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

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0750997133
ISBN-13 9780750997133
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Imprint The History Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Oct 1st, 2021
Weight 330 grams
Dimensions 13.90 x 20.50 x 2.60 cms
Ksh 2,900.00
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The gripping story of the toy car wars: how Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox drove our childhoods!

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 …


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