DINKY CARS - DINKY VANS - DINKY AIRCRAFT - DINKY MILITARY - DINKY LORRIES - DINKY SUPERTOYS - FRENCH DINKY - RESTORED - CORGI TOYS

Corgi Toys are the name of a range of diecast models that were 1st produced by Mettoy Ltd (Metal Toy)  in the UK in the 1950's.  Mettoy as a company, was founded in 1933 by a German man named Philip Ullmann, in Northampton near Milton Keynes, central England. Philip Ullmann later teamed up with a  South African born German named Arthur Katz. Together they worked to produce and market a what became a large range of Corgi toys, mainly  automotive vehicles, as an alternative and competitor to the Dinky Toy which were made by Meccano Ltd, and had been dominating the British die cast toy market for many years. Corgi Toys were first sold in the UK in July 1956. Corgi Toys were manufactured in Swansea, South west Wales, UK, for 27 years before the Corgi / Mettoy company went into liquidation.

The original Corgi Toy die cast range was exported worldwide and became very popular with children and collectors alike. Hugely popular Corgi toys scale models such as the famous TV Batmodile, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the James Bond Austin Martin DB5 with ejector seat, are now VERY highly collectable and can fetch excellent prices in auction when still with the original box and in mint condition.. Vintage Corgi Toys are bought and sold by both collectors and restorers worldwide and