Daiya
The Daiya company ( Japanese for 'diamond') was a Japanese manufacturer of lithographed tin toys . The company, operating as Terai Toys Co., Ltd. was named, was founded around 1955 and existed until production was discontinued in the late 1970s.
history
Daiya was founded in Tokyo , Japan around 1955 . The company produced mechanical tin toys, including cars, motorcycles, horses, military vehicles, space vehicles, robots, beam guns, helicopters, airplanes and clown figures. Some of the toys were powered by windable spring mechanisms, others were battery operated. The latter often had lighting and generated operating noises. At the end of the 1970s, the company stopped manufacturing.
Models (selection)
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- Lunar Loop , space toy train, ca.1965
- Mercedes cabriolet with the inscription Police , mid-1960s to early 1970s
- Cragstan's "The Man" , robot
- Baby Space Gun , radiation gun
- Western Loco , locomotive
- Golden Arrow Express , locomotive
- Cowboy on Horse Horse , 1950s
- Concorde , airplane, 1970s
- Space Conqueror Robot , robot
- Astro Racer , space racing car
- Ford Capri , MK1
- Highway Patrol , Cabriolet
- Mini Cooper "Rallye Monte Carlo"
- Rocket Launching Truck , American military vehicle
literature
- Judith Miller : Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide. Hachette UK, 2018, p. 382.
- Andrew Ralston: Tinplate Toy Cars of the 1950s and 1960s from Japan . Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2008, p. 78.
Web links
Commons : Daiya - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Japanese Toy Companies: Daiya-Toys - Terai Toys Co. In: rodgersantiques.co.uk
- Daiya / Terai Toys Co., Ltd. Related Brochures & Catalogs. In: hobbydb.com
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Daiya. In: historytoy.com
- ^ Daiya toys. In: fabtintoys.com