Britain's Toy Car Wars: The War of Wheels Between Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox

by Giles Chapman

For fifty years, Britain made the best toy cars in the world, expertly shrinking every kind of reallife vehicle and producing them in their countless, die-cast millions. Dinky Toys were the 1930s pioneers, then in the 1950s came the pocket-money Matchbox series, followed by Corgi Toys bristling with ingenious features and movie stardust.

But who were the driving forces behind this phenomenon? And how did they keep putting the latest,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750997133
• ISBN13: 9780750997133
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"