Atlas Dinky Toys UK issues

Jacques, I appreciate the work you do for the DTCA and the Dinky Community. Maybe it is wise to stop your critics on Atlas and JMR. We all know your opinion on this matter. A lot of collectors cannot afford the high prices for old Dinky toys and maybe are happy with the Atlas models and enjoy them. Despite this is not the original Meccano quality. lets keep this Forum friendly. Meanwhile I go on collecting pre war Dinky Toys! John.

I once bought an Atlas Talbot just to show both models - the original from 1952/53 and the copy from 2009 - to my wife and to explain to her that they make them now in China. She liked it. Walter

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Hi Ragnar, although Atlas is not 'my cup of tea' as a rather purist Dinky Toys collector, I really deeply admire the quality of what I have seen of them. Meccano would no doubt have been very jealous of the technique adopted and the resulting splendid finish of those models. I could not refuse an introduction offer some time ago of the Atlas Panhard & Citerne Titan Esso for 5 euros, postage included, and as a case study I wrote a little 'review' in the French Dinky 32c thread: dtcawebsite.org/dinky-forum/2-dtca-forum...emi-remorque-citerne Kind regards, Jan

Hi all, Though I don't collect Atlas personally, I do sell them at the fairs when I can get them at a good price. Reactions to the models tends to be very polarised, ranging from outright hostility, to genuine admiration.I can sympathise with both camps, but the way I've come to look at it is I sold my original 1500 strong Dinky collection in 1982, by 1991 I was drawn back into model collecting by Corgi Classics, Dinky being way too expensive for me at the time. It wasn't long, about a year, before I gave in and bought my first real Dinky since the 70's, and 700 Dinkys later here I am. If Atlas models have the same effect on anybody else that Corgi did on me, then we can't really complain about them can we? CW.

Chris with Atlas it is slightly different to Corgi Classics. They were part of the the existing range but were totally different models to the mainstream offering. Atlas are all copies of old Dinky items and the 'buyer beware' caveat has to be observed, some people are passing these off as the real deal. I personally have no problem with Atlas, I bought the first one out of curiosity but have not bought any since. What I am not happy with is every single Atlas issue is placed on this site with a series of very severe criticisms, some of which could be classed as libelous. Knowing the clout, and power, of Mattell we could be placing this site in jeopardy - please lets not go there. If we insist on showing them at least do so in a considered manner. Dave

Although it was issued in December 2014, I received the two Simca P.60 Auto

OK, so this isn't even a copy! Jacques, is this the address of the Dinky factory in Bobigny. Ragnar

Ragnar, The exact address was 70-88 avenue Henri Barbusse. When the factory was build, the road was called rue des petits ponts. As the factory was at a street corner, the address could also be rue Jos

537 - Renault 16 copy of the model made in Bobigny. This model has also been made in Liverpool and in Spain with the same tools but with some variations. Neither the bonnet or the boot will stay open.

24M - Jeep This was the first model issued by Bobigny after the war. The Atlas copy is of the fourth variation of the model by Meccano s.a.

25 JV - Camion Ford 'Grands Moulins de Paris'. The text on the tilt should be straight.