Category:Timpo Toys

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Timpo Toys

1956 Games and Toys, trade advert

1945 -

1968: Cavalry [image info]

1968: Cowboys [image info]

1968: Farm Animals [image info]

1968: Guards [image info]

1968: Indians [image info]

1968: Knights [image info]

1968: Stagecoach and Wagon sets [image info]

1968: Zoo Animals [image info]

Timpo originated as a company called Toy Importers Ltd., started in 1938 by Mr A Gee . Importing toys from the continent almost immediately became problematic with the commencement of WW2, and the company started getting toys made locally, with an emphasis on wooden toys and experimentation with composite materials as wartime restrictions on the use of metal started to apply.

Timpo products were sold through Assaels United Agencies, supplying the company with wooden building blocks, composition aircraft and Bakelite vehicles. In May 1945 Assaels were replaced with Sumeray and it was announced that composite toys would continue until the company could access lead again after the war.

In 1946 two of the company directors (Mr Hyland and Kiernan) broke with the company and started a Timpo Toys Limited in Ireland. This rival was short lived.

Between 1946 and 1950 the company bought the moulds of a variety of companies such as Stoddart and Kew and released their toys under the Timpo name and in their branded boxes. After 1950 though the company was more confident in their own ranges and phased out the other companies' models.