Dinky Toy Sales, Ordering, Promotions, Retailing etc.

Dave & Bruce Very nice signs both of you ! It is wonderful to see some of the old marketing material surface,so we can seeand enjoy it once again.That tiered display in Bruce ' s post reminded me of my then best friendand fellow Dinky collector,when we lived in San Diego in the late 1950 ' s.......He was out looking for any toy stores that just might be selling Dinky ' s,and he found one that had been,but was going to discontinue sales of them.They just happened to some sort of tiered display,very similar to that one,and it was loaded with many Dinky ' s......from cars to commercial vehicles.He was able to buy the whole thing for not very much......no one else would ever want it then.They were all wired down by their axles,so he had to carefully dismount them.Since they were displays for several years,they were not mint by any means,but I remember what a thrill it was for him,and he suddenly enlarged his collection by a lot.Sadly,he had no useor room for the display,so it was trashed,and about 25 years later he sold all of his collection to help fund college for his twin daughters.I still remember him telling me over the phone that his Dinky ' s were gone......I just couldn ' t believe itand was very sad.We had spent countless hours together looking at our Dinky ' sand displaying on his living room floor.Oh,the memories of 1957 -1959 ! Regards,Terry

Thanks Terry for your kind words.Actually,when I submitted my post,the DTCA website shut downand I thought it had been lost,so I was very relieved to see this morning that all is well ! How about this one ? I do not think I have seen a similar item sold in recent years.And no,your computer is not reversing the image - it is a large transfer,19cm in circumference,which would have been stuck on the inside of a shop window.

 

Many years ago as the Meccano factory was just closed,I visited the Mikansue shop fromRichardson.Mike had a large quantity of promotional items for sale,rescued fromthe factory such as catalogues,cardboard signs,dealer catalogues etc...I bought a windows transferand a friend of mine who runned a model shop in Arnhem bought also one.He placed it on the window of his shopand afterclosure 10 years ago the sign was removed as it could not saved.I kept my transferand placed it between two discs of glass as the transfer is very thin.So here is mine.John.


 

Further to my previous post,here is my DINKY TOYS - Always New sign in its various configurations before it is put together









The sign is coded 71549 / 02.Kind regards Bruce
 

John,I remember the Arnhem shop very well in what the Jerries left of the old town afterthe operation Market garden.As I visited Arnhem at least a dozen times on business,I never missed to call in at ' Ottos '.Bruce,I know that I am getting old but I do not understand this card sign which seems to be upside down.Can you please explain ?

Jacques --My guess is that it was made to sit on a shelf or something high, so you are looking up at it, and not seeing the open top............Regards,Terry

Greetings all No prizes for guessing - leave it to the 'postee'! Jacques it is a simple folded cardboard sign, designed to sit on a counter, or stuck to a wall. For the latter, self-adhesive glue, or the remains thereof, can be seen in the above picture showing the blue side. See both ends? The elongated holes have the insert that can be seen on the white section. Once put together, the 'interior' of orange is then used to highlight the DINKY TOYS lettering that are actually cut-outs. Below are additional images that hopefully show how the sign is folded. The last image is how the sign can be seen with the day-glo orange on the inside appearing through the cut-out letters of DINKY TOYS. Hopefully it is a little clearer, if not, come Down Under and you can see it for yourself!! :laugh: Unfortunately the DTCA website blew a fuse just when I was in the middle of downloading these images, so hope all is OK.

Bruce--Great explanation and pictures showing just how that sign worked. And I think it did work pretty well....I like the orange behind those letter cutouts....makes is really stand out. Where and how did you happen to find that? Very neat! Best regards, Terry

Bruce, I am sorry, I am a bit thick sometimes. Now with your explanations and new pictures I understand that stuck about seven feet high on a wall your sign must look pretty good. When you post several pictures, you do not need to use between each picture. All you need to do is place two line returns between each pictures. Every thing, pictures or text which is between (center) and (/center) is centered. I have changed [ into ( other it would not show. All the best. Jacques.

Hi Bruce I also loved your extremely comrehensive, and detailed, coverage of the Dinky sign. Furthermore, it is something I have never seen before, keep these brilliant surprises coming. It is utterly refreshing to see something totally different from counting how many rivits something has, or does this model come with a pink and white striped baseplate, or did it come in the lesser spotted yellow box ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Thanks very much Dave

PS if I seem to be being sarcastic about someone who thinks he is a little bit thick.......... I AM

dinkycollect wrote: 'Bruce, I am sorry, I am a bit thick sometimes. Now with your explanations and new pictures I understand that stuck about seven feet high on a wall your sign must look pretty good. When you post several pictures, you do not need to use between each picture. All you need to do is place two line returns between each pictures. Every thing, pictures or text which is between (center) and (/center) is centered. I have changed [ into ( other it would not show. All the best. Jacques.' Jacques Although I do not wish to use the word 'thick', but this is what I wrote in my first post on my sign: My sign has sat on top of my computer monitor for about 15 years just to remind me that once these were always new! No where did I state the sign is seven feet up a wall - it has just sat on my monitor. (I did mention though and showed a picture of a similar sign in a Meccano display.) As for the use of center, center to centre my pictures, I have tried to follow your advice/suggestion to make my posts look a little nicer. During my last post with pictures, the DCTA website blew a fuse, and it went down for the second time in so many weeks. Members and visitors may have seen this come up when attempting to access the site: Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later. ________________________________________ Has anything been added in the Forum to advise members/visitors of this problem? Interesting that the Webmaster is in Western Canada! However, I have found my way easy of centering photographs, but will change only if it causes any problems for the site. Bruce