New arrivals

Hi Gentlemen, An Alvis in green colour arrived this morning. It join the red one in the cabinet. Kind regards Richard

Eight fine additions, arrived in the past few weeks, originating from both German and UK collections at extremely fair prices: No. 151b Transport Wagon + exactly matching no. 161b AA Gun on Trailer (both fitted with early treaded tyres and both manually marked underneath with the apparent date of first buying: 2.11.48). A bit dusty but close to mint with very shiny axles. No. 13a Cooks Man and no. 12c Postman (the latter to accompany the no. 12d Telegraph Messenger, present since 14 September 1998 already). Another no. 161b AA Gun on Trailer (now with the final domed axle ends for export to US, to accompany my identical export Transport Wagon). No. 25y Universal Jeep, green with red wheels (to accompany the all green one and all red one). No. 25j Jeep, export issue in red with blue wheels (scarce, with higher bonnet, to accompany the early more common one with black wheels and flat bonnet). No. 49 Petrol Pumps Set with white hoses (to accompany and complete the same incomplete set with yellow hoses). In due time, as soon as I will have finished cataloguing and photographing them, I intend to discuss, compare and show some of them in some more detail in the appropriate topic threads. Kind regards, Jan

JanWhat a wonderful assortment of vintage Dinkys to arrive at your doorstep....cant wait to see your always excellent writeup on each. Best regards,Terry

Hi everyone. New Alvis for me this morning. it's the third one. Kind regards Richard

Recent Pre War and HTF additions

Recent Vectis wins, harder to find US Export versions previously owned by Ed Force

Bruce-Thats really interesting, and maybe someone else can add some more info on it. It sure makes one wonder just how many promotional items Meccano participated in. As things started to turn sour for them, they were likely to consider more of these projects.By the way, I really like your red Porsche with the spun wheels. It looks so much nicer than my earlier cream one, with blue wheels. Dinky made so many models in cream.....not the most exciting color!Best regards, Terry

Bruce. I searched on the internet and ended up at the website of QDT (quality diecasttoys) regarding a Nabisco promotional Dinky Toys 155 Ford Anglia with the following link: www.qualitydiecasttoys.com/products/21245-DINKY-155If you enlarge the photos, you can clearly see the address Nabisco Foods Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, Herts.You have acquired a particularly attractive promotional model. I think these are very rare with the original promotional outer box and promotional leaflet. Apparently you do not have the original accompanying promotional leaflet, because that also clearly states the address.I also found a Dinky Toys 182 Nabisco promotional on the Saleroom and a picture of 3 promotional cards for a free Dinky Toys from Nabisco Foods Ltd.. According to the caption for the image, it concerns Nabisco *Shredded wheat tokens* 1960's, 3 cards. According the promotional Nabisco leaflet on QDT this leaflet states the text: 'Enclosed is your free Dinky Toy model in exchange for 10 box tops from the Nabisco range of cereals.' I hope this helps to solve the kind of promotion. Regards, Jan O.

Greetings all, Although recent events have resulted in me deciding, or being made to decide to dispose of my collection, I have neglected to show one of my last Dinky Toys to arrive in my home last October. It is perhaps one of my favourite models - this being a 182 Porsche 356A Coupe in red with its original box, unfortunately sans one outer end-flap. But - this is offset by the uncommon 'outer box' in which the original/first owner received it. Obviously at one time in the UK, Nabisco ran a competition or some other promotion, a prize being a Dinky Toys 182. So, here it is, firstly peeping out of its outer mailing box: , And then in all its glory - although showing a few minor chips: Can anyone in the UK recognise the address from what is left of the mailing label?? As can be seen, the Porsche has the later issue matt black base plate, which would indicate the Nabisco competition must have run during 1965. The Porsche arrived with four other models that I have not got around to photographing - too common!! Kind regards Bruce H. (150) 20190224/0200/1198

As we have been discussing the 155 Ford Anglia, here are some pictures of my pale green version compared with the usual turquoise: , , , Hopefully the colour difference is quite noticeable on the website. Bruce H (150) 20190224/1220/1200

Jan O,Thank you for the details provided including finding a picture of the three tokens required to obtain a Dinky Toys. It was certainly a good marketing strategy on the part of both companies; Mewccano selling more of its products and Nabisco more of these, although it would be interesting to know if Meccano sold each Dinky Toy to Nabisco for the wholesale or retail cost. It is most likely Meccano would have sold these at the wholesale price which in the case of the 182 would have been 1/8d each, or 10/- for a trade box of 6.(The retail cost for the 182 was 2/11, although the Anglia retailed at 3/11d each and 2/3 each wholesale.It is also quite possible that Meccano would have sold Nabisco those toys that are either not selling very quickly, or were on their way out. The Porsche was one of the latter and in particular the model I have was in the last batch, as too was the 155 Anglia. I have one of the latter in a very pale green but not in a Nabisco box which may have been discarded.Incidentally, I tried the link but the page would not open.However, the main thing that interested me was the remains of the mailing label. I am hopeful that someone may recognise the part word of the town/village or city. It would be nice to know exactly where in the UK the model ended up! I bought it from an auction company with whom I have had no prior business, so the chances are that it could have been in that area. I must dig out these details.TerryThank you too for your words. Although the model was in the words of Nabisco, a promotional in that these help boost Nabisco's sales for a certain product, these Dinky Toys would most likely not fall in the same category as the promotional models that had been specifically made for Triumph. Unless of course, all the red Porsches were in fact made on behalf of Nabisco. But as Jan has mentioned, a similar item was a 155 Ford Anglia, so it is more than likely, Meccano used the sales to Nabisco to remove or deplete products that were approaching their deletion date. Both the 155 and 182 were deleted in 1966 according to most sources, so that would most likely explain the choice of at least these two models, with the pale green Anglia and the Porsche in red with matt base plate .But thank you both for your input into this. It is pleasing that my submission has generated further interest! Incidentally, I have added an enlarged picture of the mailing label in my first Post above.However, one thing that is important - I should have read my friend Adrian's contribution that he made over four years ago in the 155 Ford Anglia Topic /node/5371#comment-7106' style='background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.; font-family: Raleway, Arial, Arial Unicode MS, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 28.8px; color: rgb(50, 179, 205);]-155 Ford Anglia 105E Saloon (1961-66) as he has an Anglia still with its Nabisco box, and the model is in turquoise. So much for my hypothesis about the pale green version having been used for their promotion!Perhaps there should be a new Topic dealing with Dinky Toys that are distributed by other manufacturers as part of the promotion for their products!Kind regardsBruce H.20190224/0943/1199

Bruce, you and others may have been puzzled about my most recent post (about my book collection) that I discovered in this thread. The comment was intended to follow RS Sierra's post about his recent Vectis wins. I added to that thread but it didn't stick! Having spotted the misplacement I copied the contents of my post, deleted it, and returned to the thread where it was intended it should be. I decided a direct reply might be better and selected that option, pasted my post, and hit save. Once again it ended up attached to THIS thread! I'm at a loss but I'd like to state that the first line of the post referred to RS Sierra's Chrysler and Oldsmobile, NOT your Anglias! Sorry for any confusion. John