SARGE Posted November 16, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 16, 2018 Anybody still collecting Dinky Toys? I spent my allowance at the local modeling and toy shop on military airplane kits and Dinky Toys when I was a kid. All my model airplanes are long gone in a final kid inspired battle in the back yard. Shot up with a BB gun while strung from my mother's trees in a final air combat fight. The much sturdier English made metal Dinky Toys lived on. If you never throw anything away your childhood toys become collectible nostalgia. Link to comment
MECHINF-A15 Posted November 16, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2018 SARGE, Thanks for posting! I remember having these as a kid. All the best, Mike Link to comment
earlymb Posted November 17, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 17, 2018 I have a small collection of Dinky's, about half of them military models. Also have a small collection of tin jeep model from the early 1950's. Link to comment
Tony v Posted November 17, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 17, 2018 They were and still are great toys ! The question is what was the BB gun you used in the back yard battles ? Thanks for the memories Tony Link to comment
earlymb Posted November 17, 2018 Share #5 Posted November 17, 2018 If you want to know more about Dinky Toys models, I can recommend this database: http://www.talkmodeltoys.com/discus/messages/27668/27668.html?1405607954 You can search for specific models by their model number, which is on the baseplate. Your tank for example is the '152a (650)1937-1954 Light Tank': http://www.talkmodeltoys.com/discus/messages/27668/871.html?1402374735 Link to comment
SARGE Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted November 17, 2018 Thanks for the kudos guys! Tony, I had a Crosman pellet gun that was death on just about any target depending upon how many pumps of air you gave it. Plastic airplanes did not stand a chance. earlymb, Thanks for the link. I have both the light tank and the medium tank. I have all the Dinky (made by Meccano) military models up until they starting putting in clear plastic windows in the 1950s. I also have a few of the Dinky Toy lead figures that sat in the trucks. However, my go to, similar scale, figures were the Swedish African Engineers (SAE) lead soldiers. Link to comment
Bugme Posted November 17, 2018 Share #7 Posted November 17, 2018 I had a bunch of Dinkys as a kid however, their current location is unknown and lost to childhood history. Link to comment
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