#556 Fx Schmid - Wunder Der Technik (Around 1955)

This deck of cards was manufactured past times Schmid (today FX Schmid) inwards the 50s, mayhap 1955, although it is quite hard to laissez passer on an exact year...

Similarly to the deck past times JSJW shown inwards a previous entry, the box simulates a small-scale majority amongst leather covers, although it is made of cardboard. I bought both decks from the same seller, in addition to thus I guess that both are convey approximately the same age. It belongs to the serial "Quartett Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und das Wissen" (Quartett-Library of Entertainment in addition to Knowledge).

The quartet has nine families, each of them represents 1 category inwards the “wonders of technology” or “wonders of engineering”, like: roads, canals, bridges, trains, high buildings, shipbuilding or telecommunications.

 

 

I honey the subject of the deck in addition to the pictures are great. Despite beingness in addition to thus old, the deck is nevertheless quite modern, inwards close categories, the plant shown are nevertheless considered really advanced lx years later… the exclusively category inwards which the “wonders” convey been clearly exceeded are mayhap telecommunications.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: WUNDER DER TECHNIK
• Alternate Names: WONDERS OF ENGINEERING (English)
• Year: Around 1955
• Company: FX Schmid (Germany)

#565 Lesney Toys - Diverse Models I (1955, 1957 In Addition To 1958)

I direct keep collected my oldest Matchbox/Lesney to in conclusion write the even out of the origins of Matchbox.

Lesney was founded inward 1947 past times Leslie as well as Rodney Smith. Despite their names, these men were non family. LESlie as well as rodNEY gave cite to the company. Shortly after their foundation the engineer John "Jack" Odell joined the company. He was a friend of Rodney, both had worked previously at DCMT (Die Cast Machine Tools Ltd.), the die-cast fellowship famous for "Lone Star" die-cast models.
Initially, Lesney facilites were an onetime pub called The Riflemen. They changed place several times until they in conclusion moved to a mill inward Hackney. In 1947 they recevied a asking for toy gun parts, as well as they started considering toys every bit a novel option to the other items they produced. In 1948 they started producing toys themselves. That start toy was a die-cast route roller like to some other ane made past times Dinky, followed past times like toys including a cowboy carriage as well as a lather box racer (from 1949, belike the close sought-after model e'er inward the history of Lesney/Matchbox).

Rodney left the fellowship inward 1951 because he idea at that spot was no hereafter inward producing toys.
Only 2 years later, inward 1953, Lesney produced the Royal Stage Coach used inward the coronation of Elizabeth II inward 2 dissimilar scales. This was an amazing success as well as provided uppercase for hereafter expansions. This success summation a fleck of luck would definitely decide the vivid hereafter of the company. Jack Odell built a miniature road-roller inward 2 to three inches size for his daughter, who was alone allowed to accept amongst her to schoolhouse toys inward the size of a matchbox or smaller. This scale was somehow revolutionary, as well as nosotros all know how successful this "scale" has been. Opposed to the classic 1:43, 1:87... scales, this novel scale is sometimes referred every bit 1:box, because all models are some 2-3 inches long, independently of the size of the existent vehicle.
That route roller would afterwards hold out Nr.1 of the Matchbox 1-75 series.

Until the belatedly 50s, Lesney toys were distributed past times Moko. Moko was founded past times MOses KOhnstam, as well as from at that spot its name. Toys distributed past times Moko were marked Lesney/Moko inward the boxes. At ane point, Lesney bought Moko, as well as started distributing their ain toys.

From at that spot on, a groovy expansion would follow until the start bankruptcy as well as receivership inward 1982. Then, the fellowship was reformed every bit Matchbox International Ltd. (a sectionalization of Universal Holdings/ universal Toys) as well as started producing inward Macau. Jack Odell founded as well as thus Lledo (the surname spelled backwards).

Nr. 1c - Aveling Barford Road Roller (1958-1962)
Nr. 2b - Muir Hill Site Dumper (1957-1961) - Probably Reedition
Nr. 18a - Caterpillar Bulldozer (1955-1958) - Reedition

More Information:
www.hgm-matchbox.de/default.htm

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: Aveling Barford Road Roller (Nr. 1c), Muir Hill Site Dumper (Nr. 2b), Caterpillar Bulldozer (Nr. 18c)
• Scale: Unknown
• Year: 1958, 1957, 1955
• Company: Lesney (Great Britain)
• Size: approx. vi cm

#770 Unknown Manufacturer - Unidentified Dichter Quartet (Around 1955)

MONTH OF THE UNKNOWN

I convey a few interesting toys that I convey been collecting over the years from which I know null at all. They cannot last identified since they convey no industry marking. Despite searching the internet, I couldn´t honor anything nigh them, as well as hence I changed my mind, as well as idea it may last meliorate if I issue them now, as well as people reading this could help me identifying them.

There volition last eleven toys (all eleven entries from Jan 2017), only I warn you: it is non an slowly business to set them. Are you lot laid upwards for this challenge?

If I become hints as well as information, I´ll last updating the posts to add together data nigh them. Thanks!

 

If you lot similar the challenge, at that topographic point are other toys inwards this spider web log waiting to last identified, click here to encounter all unidentified toys.

 

 

After as well as hence many years writing this blog, I intend I don´t convey to tell I honey all bill of fare decks. I establish this for really piddling coin as well as I intend it was a swell buy.

 

 

The deck is a classic quartet game amongst no indications at all, although it is 99% certain made inwards Republic of Austria (there are many Austrian authors in) as well as too from the mid to belatedly 50s (for the means of the box, the colouring as well as the cutting of the cards.

 

 

 

 

It seems to last a depression lineament product, typical from the post-war times. I would tell it has never been played, since the cars nonetheless convey dainty edges.

 

The beautiful illustrations inwards each bill of fare correspond the portrait of the writer summation around pocket-size scene of i of the iv selected industrial plant they wrote.

 

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: DICHTER QUARTETT
• Year: Around 1955
• Company: Unknown (Austria)