#525 Zylmex – Minibikes: Bridgestone Ten Speed (H381) (Around 1981)

This is a rather special toy, I had seen around of its variety years ago, precisely this is the solely toy/scale bike I own. I bought it lately for rattling piddling money.

The wheel is made past times Zylmex, in all likelihood past times the early on 80s, although I must admit, this is non a rattling educated guess,

The toy itself is a die-cast bicycle, it is made of many unlike parts, in addition to the assembly must convey been laborious, authorities notation that the seat, pedals, handlebars, tyres… are dissever parts. Some are made of plastic, precisely they are solely a few in addition to produce non deport upon the sturdiness of the bike.

The close impressive item are of course of report the operating pedals that deed the parent wheel, that means, the bike chain (which is made of rubber) transmits the travail of the pedals to the wheels, in addition to from the wheels to the pedals. The handles of the handlebars are painted black. Also prissy are the few stickers (four pieces) that the bike has.

The box looks great, alongside a prissy desing from the like shooting fish in a barrel 70s depicting 2 cyclists. Each box was “customized” alongside i sticker according to the model within the box. The wheel is firmly fixed inwards the box past times way of a plastic inlay.

There were at to the lowest degree i redesign of the box, that could live fifty-fifty older, since around send the Zee logo.
The available models inwards the Minibikes Series past times Zylmex were:

• H381 Bridgestone x Speed
• H382 Huffy Tradewind
• H383 Royce Union
• H384 Motocross

This serial seems to live similar a “spin-off” of the Motorbikes Series likewise past times Zylmex, which used the same parcel design, in addition to that likewise featured famous motorbikes inwards 1:24 scale, similar Guiloy (see #31 in addition to #103) or Mercury (see #2).

FACTS AND FIGURES

• Name: BRIDGESTONE x SPEED (H381)
• Scale: 1:20
• Year: Around 1981
• Company: Zylmex (Hong-Kong)
• Size: approx. x cm

#631 Yatming Vs. Zylmex - Lamborghini Marzal (1004 In Addition To D48) (Around 1970 In Addition To 1977)

In 1 of the latest flea markets I visited, I constitute these 2 bully minatures of the same car: the Lamborghini Marzal. They are made past times 2 Hong-Kongese companies that at the fourth dimension were non really appreciated, exactly that today are really sought-after. This is our risk to brand a quick comparison.

We should of course of teaching reckon that the cast past times Yatming is much older, as well as that Zylmex's model is genuinely a knock-off of a Matchbox's miniature, as well as thus inwards price of cast, I preffer the Yatming model, that is, at least, based on an ain design.

Interestingly, the Yatming model has a drinking glass roof, every bit it had the master copy automobile model. I don't know why Matchbox decided to allow the roof covered as well as instead leaving the nurture window open. In the master copy car, the nurture window was covered past times a serial of panels amongst that same construction that is imitated inwards Matchbox's as well as Zylmex's nurture window design.

The doors of the existent automobile were similar the ones reproduced inwards the Zylmex model,

Curiously both cars are yellow, although the Zylmex model look to live on besides available inwards green. The Yatming model is inwards bad shape, exactly yet consummate as well as Rolling properly.

More Zylmex models HERE.

More YatMing models HERE.

UPDATE (JULY 2018): I constitute a novel Yatming Marzal inwards really practiced shape.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: LAMBORGHINI MARZAL (1004 as well as D48)
• Scale: Approx. 1:64 
• Year: Around 1970 as well as 1977
• Company: Yatming as well as Zylmex (Hong-Kong) 
• Size: approx. half-dozen cm

#695 Zee Toys/ Zylmex – Several Dyna-Flites Models (Around 1981)

I accept 3 bird models made past times Zee Toys/ Zylmex. Unlike the major manufacturers (for representative Matchbox), Zee Toys took really seriously this bird series, as well as made i of the almost comprehensive catalogues of scale die-cast planes, from the 70s to the 90s.

The Dyna-Flites series, equally I was called, included 162 references, to a greater extent than or less of which were used twice. In Europe these are difficult to find, I could alone abide by these 3 over the years, as well as i of them is non 100% complete. The Bronco is missing 3 wheels as well as the Space Shuttle inwards wheel.

These are:
A109 P-38 Lightning

A111 OV-10 Bronco

A148 Space Shuttle

In Kingdom of Spain at that topographic point were also several toymakers that made die-cast planes, I wrote several entries to a greater extent than or less years ago. Click HERE.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: P-38 LIGHTNING (A109), OV-10 BRONCO (A111) as well as SPACE SHUTTLE (A148)
• Scale: Unknown Scale
• Year: Around 1981
• Company: Zee Toys (U.S.A.) / Zylmex (Hong Kong)
• Size: approx. seven cm

#866 Zylmex - Mac Laren F.1, Matra F.1, Repco Too Lotus (D30, D31, D32, D33) (1975)

Tthese are amazing cars inwards their master copy cardbacks. I dear the 70s trend inwards those "Racing Car" too the colour combination used on it.

The D30 McLaren F1 has a dissimilar cardback than the other three, don't know why... in all likelihood the bill of fare amongst less references is a twain of months older, too it got updated when the novel models were ready, without changing the front end at all.

Note that the 3 cars amongst the shorter listing on the backcard bear the same racing publish than their reference number, except the Mac Laren, which is reference D30, simply RN 58.

D30 MAC LAREN F.1

D31 MATRA F.1

D32 REPCO

D33 LOTUS

In a previous entry I showed about Zylmex F1s that were knocked-off from Penny/Polistil, simply these 4 I present today are clearly inspired inwards Majorette's models from 1968 too 1969.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: MAC LAREN F.1, MATRA F.1, REPCO too LOTUS (D30, D31, D32, D33)
• Scale: Approx. 1:64
• Year: 1975
• Company: Zylmex (Hong-Kong)
• Size: approx. vii cm