The decline of Dinky Toys echoes that of Britain's motor industry, with the firm folding in 1979. And though Matchbox and Corgi toys can be collected they tend to fetch less.

Others seek out the toys they loved as a child, like the iconic Corgi TV generation toys, or Dinky’s post-1947 Supertoys range of trucks. Other collectable manufacturers include Britains, Tekno ...

Some of the first Dinky Toys ever made have fetched almost £50,000 at auction. Two boxes containing 12 rare delivery vans from the firm's infancy in 1933 were snapped up by a private collector.

In the 1970s Dinky may have lost market share to the realism of Corgi or the fun of Hot Wheels, but they have few competitors in the marketplace today. Dinky toys were very simple (it was only in ...

News UK News Toys Pristine Dinky toy car collection could fetch staggering £125k at auction The 1,500 strong collection, which includes Dinky, French Dinky, Corgi, Triang, Spot-on, Matchbox ...

appeared over the coming years and they continued to innovate with opening doors and springy wheels. For over two decades, Dinky dominated the UK market and then came Corgi in 1955. Corgi was made by ...

McRae says: “Dinky toys went broke because manufacturers like Corgi and Matchbox brought much more detail into the vehicles, such as doors and windows that could open.

A rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 at auction next… ...

Press Release – Toy and Diecast Fair Cars are all around us, but in the miniature world the leading names are not Toyota, Ford or GM. Rather it is Matchbox and Hotwheels. Toy cars have been mass ...

The decline of Dinky Toys echoes that of Britain's motor industry, with the firm folding in 1979. And though Matchbox and Corgi toys can be collected they tend to fetch less.

The 1,500 strong collection, which includes Dinky, French Dinky, Corgi, Triang, Spot-on, Matchbox, British, European and Continental Diecast brands, will go under the hammer over two days on ...