Corgi Toys - David Cooke

Corgi Toys - David Cooke

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Full bibliographic data for Corgi Toys

Title

Corgi Toys

Authors and contributors

By (author) David Cooke

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
Width: 149 mm
Height: 210 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 113 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780747806677
ISBN 10: 0747806675

Classifications

Dewey:688.72
Nielsen BookScan Product Class:T1.9
BISAC category code:ANT050000

Illustrations note

col. Illustrations

Publisher

SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Imprint name

SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Publication date

21 October 2008

Publication City/Country

Buckinghamshire/GB

Main description

Although the name "Corgi Toys" was not introduced until 1955, the roots of the original holding company, Mettoy, go back to 1932 when a German toymaker called Philipp Ullmann arrived in Britain to form a new toy manufacturing company. This company produced many types of toys, both before and after the Second World War, mainly in tinplate. In the 1950s Mettoy began to produce diecast metal toys and hence, in 1956 the first Corgi Toys were released to the children's toy market and proved an immediate success. Over the next 30 years hundreds of miniature vehicles would be modeled on contemporary vehicles such as Vauxhalls, Rileys, Hillmans, Standards, Commers and ERFs. Corgi also made daring and successful ventures into film-and-TV related toys with their versions of James Bond, The Saint and Batmobile cars selling millions. Life-long collector David Cooke explores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables. He also charts the recent financial problems faced by the company, and their resurgence based upon Limited Edition collectors' models sold direct to an adult market.

Biographical note

David Cooke's passion for Corgi Toys began when as a child he was given a model for Christmas by his grandfather, and his collection grew. In 1972 he founded the South West Model Club and in 1979 the East Anglian Model Club. David now appears regularly on radio and television describing toys, lectures to many organizations, writes articles for magazines and is the Corgi Toy Curator at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk.