![]() Dinky logo used in the late 1960s | |
Product type | Scale model vehicles |
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Owner | Mattel (1997–) |
Country | U.K. |
Introduced | 1934Liverpool | in
Related brands | List of model car brands |
Markets | Worldwide |
Previous owners |
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Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.
Dinky Toys were among the most popular die-cast vehicles ever made – pre-dating other popular die-cast marques, including Corgi, Matchbox and Mattel's Hot Wheels.[1][2]
Vehicles commercialised under the "Dinky" name include cars, trucks, aircraft, military, ships.