Britain's Toy Car Wars (eBook)

Giles Chapman (Autor)

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2021 | 2. Auflage
240 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9909-0 (ISBN)

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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, most exciting cars into the palm of your hand year after year? In this illustrated and expanded edition of Britain's Toy Car Wars, Giles Chapman reveals the extraordinary battle to dominate Britain's toy car industry, and the dramas and disasters that finally saw the tiny wheels come off ...

GILES CHAPMAN is an award-winning motoring writer. He has edited and written for numerous car magazines, and contributed to national newspapers. His books include My Dad Had One Of Those, Chapman's Car Compendium, Cars We Loved in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and 100 Cars Britain Can Be Proud Of. He lives in Kent.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Modellbau
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: British • british toy car industry • british toy cars • Childhood • Corgi • corgi cars • corgi toys • die-cast • dinky • dinky cars • Dinky Toys • lesney • lesney's • Matchbox • Matchbox cars • matchbox toys • Meccano • mettoy • mettoy's • model cars • model cars, models, meccano, die-cast, dinky, dinky toys, dinky cars, lesney, matchbox, matchbox toys, matchbox cars, mettoy, corgi toys, corgi cars, lesney's, corgi, mettoy's, british, toy car, toy cars, toy car industry, british toy cars, british toy car industry, dinky, nostalgia, childhood, toys • model cars, models, meccano, die-cast, dinky, dinky toys, dinky cars, lesney, matchbox, matchbox toys, matchbox cars, mettoy, corgi toys, corgi cars, lesney's, corgi, mettoy's, british, toy car, toy cars, toy car industry, british toy cars, british toy car industry, dinky, nostalgia, childhood, toys, The War of Wheels Between Dinky Corgi and Matchbox • Models • Nostalgia • The War of Wheels Between Dinky Corgi and Matchbox • toy car • toy car industry • toy cars • Toys
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9909-8 / 0750999098
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9909-0 / 9780750999090