A rare collection of five vintage toy vans has sold at an auction for nearly £9,000. The Dinky Toys vans, which were made in 1934-1935, were discovered in a drawer by the original owner's son.

The display at Brighton Toy and Model Museum includes 400 rare 1930s Dinky toys. A private collection of rare 1930s Dinky toys has gone on public display. The exhibition of 400 Meccano-made items ...

A classic toy car has sold on eBay for almost £1,000 after inspiring a mini bidding war from 29 collectors. The Dinky Toy Oldsmobile fetched £992 when it sold on the online auction site earlier ...

In 1899, Frank Hornby (1863-1936) was a bookkeeper for a meat importer, making toys for his children in his workshop. A ...

“It is fairly typical of Dinky toys that they would go and get the early production model, and then the manufacturer would change it, Andrew explains. “But Dinky would stick with the old one.

Miniature cars became really popular in the early 20th century, many produced in Britain by the Dinky Toy company, founded by Frank Hornby.

Dinky Toys was joined by more affordable Matchbox series cars and more intricate Corgi Toys in the fifties, although from then until the seventies, European brands such as Solido, Mercury and Gama ...

Dinky had been making toy cars at the Meccano factory in Liverpool since the 1930s, but now it had competition, especially as Corgi’s USP was manufacturing models with transparent plastic ...

In 1964, it even took over its troubled great rival Meccano, manufacturer of the wonderfully detailed Dinky Toy cars that ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Naturally, the rights weren’t properly worked out and the version of ...

Name: Tom Kaiser’s O gauge layoutDimensions: 10½ x 11 feetTrack: Lionel FasTrack (diameters range from 31 to 60 inches)Motive ...