My Top 10 Dinky Toys

It was thought for a time to have been manufactured by Dinky Toys France during WW II, but this was found to be incorrect. It may have been the result of a collaboration between Mrklin and Dinky Toys in 1938-1939 but there is no proof at this point. If so it was only distributed by Mrklin, not Dinky Toys..

As it is Marklin and not Dinky I'm afraid I can't include it in a Dinky Top 10. Do you want to give me an additional one that will now be number 10. Thanks Dave

Ok, I would place a rare variant of the Bell Helicopter in 10th place, mainly because I flew one for years. The standard Bell Police Helicopter No. 732 { Scale 1/60. 1973-1979} is primarily plastic with a stamped metal white tail boom frame work with an orange plastic upper trim and skids. It was usually produced with a blue pilot. Sue Richardson reports that were various substituted pilots were used in 1974. Later production included a green, oxygen masked, jet pilot. This toy was always issued with a Police sticker on the tail boom and blister packed with a traffic panel and cones in various colored plastics. It appeared much later in a sleeve box with a police car called the Crash Squad. But my favorite one is the Bell Army Helicopter variant. Only 1979. It was issued very briefly in 1979 in Army olive drab color with an Army label, marked underneath as above, only in Commando set No. 303. This variant is the best and most realistic variant of the toy. The Commando set is an extremely rare find today. The same variant was considered for a M.A.S.H. set with a M.A.S.H. sticker but was not issued.

Thanks very much. I will get these into the list, I am including them in the upcoming Journals in the order I receive them, there are a few before yours will appear. Thanks again Dave