#551 Eko - Spot 600 (Around 1960)

Eko is i of the most famous Castilian toy manufacturers exterior Spain. Their miniatures inward 1:87 (H0) scale were imported to many European countries too in all likelihood likewise to America.

If yous desire to read the history of this company, nosotros recommend yous to see Rosaspage too read a non bad article (in Spanish) most the society roofing all of import aspects.

If yous cannot read Spanish, I volition educate a really curt summary to comprehend the basic aspects.

In 1956 2 cousins named Blasco founded the "Industrias Blasco" inward Barcelona. They created toys too complements for children, similar H0 dioramas or H0 vehicles. One of the cousins likewise manufactured too distributed inexpensive toys, simply their followers inward the society decided to industry a amend character product, too hither is where EKO was born. At the firstly the society was a household unit of measurement business, simply they made some lucre too started growing rapidly. They fifty-fifty moved from Barcelona to Hospitalet de Llobregat, to a to a greater extent than suitable factory. The operate past times expose of employees they reached was roughly 12. Surprising for such a well-known manufacturer.

Their products were yet inexpensive compared amongst other European brands (Wiking, Roco, Anguplas), too their character was a chip lower. We would tell today that they specialized inward the lower-end market. Anguplas would sell their casts to Eko afterwards they disappeared inward 1967.

Their products included many cars, trucks, busses, military machine vehicles too accesories (people, traffic signs, small-scale buildings...) inward H0 scale equally good equally some other serial inward 1:43 scale, all of them inward plastic. They likewise produced other types of toy goods, similar plastic children spectacles or children watches.

Some brands used Eko miniatures equally promotional give-aways, or incorporated inward products of other companies, similar Congost, Ibertrén or Electrotrén.

By the firstly of the 80s, the society production became lower too almost disappeared. However, today they yet create toys nether the educate "Toyeko" www.toyeko.com