1868: Founded as the Novelty Iron Works by Edward H. and Charles Morgan in 1868, conducted business in two small buildings with a staff of ten people. 1874: The company expanded and erected a larger structure...
JOE OTT MANUFACTURING The model airplane designer and kit manufacturer, Joseph S. Ott (Joe Ott) was born in 1900 and died at the age of 86. His birthdate is sort of important as you'll learn in the next...
MODERN MARX TRAINS NEW OLD TIN told as remembered by Dan Schievelbein Reviving the Marx Spirit of Tin Lithograph Styled Trains and Accessories : Beginning preproduction as early as 1990 Marx branded tin...
In the 1920s, some companies, chiefly in North America, turned their attention to producing sturdy toy motor vehicles and aircraft using pressed steel, of a greater thickness than the stamped sheet metal - tin...
This guide is to help the collectors in identifying the figures produced during the 1990s by the Plastimarx company of Mexico. Some collectors frown on these wonderful figures, which were cast using the...