20 for it. This piece in

boxed condition has already brought $10,000 on auction! So keep your eyes

peeled......and know your items!

 

[Njja]

Anyone else have any Dinky photos that would like to share?

 

[Louis Badolato]

Anyone else have any Dinky photos that would like to share?

I just took a bunch of photos of my Dinky's. I guess we are from slightly different generations, John, as the Dinky's I loved to play with, made in the early 1970's were 1:35 scale, came on carboard stands with clear plastic domes over them, and the canons had springs in them and they shot little plastic bullets. With the help of Gideon from Classic Toys, I replaced all of the ones I had as a kid. There is a U.S. Self-Propelled 105mm gun, a commando jeep, a 105mm Canon with U.S. Crew; a British Bren Gun Carrier; a German Kubelwagon pulling a Pak 40 Anti-Tank Gun; a Hanomang Tank Destroyer (with a canon on top); and finally, a Britains Ltd. Kubelwagon with a driver and machine gunner. I took a few out of the packaging and photographed them in front of the packaging, and photographed the rest in the packaging (without flash you can see right inside and get a good look at the vehicles). I have to send them to Brad with a polite request that he post them for me.

 

[Njja]

I just took a bunch of photos of my Dinky's. I guess we are from slightly different generations, John, as the Dinky's I loved to play with, made in the early 1970's were 1:35 scale, came on carboard stands with clear plastic domes over them, and the canons had springs in them and they shot little plastic bullets. With the help of Gideon from Classic Toys, I replaced all of the ones I had as a kid. There is a U.S. Self-Propelled 105mm gun, a commando jeep, a 105mm Canon with U.S. Crew; a British Bren Gun Carrier; a German Kubelwagon pulling a Pak 40 Anti-Tank Gun; a Hanomang Tank Destroyer (with a canon on top); and finally, a Britains Ltd. Kubelwagon with a driver and machine gunner. I took a few out of the packaging and photographed them in front of the packaging, and photographed the rest in the packaging (without flash you can see right inside and get a good look at the vehicles). I have to send them to Brad with a polite request that he post them for me.

Louis, yes they are from the 1970's all very nice models. Personally I think the post war pieces produced up through the mid 1960's were their best work, but some collectors would differ and many of the later pieces also
command very nice prices.

 

[Russell]

John thanks for the photos. It's wonderful to see them. Unfortunately I don't remember which Dinkys I received on that day. But over the years I (my father actually) did my part to keep the Dinky company afloat.

What I do remember from that photo is being disappointed with the six shooters. The holsters were white and I wanted something more realistic; maybe brown with a string to tie it to my hip. I feel a bit bad about this because my dad must have gone to some trouble to get this set for me.

But he wasn't watching Wild Bill Hickok and so he didn't know what was what.

 

[Gideon]

Louis, yes they are from the 1970's all very nice models. Personally I think the post war pieces produced up through the mid 1960's were their best work, but some collectors would differ and many of the later pieces also
command very nice prices.

I think the jeep, kubelwagon and a few of the other pieces actually started in the late 1960's. They changed over to that aweful blister packing in the 70's.

The examples of the Jeep & Howitzer and the Kubelwagen & PAK are in the older style dio boxes. I'd provide photos but they are stored away somewhere. I also the awesome hanomag anti tank piece. Thats one of my favorites of all time. That was a later toy and only came in the bubble top