TIMPO TOYS [TRADE CATALOGUE]

Model Toys Limited, London., 1961 16 pages. [1961]. Profusely illustrated trade catalogue of different martial and military plastic "unbreakable" figures; first page in colour. 21.5 x 27 cm. Staple bound. Royal blue and grey laminated card covers (slightly curling up at the fore edges). Lower corner very slightly bumped- a near fine copy. Timpo Toys Ltd. was an English toy company that started as Toy Importers Company in 1938, manufacturing various toys out of wood, bakelite and composition until the end of World War II. Following the war, Timpo made hollowcast metal toy soldiers; with soldiers manufactured in plastic from 1954. The firm ceased operations in 1978. The assortment of Timpo Toys consisted of several figurine series, with the American frontier series and the Knight series forming the core of the product range. Since Timpo further developed the series in the course of production, some series could be divided into generations (e.g. there are four generations within the Cowboy series). Overview of the series: American frontier series, Cowboy series, Native Americans and Apaches series, Union Army series, Confederate States Army series, Mexican series, Knight series, Crusader series, Medieval Knights series, Vizor Knights series, Gold Knights series, Silver Knights series, Black Knights series, Romans series, Vikings series, Arabs series, French Foreign Legions series, American Revolutionary War series, Inuit series, World War II series, Farm series, & Guard series. This is a scarce original toy catalogue in unusually good condition & Timpo toys are very collectable today. No other example located online.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.