Dinky toys 123 Princess 2200HL Saloon box 1978 England

Made by Dinky toys from England comes this close to new model, still in the original box. Has only been on display or stored. Package shows signs of storage (some dent to the plastic), box itself is complete. Car is in great condition and fulling functioning, close to new condition. Made in 1978. Box measures 16 cm or 6 1/4 inches wide.

Some words on the dinky toy brand. Frank Hornby established the Meccano Ltd. Company  in 1901 to make metal Meccano construction sets.  In the 1820′s under the Hornby name, the first trains were produced. Along with trains also small cars were produced as a accessory to complete lay outs. These were first called “Hornby Modelled Miniatures”, but in 1935 they were called Dinky toy. The word “dink” meas something like “fine” or “small”.

Over the years many models were produced. The pre-war models are highly sought after but most are made after the war. Dinky Toy production went on until 1971. The earlier dinky toys (1950′s) were more toy like where later on the cars were getting more and more details as well as more parts and later on, more plastic parts.