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Ertl (formerly, the Ertl Company) is a former American manufacturing company and current brand of toys, best known for its die-cast metal alloy collectible replicas (or scale models) of agricultural machinery. Other products manufactured by Ertl include cars, airplanes, and commercial vehicles.
A die-cast toy (also spelled diecast, or die cast) is a toy or a collectible model produced by using the die-casting method of putting molten lead, zinc alloy or plastic in a mold to produce a particular shape. Such toys are made of metal, with plastic, rubber, glass, or other machined metal parts.
The company was established in 1893 as a toy soldiers manufacturer. With its factory set in London, Britains then diversified into other associated toys such as die-cast zamac military trucks, commercial vehicles, and toy cars. Today, the Britains brand is owned by Tomy since 2011, [1] and the W. Britain brand by First Gear, Inc. [2]
Corgi Toys is the brand name of a range of die-cast toy vehicles created by Mettoy and currently owned by Hornby, [2] after it acquired the Corgi Classics Limited Company in 2008. [ 3 ]
Hubley was purchased by toy maker Gabriel about 1969 who continued to make its regular kits and diecast kids toys through the 1970s. A series of colorful but rather unexciting generic make diecast toy trucks were available in a variety of forms (dump truck, tow truck, etc.) up until about 1980. Gradually, the Hubley name was downplayed in favor ...
Castle Toy – British die-cast manufacturer; Castline – Makes M2 Machines replicas of US and Japanese cars of the 1950s to 1970s. Chad Valley – Die-cast cars and buses made in England since the 1920s. Che Zhi – Chinese Brand of diecast cars, usually 1:32 scale. Chibi – Plastic copies of Dinky Supertoys made in Argentina [16]