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...dentical?) to the smaller (00) version sold by Britains Ltd. (although the Britains winch lorry was a more geographically and historically correct UK-built "Do ...o it's possible that W.Horton may have made the Britains Ltd. prewar small vehicles and Barrage Balloons (or sourced the balloons from yet ''another'' company)

{{Box|Barrage_Balloon_Unit,_Britains_1855_(BritCat_1940).jpg|'''1940:''' Britains Barrage Balloon set|380}} ...liput Series''' was a range of 00-gauge-scale ([[1:76]]) vehicles made for Britains by '''[[W Horton|W. Horton (Toys & Games) Ltd.]]''' from around ~1952 onwar

...ral toys, including promotional models and licensed models of agricultural vehicles from some of the major US manufacturers such as John Deere. ...e plastic model kit market in the 1970s, offering kits of heavy commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery.

==Vehicles== ...had U-boats (submarines). Primitive tanks made their first appearances as vehicles that could climb over enemy trenches.

...kside accessories and figures, and small cars, ships and other small-scale vehicles, including small push-along toy trains. The range also absorbed the occasio ...me pieces were initially being made for Meccano by another company such as Britains, or whether Meccano Ltd were simply holding off until they had a wider rang

{{#seo:|title=Britains Swoppets, interchangeable plastic figures (1958-)}} ...g for plastic who had been designing for '''[[Herald Miniatures]]''' until Britains took over the company.

...breaking out in late 1939, late '39/'40 saw a sudden slew of military toy vehicles, followed by the petering-out of toy production through 1940/41 as toy comp ...on, simply gave up and sold their moulds to the larger companies such as [[Britains]]. Even after toymakers had restarted production, Britain's perilous financ

...title=Dinky Toys/Dinky Supertoys, Dinky Mechanised Army and other military vehicles (1937-39, 1953-1970)}} [[Dinky Toys]] produced three main ranges of green diecast military toy vehicles and accessories, the pre-war '''Mechanised Army''' range that was completed

...uite small region of London into a hotbed for metal toy production, with [[Britains Limited]], [[Johillco]], [[Charbens]], [[Taylor and Barrett]] and [[Crescen * [http://www.charbens.info/ CHARBENS: "Forty years of toy vehicles from north London", by Robert Newson (charbens.info)]

...iation (display)|aviation cabinet]] to include '''[[Skybirds]]''' and '''[[Britains Aircraft]]''' collections, and the new '''[[The Hatley Early Dinky Collecti ...n expanded collection of [[Budgie Toys]] and earlier [[Morestone]] diecast vehicles (Morestone rebranded and redistributed pieces from a range of little compan

...wdust and glue. Uncommon examples from '''[[Lineol]]''' (German) and '''[[Britains]]''' (British) are displayed. Note the use of an Alsatian dog on a medical ==Vehicles==

...tice was '''Horton''' supplying their 00-scale range to Britains as the '''Britains Liliput''' range, many small workshops's work was never properly documented ...stone's Big New Idea for a universal range of strongly-branded diecast toy vehicles that could be applied to Morestone's complete output – '''[[Budgie Toys]]

...tains Ltd. to have been ideally placed to produce a range of diecast MAZAK vehicles to replace their existing lead range, it's conceivable that any early exper

...eir test track. A new improved controller and a range of structures, motor vehicles and figures are also in preparation. |Author=News Special|Publication=Railw ...lable. One of our illustrations shows a layout that has been extended with Britains trees, Faller buildings and a number of Lone Star accessories. The de luxe

...ular "'''Corgi Toys'''" brand of diecast model cars and other wheeled road vehicles) was launched in 1956 by '''[[Mettoy|Mettoy-Playcraft]]''', and quickly bec ...had had almost no significant UK competition. While companies such as '''[[Britains Ltd]].''' had perfected lead-casting, the lead-casting making companies had

...rklin''', and over sixty early clockwork '''Tri-ang Minic''' tinplate road vehicles. ...side are Dinky Toys and the only known public collection of Triang Spot-On vehicles.

*"''' Akka '''" ''Mobile Vehicles and Chassis.'' — R. G. Madge, London. ...ritains '''" ''Cast Metal, Soldiers, Farm, Zoo, Hunting, Figures, etc.'' — Britains Ltd., London.