Dinky Toys

Dinky
	Dinky logo used in the late 1960s
Product type	Scale model vehicles
Owner	Mattel (1997–)
Country	U.K.
Introduced	1934; 90 years ago in Liverpool
Related brands	List of model car brands
Markets	Worldwide
Previous owners	Meccano Ltd (1934–1964); Triang (1964–1980); Matchbox (1980s–1997);

Dinky Toys was the brand name for a range of die-cast zamak zinc alloy scale model vehicles, traffic lights, and road signs produced by British toy company Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool.

Dinky Toys were among the most popular die-cast vehicles ever made – pre-dating other popular die-cast marques, including Corgi, Matchbox and Mattel's Hot Wheels.^[1]^[2]

Vehicles commercialised under the "Dinky" name include cars, trucks, aircraft, military, ships.

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