New arrivals

Hello boys. During the Christmas period some Dinky Toys arrived. Have a look :

A lot of beautiful happy acquisitions above, congratulations! Mine are on land, at sea and in the air this month, and various in scales: No. 25c Camionnette Citron 1200 kg (1954-1957), 1:48 No. 870 Le paquebot France (1962-1971), 1:1200 No. 999 D.H. Comet Airliner (1954-1965), 1:192

Jan--What a nice, well-rounded collecting month you have had....literally covering all bases! We await your further comments.....I am guessing that the Comet is another variety to add to your already nice assortment, and glad to see you are inching your way into more French Dinky's..... Best regards, Terry

New arrivals today. And then finally, with one that is in the post, my project will be complete.

You make me curious, Jonathan. If I may ask you, what did your 'project' encompass, what was your objective? Kind regards, Jan

Jonathan---Well,I'll admit you've succeeded in making all of us very curious as to what you're up to......I admit I have no idea, so hopefully it will all come together soon. In the meantime congrats on more new Dinky models!Best regards, Terry

Gentlemen -- I must admit that I've naughtily taken the opportunity to create suspense, and I hope the end result doesn't disappoint. it's a project that may have been of special interest only to me! Anyhow all will be revealed when the last Dinky Toy completing the project arrives -- by the end of this week I hope!

Jonathan----You are such a tease....but am guessing and hoping it will be well worth the wait! Terry

Here are some hasty (a bit fuzzy!) photos of today's arrivals. The Dublo Bedford is the last step in the project I have been discussing. Hopefully I will be able to put all the pieces together and share photos in a day or two! The other three models are not part of the project but the postman brought them anyway.

At last, here is what I have been working on! This display case is from the year 1963, when Gilbert briefly distributed Dinky Toys in the U.S.A. They offered a reduced range of models -- strangely omitting some that would have done well, including the U.S. school bus -- and as you will see from the price list, I have loaded the display with each one (except for two small airplanes, one of which I do not own). In practice, of course, a given toy shop may not have stocked every model, or they may have had additional Dinky Toys in stock obtained from previous distributors. But this makes for an interesting look at the Dinky range in the year before the Lines Brothers takeover (and gradual introduction of bloated 1/42nd-scale models). To enhance the time-travel qualities of this display, which originated in a family-run toy shop in Illinois, I have provided each model with a price tag showing its 1963 price.

Jonathan---well, not sure just what to say....it is just fantastic what you have put together! I don't remember seeing a vintage Dinky Toys display case filled with period correct models like this.....very nicely done and so interesting. I like that you have stocked it with period correct models, rather than haphazardly filling it with models from different eras. I am assuming that all of the models listed on those two price lists are shown.....we can now see why you have been so keenly collecting this past year. Just when did you conceive of this, and how long from start to finish? Well done, and congratulations! You surely will do an article for the Journal.....Best regards, Terry

Thanks, Terry! This is a complete set of models on the price list except for the P1B Lightning (which I think I have somewhere) and the Sea Vixen fighter. I should squeeze both in, but I have never been an airplane collector, so they are low priority ...