Corgi Toys

Informationen zum Autor David Cooke has always been a keen toy collector, and in 1972 he founded the South West Model Club and in 1979 the East Anglian Model Club. He is Toy Curator and a trustee at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk. Klappentext Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. Life-long collector David Cooke explaores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables. He also charts the recent financial problems faced by the company, and their resurgence based upon limited edition collectors models sold direct to an adult market. Zusammenfassung Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. This book explores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology Mettoys - Perfect Scale Models 1934-55 'The Ones with Windows' 1956-69 The Final Years of Mass Production 1970-85 Film and Television-related Toys 1965-82 Corgi Classics: From 1985 The Twenty-First Century Further Reading Index

Klappentext

Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. Life-long collector David Cooke explaores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables. He also charts the recent financial problems faced by the company, and their resurgence based upon limited edition collectors models sold direct to an adult market.

Inhalt

Chronology
Mettoys - Perfect Scale Models 1934-55
'The Ones with Windows' 1956-69
The Final Years of Mass Production 1970-85
Film and Television-related Toys 1965-82
Corgi Classics: From 1985
The Twenty-First Century

Further Reading
Index