Like buses, certain yoys aren't seen for ages, then two appear at once. I fished out my old Schylling tin Bus Depot recently and had it on display for a while in the cave. Then this week, I spotted the locomotive version of it on ebay.
The train one seems to be the original russian variant and has clearly been sat i a window somewhere for a while, as the sun has faded the paintwork. Needless to say it came without a key, but thanks to my dad's obsessive hoarding of stuff, I had a suitable key in my drawer.A bit of a clean, a spot of oil and off it went! I do love the little tinplate vehicles and the buildings they whizz around. I'm not sure this could amuse a child for more than a few minutes, but they are nicely made vintage toys.
Great sets. I never had any toys like this when I was little, although I did have a few tinplate toys in the 1960s.
ReplyDeleteI had the bus version back in the day... My mother's parents had it as a plaything for me when I came to visit their flat in Hounslow. I suspect that's why it hasn't survived the years. I remember being fascinated by the colourful lithography. Thanks for rekindling the memory!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tin toys! I sent Moonbase pix of some of my friend's similar tin toy "systems" awhile back, they are the best. The trains and cars "layouts" were so mysterious and complicated to me as a kid, I could watch them for hours.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, tin toys, and Russian ones in particular, do lose the red colour very easily, if in direct light.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful small world of tin. The fact that the buses go into and out of tunnels seems to make it even more real!
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