Making toy cars

If you were a gearhead as a kid, you probably still have some of your plastic toy model cars from your childhood. Maybe you’ve passed them on to your own kids, or even your grandkids. How many plastic toy cars get passed on from generation to generation? Not many.

Besides which, the fact remains that [...]

Plastic toy car is children fun

Kids ride on toys are appropriate for all ages of children. Some children of age six months will enjoy plastic riding toys pulled by a parent or older sibling. Kids up to eighteen will be thrilled by motorized toys that are nearly adult size and skill level Kids riding toys can be gasoline powered, run [...]

Toy cars

 

Toy cars come in a variety of styles. You can buy plastic, metal, collectible, antique and die-cast toy cars. No matter what kind you are looking for, toy stores, department stores and the Internet are the best places to find them.

Decide on the type of toy car you want to [...]

Checkers unveil new Hurricanes

The Charlotte Checkers will have a new look when they open their inaugural season in the American Hockey League this fall.

The Checkers, former members of the East Coast Hockey League, incorporated three new jersey designs and a fresh logo to celebrate their first season as the Carolina Hurricanes’ top affiliate. The changes were released [...]

Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s: The Collector’s Guide

The history of Dinky Toys, Corgi Toys and other makers of diecast metal cars has been covered in great detail in many books and magazine articles; by contrast, information on plastic toy cars is much harder to come by. Yet collectors are taking an increasing interest in plastic cars, particularly as the rise in the [...]

Plastic Toy Cars of the 1950s and 1960s

plastic toy car

Plastic cars are becoming more and more popular. With the ever-increasing cost of collectible die-cast models, many collectors are now turning their attention to plastic cars.

To cater to this demand, Ralston’s book aims to provide an overview of the scene rather than be a definitive survey. It’s split into [...]