TN Nomura
TN Nomura or Nomura Toy Company was a Japanese manufacturer of toys from 1923 to 1992 .
history
TN Nomura was founded in Tokyo in 1923 . From the company's inception until the mid-1970s, Nomura manufactured high quality tin toys .
As one of the largest and most productive Japanese toy manufacturers of the post-war period , the manufacturer mainly specialized in mechanical and wind-up toys with creative designs, but like many of its Japanese competitors, the company stopped producing tin toys and switched to die-cast aluminum .
Its products were among other toy robots , toy cars and battery-operated model trains of nominal sizes 00 and H0 .
In 1992, Nomura was bought by Hasbro , the world's largest toy manufacturer at the time.
Hot rod from the 1960s
Stunt rider from the 1960s
Pinkee the Farmer , 1960
literature
- Andrew G. Ralston: Tinplate Toy Cars of the 1950s & 1960s from Japan. Veloce Publishing, Poundbury 2017, ISBN 978-1-78711-120-2 , 160 pp.
- Nomura Toys '73 Catalog.
Web links
- Nomura Tin Toy Models - Made in Japan . In: tomaniatoys.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Nomura tin bulldozer with original packaging, 1960s. ) In: ZDF , Bares für Rares , objects from February 2, 2018
- ↑ Nomura TN Japan. In: fabtintoys.com from
- ^ History of Nomura Toys. In: historytoy.com