Product type | Die-cast model cars |
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Owner | May Cheong Group (1990–present) |
Country | China |
Introduced | 1990[1] |
Markets | Worldwide |
maisto.com |
Maisto is a brand of scale model vehicles introduced in 1990 and owned by May Cheong Group, a Chinese company founded in 1967 in Hong Kong by brothers P.Y. Ngan and Y.C Ngan. Head-quartered in Hong Kong, the brand has its offices in the United States, France and China.[2] MCG also owns other model car brands such as former Italian brand Bburago (whose assets and rights to brand name were acquired in 2006)[3][4] and Polistil.[5]
The company has also manufactured a number of Tonka products under license from Hasbro. Products under the Maisto brand includes die-cast scale model cars.