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...Office-red [[1:76]]-scale split-windscreen early '''[[Morris]] Minor Royal Mail Van''', '''[[:Category:Dinky Dublo|Dublo Dinky Toys]] 068'''. ...gPic|Royal_Mail_Van_(Dublo_Dinky_Toys_068).jpg|Dublo Dinky Toys 065, Royal Mail Van}}

The museum's '''Royal Mail Toys Exhibition''' was on display during 1992. {{Quotation2|<h4>ROYAL MAIL</h4>

A "Post Office Red" [[clockwork]] toy '''[[Ford]] Royal Mail delivery van''' made by [[Triang]] as part of the [[Minic Vehicles]] range, ..., a Royal Mail strip and crest along the side, and "TRI-ANG" and MINIC" on and below the back doors, with quarter-circle back windows.

A '''T.P.O. Post Office Mail Van Set''' (2400), with original retail box. ...with yellow lining, a trackside mail pickup and dropoff station with shed, and a special section of track that activates the mailbag transfer mechanism.

...ccessful '''[[Corgi Toys]]''' range (1956-), which boasted plastic windows and plastic interiors, effectively making the Castoys range obsolete. * '''863''' - '''Ferguson TE20 Tractor and Trailer'''

...e, and part of his personal mission to bring information about modelmaking and hobby engineering to as many people as possible, in as friendly a way as co ...ance, he was instrumental in helping '''[[W.J. Bassett-Lowke]]''' set up a mail order business in 1899 that became '''[[Bassett-Lowke Ltd]].''', by helping

...]] [[Dinky Toys]] range''' was announced by [[Meccano Ltd]]. in late 1957, and appeared in the shops in 1958. The range was designed to [[1:76]] scale to ...eing listed in the catalogues for a year or two before being discontinued (and the Dublo brand being discontinued in the 1960s after the takeover of Mecca

'''A.C. Gilbert''' were founded in Connecticut, USA in 1909 and patented and started selling their metal "Erector" sets in 1913, the same year that [[Me ...like Meccano, Gilbert branched out into new avenues such as chemistry sets and metal train sets (which in Gilbert's case was achieved by buying the "'''Am

...'s Bricks''' range of building sets, but they also produced chemistry sets and "electricity" sets. In later advertising, the name tended to be spelt "'''L ...k-sets were designed for the company by '''Arnold Mitchell (1863-1944)''', and the early sets carried the tagline, "''DESIGNED THROUGHOUT BY ARNOLD MITCHE

* '''1855''' – Miniature Balloon Barrage Unit with Lorry Winch and Balloon * '''L10''' – Typical Barn and Cart Stables

...|The_Royal_Scot_and_her_49_sisters_(TRM_1928-12).jpg|1928: "The Royal Scot and her 49 Sisters"|380}} ...t_Royal_Scot_Flying_Scotsman.jpg|Bassett-Lowke advert showing "Royal Scot" and "Flying Scotsman" models|380}}

...round fifteen hundred stores worldwide, split roughly 50:50 between the US and the rest of the world. ...imited by a toyseller's ability to inspire and the pockets of the parents, and Lazarus opened his first '''Toys "R" Us''' store in 1957.

...d its main purpose is to give visitors some idea of the Empire as a whole, and of the way in which its peoples live. ...ribute the power for the illuminations, and 13 miles of underground cables and 240 miles of wiling were required to complete this system.

...xhibition models, "Bassett-Lowke Ltd. Model Engineers, Northampton, London and Manchester"|380}} ...A "cutaway" model of the ship RMS Franconia, showing internal decks, rooms and other structures|380}}

...).jpg|1940: Dinky advertising, with further camouflaged versions of models and sets|380}} ...ircraft like the Mayo composite aircraft, chosen for their distinctiveness and historical importance (for instance, planes that had broken endurance or sp

...perforated metal plates and strips, in conjunction with nuts, bolts, rods and wheels. ...tion from a professor of engineering and a new name and commissioned logo, and '''Meccano Ltd.''' started as a limited company in 1908.

...e stamp commemorating the British Empire Exhibition 1924, featuring a lion and a profile of [[George V]]|380}} ...ey in 1924. The model had two three-wagon trains, mail chutes, and various mail transfer systems.|380}}

...ablished [[Corgi Toys]]. As a result, the models contained many "features" and were extraordinarily detailed for toys. ...1/42]]. Each item in the range was "spot on" to scale with the other items and was issued to the correct specifications of their real life counterparts. I

...ctober 1958. Dinky respond to the "Corgi" threat with two-tone paintwork - and '''WITH WINDOWS''' (!)|380}} ...s range through the 1950s and in 1954 finally decided to "bite the bullet" and renumber the range so that each product now had its own number, instead of