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In the late 1970s, Ertl offered a series of plastic model kits of heavy commercial trucks, over-the-road trailers, tractors, plows, and farm wagons. Although these kits never achieved the hoped-for popularity, they led to the acquisition of AMT. In 1983, AMT was purchased by Ertl from Lesney, and renamed AMT/Ertl.
Banthrico – Die cast car banks in 1:25th and other scales. Promo maker in the early 1950s. Made banks through the 1990s. Bapro – Swedish toy maker in the late 1940s, early 1950s [8] Barclay – American simple metal toys of the 1950s & 1960s – similar to Tootsietoy. Known for tiny cars about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.
Aluminum Model Toys (AMT) is an American brand of scale model vehicles. The former manufacturing company was founded in Troy, Michigan, in 1948 by West Gallogly Sr. AMT became known for producing 1:25 scale plastic automobile dealer promotional model cars and friction motor models, and pioneered the annual 3-in-1 model kit buildable in stock, custom, or hot-rod versions.
The brand was owned by The Fun Group since the 1970s. It was bought by Ertl in the mid-80s after the acquisition of AMT. Ertl considered MPC supplementary to AMT and the MPC products were gradually replaced under the AMT brand name. After Ertl was purchased by Racing Champions which were focused on diecast model, MPC was sold to Round 2.
This is an incomplete list of trucks currently in production and discontinued trucks (as of 2014). This list does not include pickup trucks, nor trucks used only in militaries. Some images provided below may show the outdated model.
Sterling Trucks (United States) Stewart & Stevenson (United States) Studebaker (United States) Scot (Canada) [citation needed] Tesla Motors (United States) Traffic (United States) UD Trucks (different models for U.S. market) Volvo Trucks (different models for U.S. market) Vicinity Motor Corp. (Canada) Walter (United States) White (United States)
In 1987, the three partners gave a majority stake in the company to Ertl, the American distributor of ESCI kits at the time. The catalogue of 1991 shows a radical downsizing of products, bringing the number of kits to 290. 100 of these were aeroplanes (22 in 1:48 scale and 75 in 1:72 scale).
1985 First Hess Truck Bank; 1986 Red Fire Truck; 1987 Truck with Barrels; 1988 Truck with Racer; 1989 White Fire Truck Bank. Similar to the 1986 Hess Fire Truck. Final model to include a built-in coin bank. 1990 Tanker Truck. The last annual holiday tanker truck to be released. Tanker truck releases after 1990 have either been miniatures or ...